Sparkplug Books cornerstone author Trevor Alixopulos is branching out on his own and needs your help with his new book Lipstick Traces. Go get on that right now. We say those were the days but the night is when everything happens! A big...
Read moreGood morning here’s the news and all of it is good
Hello, As you may have noticed, the blogging here has been… slow… of late. That is hopefully soon to change. We have not been COVID-lazy. Lots of things are going on at Wow Cool HQ. Evidence of which will soon appear on these very...
Read moreAdHouse Books Prepares to Close its Doors
It was announced last week that the landlord Chris Pitzer would be closing the doors on his AdHouse Books press after 20 years of operation and 100 books. Well… 101… News on that to come. Wow Cool has been excited to stock their books...
Read moreJason Martin New Adirondack Power and Light Out Now
Jason “Wolfman” Martin of Brown Cuts Neighbors, The Bunny Brains, Evolution Revolution and Power Animal Systems has a new solo record on the way — The New Adirondack Power and Light. You can get a special digital preview on Bandcamp...
Read moreSteven Cerio talks The Residents on ResTube
“Steven Cerio, the wonderfully trippy and inspired artist, author, musician and filmmaker tells us how he discovered the group, what his favorite projects are, what techniques he uses and even answers the question: Who are the...
Read moreThe Stupid Pages 50: Kitchen Duty
by Marc Arsenault. Date of drawing unknown. Cleaned up March, 2021 Click the image for the full view. Thank you.
Read morePlay for It: Down the Gerbil Hole with Chester Brown in Videos
Chester Brown thrilled and shocked indie comics audiences when he emerged from the English-speaking slums of Montreal in the mid-1980s. He has left behind him a slimy ink trail like few others. Travel with us back in time through the video legacy...
Read moreLost Landscapes of San Francisco | December 16
Last year I was very fortunate to be able to attend a one-of-a-kind cinema event. Lost Landscapes of San Francisco by Rick Prelinger at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. The carefully curated presentation of mostly home movies dating back over...
Read moreIt Did Happen Here – Portland Now is Something That Was Fought For
Longtime friend to Wow Cool Erin Yanke (of the bands Light Brigade, The Curse and Things I Hate, Life During Wartime radio show and tape zine and the Remote Outposts blog) has launched a new show and podcast on the history of...
Read moreRazorcake 2020 Donation Drive
It’s Fund Drive Season at Razorcake. There is no tote bag, but there are t-shirts! Razorcake provides consistent coverage of do-it-yourself punk culture that you won’t find anywhere else. They believe in positive, progressive...
Read moreSuburban Dance Radio 11
Stars on 78. Uncle George has fueled up the wayback machine, but an unexpected shunting of fuel into the vortex has warped the time streams and we land far outside the suburbs in a light industrial zone down by the docks. We were counting on an...
Read moreSuburban Dance Radio X
Your lawn guy says the bark bugs that are all over your trees like a cheap suit are twice as big as they should be and the Japanese Maple they are getting fat off of is a listening post for the Kremlin. Time to reach for some London dry gin and...
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