Email Author Rob Harvilla
Ever find yourself missing the word alternative as a concept, a signifier, a lifestyle? Nowadays, any dudes-with-guitars collective either has to... More >>
Let it be known that I do not take the release of a new U2 album -- or the public disparaging of same -- lightly. Harsh personal experience... More >>
"Superman is one of the most recognizable characters on the planet," says Steve Younis, a 33-year-old graphic designer who runs More >>
Jeff Buckley needs to die. Again. Like that photo of Michael J. Fox's parents in Back to the Future, his beloved image -- swoony alt-rock... More >>
In the Neo-Soul Diva pantheon, Lauryn Hill is the fallen angel, Alicia Keys is the cash cow and Erykah Badu is the bazooka-toting enigma, but... More >>
These new "rock musicals" are only coming through on the second part of the name. You can attribute part of the artistic debacle that is Movin'... More >>
Behold, underachieving, Internet-surfing cubicle-dweller of corporate America: Your next great workplace distraction awaits. For we have invented... More >>
If we made a movie, it'd leave Spinal Tap behind," declared Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi upon the recent release of Black Box: The... More >>
It turns out the funniest Onion-esque fake news story penned so far this year did not spring from The Onion. No, Sub Pop Records --... More >>
The Great Super Bowl Rogue-Breast Disaster of 2004 reached truly epic levels of overexposure, with every pundit, columnist, blogger and dude... More >>
It was at approximately 3:30 in the morning, as I sat in my parents' basement loading my father's Hank Williams Jr.'s Greatest Hits, Vol. 1... More >>
Like most politically minded Americans, Jonathan Barlow tuned in Monday night to watch Howard Dean go batshit-loonball crazy. You've seen it.... More >>
Sting's nose hair. Like a shining beacon in the night, like a hypnotic siren's song lulling you into sweet submission, like the amber waves of... More >>
