Gym Class Heroes
The Quilt
Fueled By Ramen/Decaydence
8/10
Even though they associate with people who I think represent themselves in a very pompous and ov... Read More...
Doomtree
Self Titled
Doomtree Records
9/10
It is shit like this that gives me hope for the future of rap. Fuck club anthems, fuck songs that are designed ... Read More...
Star Fucking Hipsters
Until We’re Dead
Fat Wreck
8/10
This is by far Stza Crack at his most tolerable. This would have been my bible, should I once again... Read More...
20th Annual Taste of Newport
Fashion Island, Newport Beach, CA
September 19-21, 2008
Well, shit. I, your humble awesome Emperor, was going to write a lot ab... Read More...
The War Nerd
Gary Brecher
Soft Skull Press
Rating: 4/10
If memoirs were the province of WWII, then blogs would have to be the defining medium of the War ... Read More...
Once upon a time, I lived in a dreary and desolate place. I lived alone in the dank and the dust in a dorm room in the worst of all Southern California cities- ... Read More...
So, many of you fine (and I mean you, girl, damn!) readers know of a recent shake up at Racket. There has been a great deal of int0rw3bz chatter about it, with ... Read More...
Blood Lite: An Anthology of Humorous Horror Stories Presented by the Horror Writers Association
Jim Butcher, Charlaine Harris, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Kevin Anderson... Read More...
Burn After Reading
Directed by the Coen brothers
5/10
The movie was boring. I was fidgety, uninterested, and unimpressed. The biggest laugh I got out of th... Read More...
Two Cow Garage
Speaking in Cursive
Suburban Records
7 out of 10
Some bands aspire to be all that and a side of cheese grits. Other bands are all that an... Read More...
Who's bummed they don't live in Chicago? The Emperor. That's who. However, Racket's good ol' boy Luke Toney will be hitting this sweet fucking fest up. Who are ... Read More...
In the years since I have moved out on my own, I’ve had to come to terms with something: I hate eating out all the time (please stop giggling, you’re only maki... Read More...
The Werewolves
ES
BNS Sessions
8/10
I have no idea what to make of The Werewolves, all I know is that I like them. They’re like some weird mix of Lou Reed... Read More...
Blind Pilot
3 Rounds and a Sound
Expunged Records
8/10
I was horribly confused for the first half of this record before I realized that this was Blind Pi... Read More...
Ashes Divide
Keep Telling Myself It Will Be Alright
Island Records
7/10
Well, you know that saying “don’t judge a book by its cover?” It is soooo easy to... Read More...
Ill Bill
The Hour of Reprisal
Uncle Howie and Fat Beats Records
8/10
Between Ill Bill’s beats and catchy rhythm, the album had potential. The beginning ... Read More...