Offset Needle Radius at Frantasia Fest – Frantasia Festival – Livermore Falls, ME – 08/19/11
Hugh Cox Gets the Pink Slip – Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern – Brooklyn, NY – 08/18/11
HUGH COX GETS THE PINK SLIP trailer from Sister Sylvester on Vimeo.
Read moreNew Wow Cool Shop Preview and Some Links
Hello all. Sorry it’s been a little quiet here. Been a little busy building a new Wow Cool online shop. This is something like the fifth version (counting the DeptEx shop and the first store that was hosted by another company way back in 1995/1996). As mentioned previously the...
Read moreMulti-Band In-Store Performance – Feeding Tube Records – Northampton, MA – 08/13/11
Call-To-Action: How Music Fans Can Show Support For Indie Labels Affected By The PIAS Warehouse Fire in London
Among all the sorry carnage and sad tales left by London’s looting fraternity over the last three days, perhaps the most devastating for music lovers was the huge fire that destroyed a Sony warehouse primarily used by independent distribution company PIAS. A three-story, 20,000 square meter...
Read moreJason Martin Sets Loose the Wolf at Kenny Scharf’s
Power Animals: Therion from Jason Martin on Vimeo. Hey New Yorkers! Jason Martin will be making a special appearance at eight performances of “HUGH COX GETS THE PINK SLIP” at Kenny Scharf’s Cosmic Cavern in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn (My old neighborhood, actually...
Read moreSupport Pegacorn Press on IndieGoGo
Pegacorn Press from Caroline Paquita on Vimeo. Big thanks to Doug Rogers – formerly of God Hates Computers and Chased & Smashed – for turning me on to this new publishing project led by great great artist Caroline Paquita. Caroline is starting a small queer, feminist...
Read moreS.F. Noise BBQ Sunday with Pete Von Petrin, XOME, Haters & Many More
The biggest noise show of the year is happening this Sunday at the Retox Lounge! 14 acts, including the first HATERS appearance in SF since 2005, and a stellar lineup all around. This can be expected to run more or less on time. BBQ starts at 1pm. Music starts at 4pm. Pete Von Petrin plays
Read morePower Animals in The Rabbit Hole – Artscape – Baltimore, MD – 07/17/11
Power Animals in The Rabbit Hole – Artscape – Baltimore, MD – 07/16/11
Power Animals in The Rabbit Hole – Artscape – Baltimore, MD – 07/15/11
Support Crap Hound 8: Superstitions
The awesome clip art massive Crap Hound is coming back for its eighth installment. Wow Cool has carried Crap Hound for many years, starting with the first volumes that were released in the 1990s. We’ve still got a few copies of the new editions of four and five. Those should be available...
Read moreFor the Love of Pete – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 07/06/11
Sun Worship 9 – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 06/18/11
nickname: Rebel Vs. Pete Von Petrin – Luna’s Cafe & Juice Bar – Sacramento, CA – 06/17/11
nickname: Rebel Vs. Pete Von Petrin tonight in Sacramento
nickname: Rebel – Marc, Mike and Nick – take on Mr. Pete Von Petrin in a battle to the death at a special Norcal Noisefest event at Luna’s Cafe in Sacramento. All the show details are here. Pre-game huddle will be held at 6pm at Sacto’s Hoppy Brewing Company, where Ed...
Read moreRadio Free Blissville Redux
Just posted a couple days ago is this version of the short film Radio Free Blissville. The soundtrack features a brief, but significant contribution by nickname: Rebel. I have not seen this version before and am guessing it is, if not the definitive version, then, possibly, the final one...
Read moreDC Comics ReBoot by Simon Gane
Like most sane people, I would prefer to see the upcoming reboot, renumbering, digital same-timeness from the DC Comics division of Warner’s Military-Industrial Entertainment Complex designed by the more capable level heads available from the ranks of their core of Vertigo and Wildstorm...
Read moreCALMS Cassette Release Show – El Rio – San Francisco, CA – 06/01/11
Books, Books, Books!
So, here we are, at long last, with the sequel to the “Lost Awesome Book Cover Designs” post. Unlike that previous posting, I can thoroughly endorse these ten covers as being very awesome. I’ve been collecting these in the last several months. You will quickly noticed that...
Read moreDevin Gary & Ross: “4 Corners”
Mr. Ross Goldstein, a key component of Jason Martin‘s post-Brown Cuts Neighbors band Evolution Revolution has been active lately as a member of Devin, Gary & Ross. Devin being Devin Flynn and Gary being Gary Panter. Their new EP was just profiled over on Altered Zones. Check that, and...
Read moreNew Offset Needle Radius Release on YDLMIER
Josh Baker’s Offset Needle Radius has just released a cassette on the YDLMIER label. “Sounds on this release improvised using prepared bicycle wheels, microcassette and effects. A surprising variety of sounds and textures here to set you off balance and on the road without...
Read moreBuy Simon Gane Original Art
For the first time ever, Simon Gane is selling original art online. And it is at very nice prices. It’s mostly pages from his graphic Novel with Andi Watson – Paris – and a couple of T-Shirts.
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