POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Some computer word searches turn up six synonyms for maladjusted: disturbed, neurotic, alienated, confused, unstable and estranged. So why is it that the band that calls itself screwed up is one of precious few who can claim nearly 10 years on the scene...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Bitch all you want about the commercialization of Christmas; your soft-cheese sentimentality is just as bitch-worthy. Especially when it’s set to music. Each season, wherever you go—the office, the mall, your own home—there’s...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Sonny Landreth could go for a sandwich right about now. It’s lunchtime in Boulder, Colo., where he’ll play tonight, and he’s parched. Grub is en route, but when it arrives, he’ll likely have to eat on the run. “The schedule’s...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Old Man Johnson is crazy. The four-headed bastard is passing out music for free. Hello—this is 2003. While the Recording Industry Association of American, desperate to maintain its grip on the music business, goes hunting for illegal downloaders,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - At first, people seem a little confused,” says rapper Black Nasty about his performances. “There’s some talking, and then a lot of people ask me to show my balls because a lot of the songs are about my balls. They’re just kinda...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - You’re asking me to tell you about the girl with the banana ...,” says Poison drummer Rikki Rockett. “How am I gonna do that and make it printable? It’s really hard to do. Look, everything you’ve heard is true, plus more.” Rockett,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Filthy is all right.” Jed Keipp, vocalist-guitarist for the groovalicious trio Jebu, is extolling the virtues of filth, with regard to music. He equates filth to reality, says it makes the music more interesting. He’s right. When you wanna...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - People want to be part of something real,” says John Cloyd Miller, vocalist-mandolinist for local bluegrassers Lo-Fi Breakdown. He’s postulating about the “O Brother” phenomenon, the great bluegrass craze begun by the George Clooney...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Ever get that itch that can only be soothed by one specific and elusive thing? You don’t always know what that is until your tongue is lolling out and your foot is pounding the floor in appreciation. Often, the fix is something simple: a burger,...

POSTED // Jun 11,2007 - Teen-agers were and are mother’s milk to rock & roll; without swooning, it would have stopped at Elvis. Oddly, they’re persona non grata at many places where rock is served. The reason is strictly fiscal—venue owners have to make...