When I first found out I was invited to go to Ramallah last week to watch the Palestinian National Team play Jordan in soccer/football/fútbol, I’ll admit I was a bit anxious. Excited yes, but also nervous. Not only about going to the West Bank — you know, that tea kettle simmering at 1 degree below […]

Breakbeat maestros Evil Nine are releasing an extra-zombified VHS Halloween Party 2008 mix just in time for the holidays. The mix is a preview of their upcoming LP, They Live!, due January 2009 (on Adam Freeland’s Marine Parade imprint). The title track is already a staple on many an electo mix, and has spawned numerous […]

The pic is old, the track is new. “Shells” is currently only available on the How Many Votes Fix Mix EP, which you can find on iTunes for $2.49. It’s also a bonus joint off the forthcoming Kala expanded LP. Honestly, not at all Maya Arulpragasam’s best work…in fact close to her worst. Still better […]

There are a handful of moments in my life that I will always consider epic. The time I snuck into a Yucatan cenote during a hurricane, and had the whole thing to myself and my imaginary girlfriend. Interviewing Iggy Pop. Hitting 184 mph in a Bugatti Veyron in 3 seconds flat. Seeing Rage Against the […]

Thank god for YouTube. Because of its greatness, Chris Berman has become like an idol to me. Nevermind his incomprehensible meltdown a couple years back, or the video of him hitting on chicks whilst drinking on the job — I’m talking about this nugget. Someone give homeboy his own reality TV show stat, where all […]

Caught Ciam last night in Jaffa, Israel. I was anxious to see how they’d perform live, and in the end, I was surprised at how amped the crowd was for them. It makes sense tho, as the band was huge in Israel in the early 90s, had their biggest hits here, and they sold so […]

The Madman just landed in Israel to cover Ciam playing this Saturday at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art – Israel’s MoMA, basically. And as cool as it is to be here, I have to say I feel more twisted than Cheney’s soul right now. The flight was something like 19 hours to get here […]

After posting such ugliness as the Russian Gang Fight below, I feel it’s important to counter humanity’s wretchedness with a little beauty. A spiritual salve, of sorts. Marion Bataille‘s ABC3D could very well be the coolest pop-up book in the history of the genre. If you know a better one, please feel free to share […]