The World This Week: Chicken-in-Chief

by | Aug 30, 2007 | News

George W. Bush is afraid of his own shadow. No president, it seems, has ever been this terrified of the American people, this hidden away or secretive, this evasive in speech and behavior. Not even Nixon, who at least faced the cameras, the reporters and the people...
CD Shorts

CD Shorts

by | Aug 30, 2007 | Music

Blaqk AudioCexcells(Interscope)Sometimes a record comes out that redefines mediocrity. Cexcells, the debut album from AFI electro pop side project Blaqk Audio, is just such a record. Davey Havok and Jade Puget, the duo behind this electro-turd, are evidently allergic...
They'll Be White Black

They'll Be White Black

by | Aug 30, 2007 | Music

Since it became a petri dish of musical cross-pollination, the Valley has seen its share of bands rise to confront the challenge of the national stage. From Amherst/Westfield indie-rock to Northampton alt-country to Springfield metal, occasionally a part of the scene...
Naked Aggression

Naked Aggression

by | Aug 30, 2007 | Music

I think it's important that the world remember GG Allin, but I'm not exactly sure why. As the recently re-released 1994 documentary Hated: GG Allin and the Murder Junkies attests, the self-proclaimed "scum rocker" was vile, violent and, arguably,...
Nightcrawler: Rushing To Help

Nightcrawler: Rushing To Help

by | Aug 30, 2007 | Music

It is rooted in one beloved musician's untimely passing. Yet somehow, as NickoDemos concert participant/committee member Matt Kim explains, the annual benefit in honor of Nick Demos, who was killed on I-91 in 2003, seems to have taken on a life of its...