The Day We Fight Back
You may have noticed the big black banner we incorporated into our main page today. Please take a moment to check it out. Ever since The Guardian and Washington Post reported the initial Edward Snowden …
Articles by Alibi Pierce
CVS To Stop Selling Cigarettes. So What?
The way that CVS was praised today you would think they had announced a company-funded initiative guaranteeing the end of homelessness, or maybe something slightly smaller and more achievable like paying their employees a living …
Cops: Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead in Apparent Drug Overdose
Well this is some sad fucking news for any movie lover: According to reports in The Wall Street Journal and NY Post, police have stated that Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead this afternoon in …
This Week in Shoegaze
This is the feature in which we attempt to follow the Drone Subterranean Wall of Sound and Whispered Vocals. When last we wrote this segment, we mentioned the rumors of a Slowdive reunion, long whispered …
What Happened to the Stop Button?
The stop button has disappeared. Once ubiquitous, these buttons with the solitary but powerful impressed square were seen on every device from the Walkman to DVD players. If a device played media, it had a …
The Melancholy of “Fifth” State of the Union Addresses
With what seems like 99% of the nation in the throes of yet another arctic blast, and the resulting ice and snow blasting a sizable chunk of that 99%, it’s only fitting that 100% of …
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa didn’t actually say, “Politics is the entertainment branch of the military-industrial complex.” But he said something close. And, honestly, if he had said that, he would have been right. Goddamn, I love being …
Irvine Welsh and Calvin Harris Working on New HBO Series
Deadline Hollywood reports that Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh and fellow Scottish countryman Calvin Harris have teamed up with Jay-Z and Will Smith to create a half-hour HBO comedy entitled Higher. While this–at first glance–may appear …
This Week in Shoegaze
This is the feature in which we attempt to follow the Drone Subterranean Wall of Sound and Whispered Vocals. [embedyt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRnoNsZsFLY[/embedyt] Carmen Villain, aka Carmen Hillestad, is a Norwegian former supermodel whose 2013 release Sleeper has …
Wendy Davis Didn’t Lie
So this is how it works: The GOP is a bitter bunch, with a serious and well-deserved inferiority complex. They like to go tit-for-tat. So, back in 2008, when the McCain campaign was releasing attack …
Weed Roundup!
In our last Weed Roundup we gave you tips on where to go to find the news you needed to know about the implementation of recreational pot sales in Colorado. This go around, we have …
The Next Crazy Idea From The Right That Just Might Work
A disturbing read by Salon’s Paul Rosenberg today in which he he describes the ideas presented in a conference call he was able to eavesdrop on that was led by rising conservative idea-man Charles Kacprowicz. …
Wilford Brimley
Proof that advertising and product placement work: One minute I’m sitting on the sofa watching The Daily Show, hearing Jon Stewart reference Wilford Brimley. The next I’m craving a motherfucking oatmeal cookie. -Alibi Pierce
More Benghazi
The media is jumping on the Senate Intelligence Committee’s recent report with headlines today screaming the obvious: We could have done more to protect Benghazi, maybe even prevented the attack. Even supposedly liberal stalwarts such …
Google Fixes Most Aggravating Web Feature
True to the headline at Slate, it appears that Google really did just fix one of the most annoying things about web surfing. Few things drive me as crazy as the sudden blast of an …
A Star is Born
As the Chris Christie “Bridgegate” coverage becomes more heated and more inescapable, and local Democrat senators begin talking about impeachment; as the full gamut of MSNBC hosts gleefully celebrate the impending demise of the GOP’s …
Review: Elizabeth Rose – The Good Life (option4 Remix)
Brennen Bryarly, AKA option4, has been a longtime presence in the Denver dance scene, bringing some of the best names in electro and house to intimate venues around the city. His collective, The Hundred, now …
Paris Hilton Reportedly Signs Lucrative AC DJ Contract
Speaking of Atlantic City’s decline, America’s most hate-loved trashy heiress has reportedly signed a four-gig DJ residency at Harrah’s The Pool worth $100K per night. Not a bad deal for her, considering it’s a commonly …
Hot Music from DC’s Crossfade Roulette
Toni Tileva is a DC-based writer and DJ who curates a weekly music blog for the District’s vainglorious Brightest Young Things collective. Her column consistently turns me on to new sounds and keeps me in …