Ah, the holidays. Filled with soccer moms becoming lethal killers at Target, ugly sweater parties and punx yelling about commercialism. Well, we’re down with gifts, and since we don’t want to be yelled at about commercializing the religious holidays, we are offering our second Killer Sharks MP3 compilation to you for free. Again, we have the lovely Christine Curry doing the art and a lineup featuring a variety of artists and genres.
We have French punks Sinner Sinners, Icelandic singer Ólöf Arnalds, Pennsylvanian hardcore kids Common Enemy, as well as …
Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Snoop Dogg and DJ Quik concert at Club Nokia. In addition to those performances was the dance crew , The Syrenz, and Snoop Dogg Records artists, Nipsey Hussle and The Hustle Boyz. Apparently, there was quite a lot of hustlin’ goin on that night! But word, I was a little too late to catch The Syrenz and The Hustle Boyz after dealing with the hassle of parking at LA Live. It was pandemonium out there with the Lakers playing at …
Ahhh, free shit. You love it, I love it, EVERYONE loves it. With all the pirating and downloading and other shit that people claim to be the downfall of the record industry, it’s kind of amazing that a variety of labels and artists said “Eh, fuck it, give our shit away. For FREE!”
But, here you are, a compilation download with sweet artwork, a solid array of genres and actual effort put into it. Christine Curry did the artwork (ChristineCurry.com), Racket’s own Kateri Lirio mastered the thing and I, uh, drank …
Roya Butler: You’re an accomplished artist; what inspires your artwork?
Jeff Tremaine: The artwork I do is mainly paintings. Inspiration… yeah, I don’t know how to answer that, it’s just something that I’ve always done…that’s a tough question.
RB: What ignited your passion for art?
JT: Well, at an early age, I could always draw better than my peers, so it’s something that I always pursued. I took classes, and it was just something that I was always interested in. In my junior year of high school, I met up with a …
This week started off with the fall heard around the world…Brad Pitt, Father of the Year, took a spill on his motorcycle when he was trying to maneuver between cars at a red light in LA. I think all of his facial hair is weighing him down and throwing off his balance.
Lisa Rinna and her husband, Harry Hamlin owe a Los Angeles shopping center $635,083.73 in unpaid rent. They signed a ten year lease in 2005, but closed down shop 6 years too early. They obviously need to start saving …
The Ghouls were one of the hardest hitting punk bands to come out of Philadelphia, PA. Releasing their EP It’s Your Time to Die on ADD Records, and a full length Stand Alone on SOS Records, their fan base grew. Touring constantly throughout the entire US, as well as Canada and Mexico, and sharing the stage with Abrasive Wheels, The Exploited, Funeral Dress, Krum Bums, and ICB, they made a lot of friends in the industry and their reputation as a solid street punk band was confirmed.
When the singer of …
Who doesn’t love the smell of silicone in the morning? Celebrities definitely do. For your reading pleasure, a collection of the top ten worst celebrity plastic surgeries.
10. Tara Reid- confirmed to have body contouring/liposuction and breast implants. Of course it’s confirmed, we all saw the scars when her dress “accidentally” fell off her shoulder. Please. That was no accident and we all know it. Go back to Taradise.
9. Brittany Murphy- rumored to have lip injections. Inject all the fat into your lips that you want, Brittany. You’re still going to …
Fewer things encapsulate the desires of this here Emperor better than Lucha Va Voom. Seriously, Monsters, violence, hot chicks dancing around mostly naked and beer. If there were some robot characters in the mix, we’d be GOLDEN.
Returning to the Mayan Theatre in LA once again comes more violencia in the form of the Chubacabra’s newest hatchlings, set to face off against Los Crazy Chickens with their pal Lil’ Chicken. In between the Lucha matches featuring the likes of Dirty Sanchez and the ever-so-fabulous Cassandro, …
The Blakes
Souvenir
Self Released
7/10
Souvenir is the latest album by garage rock band The Blakes. Even before their formation in Seattle, brothers Garnet and Snow Keim were on the road traveling the country writing and playing music anywhere they could, on their way from Maine to Washington, and taking in as many influences as possible in the process. Overall Souvenir is the 5th LP dropped by The Blakes since their formation in Seattle, Washington back in 2001.
Since that creation the Blakes have been fine tuning their garage rock sound with catchy hooks, …
Oh, autumn. Leaves changing colors, back-to-school, and cold weather. And a brand new batch of ridiculously dumb shows on television. Luckily for you all, I will give you my opinions on a few of the new upcoming shows. I can feel the enthusiasm.
ABC
• Cougar Town-starring Courteney Cox, Christa Miller, Busy Phillips, Dan Byrd, Brian Van Holt, Josh Hopkins, Ian Gomez. Wednesdays at 9:30pm. Courteney Cox and her scary looking face star in this show about the trials and tribulations of dating after divorce. So basically, ABC took the plot of …
1. You’re just so hot.
2. It’s been a while.
3. It’s this medication I’m on.
4. Fuck it, I’m tired.
5. I look out for number one.
6. Oh, I thought you were done.
7. It was my first time.
8. My insert relative here just died.
9. It was an accident.
10. What do you want from me? You know how I feel about Twilight.
–Racket Staff
Again, Racket has one of them fancy moving picture interviews! This one’s conducted by Ryan Greer and filmed/edited by Edd Flynn. Have at it.
Top Ten worst ways to start a conversation
It happens to us all at some point- that special someone looks into your eyes, inhales deeply, leans in… And ruins your day. “Son of a bitch,” you think. “I knew that sore wasn’t from shaving.” Read on for our favorite ways to crush someone’s hopes and dreams.
1. We should talk…
2. I’m going to be completely honest with you…
3. Look, I was drunk…
4. I know I always said…
5. I was talking to my pastor the other day…
6. What is that?
7. You know how I went and got tested?
8. You know …
The Flaming Lips don’t just put on a show, they have created a spectacle. This isn’t just a band playing and a singer singing, it’s a group of people with the most incredible understanding of what it is to be in the crowd. They know when things are boring, and they make them exciting again. They know what it’s like to be terrified of having fun in a crowd. They don’t just entertain you, they shake you up and loosen all your bolts so you can be entertained. They give …
Since 2004, Guerilla Union has thrown the Rock the Bells music festival every summer touring coast to coast, featuring artists like A Tribe Called Quest, Wu-Tang (with and without ODB), and Rage Against the Machine, and giving each festival go-er an experience that they’ll never forget.
This basic description would get any music lover to go, but why does this not excite me this year? I try to listen to the discography of every artist on the line up, Nas’ illmatic, Sage Francis’ spoken word, Damian Marley’s Halfway Tree, …
Recently I had the good fortune to be able to take a month off from work, life, and school to simply travel the world as much as possible within that time frame. I somehow managed to successfully backpack all across Western Europe, and as a traveler in over 14 different countries my first fear even before I had finished planning my half baked trip was how I would be accepted as an American in this part of the world now that Bush is no longer in office.
Before I left …
