Inside The Straight Edge

from The Boston Globe Exploring the two sides of the ‘straight edge’ culture By Monica Boland, Globe Correspondent  “Straight edge” teens should be a godsend for anxious parents and vigilant police officers everywhere. Young people in the...

Exposing Society’s Great Swindle, the Mailer Way

snipped from Variety  Norman Mailer celebrated at Carnegie Random House stages poignant tribute to scribe By DADE HAYES  Norman Mailer was remembered as equal parts novelist, pugilist, activist and patriarch during a touching and lengthy memorial Wednesday at Carnegie...

Beautiful Losers On Screen

from Creativity-Online Beautiful Losers Hit the Big Screen A new documentary examines key figures in contemporary art and street culture. BY: JEFF BEER  In March 2004, the “Beautiful Losers” exhibition debuted at the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center and...

Tapes ‘n Tapes

from the NY Daily News Tapes ‘n Tapes are very cool copycats  4:00 AM Tapes ‘n Tapes TAPES ‘N TAPES. “Walk It Off” (XL Recordings) Everything sputters and whines in the music of Tapes ‘n Tapes. Jittery guitars, fidgety synths and...