The Cancer Conspiracy was a relatively obscure prog/indie-rock group from Vermont. The trio released a hugely unsung magnum opus, The Audio Medium, in 2002 on Big Wheel Rec, but its subsequent recordings were caught in legal purgatory when Big Wheel went under.
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Follow this link for a chance to win. The show (Dec. 21 @ The Echoplex) normally costs $10, and winners will be drawn at random today.

ALARM Magazine lists six awesome gifts for that hard-to-buy-for hipster pal of yours. (We’ve omitted books & music; they will have their own lists.)
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An unorganized, partial list of some of the non-work-related books I read (but weren’t released) this year.

The first time I met drummer Bill Stevenson (the Descendents, Black Flag) in the mid-’90s, he swore that I would love Charles Bukowski. It has taken me over a decade, but I’ve finally read him, and I liked it. I read Post Office, Ham on Rye (my favorite), Factotum (which I liked, even though Matt Dillon was on the cover — never a good sign), and Hollywood.
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Blue Note announces another list of catalogue deletions; Akron/Family and High on Fire sign to new labels; Trent Reznor comments on Nine Inch Nails‘ music being used in the torture of overseas detainees.  Keep reading…
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Yes, I just spent almost 7 minutes watching Ace smoke a bong and talk about building a shitty homemade robot. The internet is a huge waste of fucking time.

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The solo spin-off of Tristeza guitarist Jimmy LaVelle will be hitting Bear Creek studios this February to record a new album, scheduled for release in late fall 2009. (more…)

The Melvins + hand puppet + dancing children + karaoke showdown =

The Melvins: www.melvins.com
Pancake Mountain: www.pancakemountain.com

Dayton, Ohio’s Third Street: home to the local porn store, church supply outlet and The Dayton Dirt Collective. If horror make-up workshops, intimate musical performances and community service opportunities are not reason enough to visit the collective, then the neighboring establishments might be. (more…)

In honor of an icon whose image has had an impact on rock ‘n’ roll for over half a century, and whose distinctive look undoubtedly will keep hairstylists around the world busy cutting bangs for another fifty years.

Bettie Page- “Dancin’ Fool”