Trash fans rejoice! Municipal Waste has, once again, not let ya down with their sixth studio release, The Fatal Feast. The album was released Tues. April 10th, featuring about 40 minutes of pure adrenaline pumping tracks. It’s just what you need for those coming summer days: just think, a […]
Arts & Entertainment
Wave Your White Flag High!
In late 2011, a U.S. dubbing company called Funimation released the Japanese animated comedy, Hetalia: Axis Powers PAINT IT, WHITE!. In order to explain what the movie is about, the viewer has to know about the series from which the film is derived. Hetalia: Axis Powers is an anime […]
5 Questions with Bobby from Poison Ivy League
I think it’s about time I put a Plymouth band in “5 Questions,” and who better to give the spotlight to than my good friend Bobby Davis. I’ve known Bobby literally the entire time I’ve been in college (we lived on the same floor in Blair many, many moons […]
3-D and Its Future
3-D is a format that since it’s reintroduction at the hands of Avatar, the release of which forced more theaters to install more 3-D projectors, has been the subject of constant debates between filmmakers and audience members. On the filmmakers side we have the spearhead of the 3-D movement, […]
Anime Boston 2012
During the first weekend of April 2012, anime fans all over the New England area venture into Boston’s Hynes Convention Center to experience what this year’s Con has to offer. The streets around the convention center are teeming with ninjas, death gods, assassins, robots, and anything else related to […]
Get Better Fest 2: Even Better
I will admit that I carry a bit of a cynical attitude when it comes to the DIY punk scene. There are some pretty silly politics that go along with being tr00 punx. It always seemed to me that if you liked and supported a band, that you would want them to be […]
Catching up With Dave Hause
Dave Hause is one of my favorite singers of all time. Early last year, the singer of Philadelphia punk the Loved Ones released a solo album, Resolutions, under his own name on Paper +Plastick Records (Clock readers will remember it placing #9 on our Best of 2011 list), and spent the remainder of the […]
Confession Time
Let’s get real here, for a quick second. Boy bands were awesome. At the time, it seemed like five dudes with bleached blonde hair doing synchronized dance moves with those hands free mics was the antithesis to everything my punk rock heart adored. Looking back, there is no greater […]
No Wonder this Film is Undocumented
The 2010 thriller film Undocumented, is brought to us by IFC films and directed by Chris Peckover. It tells the story of five grad students filming illegal immigrants crossing over to the United States. This turns bad, however, when they are all captured by a Patriot vigilante group. […]
In Praise Of The Long Form Music Video
Long form music videos are a truly hit or miss kind of deal. These kinds of videos are basically longer music videos that can double as short films for songs. There are a few classic examples such as Michael Jackson’s nearly fourteen minute long “Thriller” video and his video […]