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WACKEN Open Fashion Passarella
Apart from the superb gigs and the cold beer another thing that cheers you up in a festival like WACKEN is that the whole area is transformed to this huge Fashion Passarella. After a while you get the idea that Halloween period has arrived and you are out of fashion. Enjoy, -manoc-
The Girls of WACKEN
Who said that WACKEN isn’t a place for girls? Well for sure, among the beer maniacs and metal heads, a woman’s figure gives a nice touch to the whole scenery. The funniest part though is when a cute girl is transformed to this deadly, no-tomorrow headbanger, moshpit fighter, crowd surfing specialist that puts the glasses on many of us [...]
WACKEN Open Air – Side Activities
There is a lot of stuff to do to spend your time while in WACKEN. If you ask me if you manage your time between concerts you will probably wanna get some rest until the next one but hey that’s just me. So, one of the things you can do is participate to some sport activities that take place in the Wackinger village. And what exactly is [...]
Summer Fun For All The Family
What kind of music are you into when the Summer hits? Do you prefer to listen to Peter Tosh and Lee "Scratch" Perry on the beach? Dancing to Diplo and M.I.A. in a club? Having a BBQ, while smoking a bowl and blasting Aerosmith and Sabbath? Or perhaps, your tastes are a bit more adventurous than that. Perhaps you enjoy sipping a [...]
Elvis Presley, Monster Slayer
In 2002 Don Coscarelli (Phantasm) directed Bubba Ho- Tep, an idependent horror comedy that became a cult hit almost immediately. Based on a short story by Joe R. Lansdale (one of the great American authors of our time), Bubba Ho- Tep involved Elvis and JFK fighting a mummy. Yep, you read that right. The plot is as follows: Elvis Presley, tired [...]
On Mick Taylor…
According to the British tabloids, Mick Jagger is a stingy asshole. In other news, the sun still rises in the east. I am referring to a news story from last year that has been making the rounds on the internet the past couple of days. The recent Exile On Main St. re- issue brought the story to the public eye once again. The article is [...]
Grand Magus
Illustration by Sean McCabe Alan Moore (Watchmen, V For Vendetta, Swamp Thing, The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen) is of course a comic book legend, respected author, performance artist, master of the occult and grumpy old bastard. He is also one of our heroes and inspirations, so it’s always great to see he has new projects down the [...]
The Flotilla Incident
Crows ‘n’ Bones rarely does politics. Still, some stories are too interesting to ignore. Katerina Kitides is a Greek reporter who was part of The Freedom Flotilla, the small fleet that attempted to challenge the Israeli blocade, in order to transfer humanitarian help to Gaza. As the rest of the world knows by now, the whole project ended in [...]
Disgust
There is a lot to be said about the situation here in Greece and I am not in the mood. I could rant at length about the incompetent crooks (who I never voted for) that brought us in this state, the draconian financial measures that are supposed to “make our economy more competitive” (casually destroying people’s lives in the process), the [...]
Dopes to Infinity
Lately, there has been a huge amount of press over the possible link between schizophrenia and cannabis use. Politicians in the UK, US and elsewhere have exploited that idea to enforce draconian laws over possession. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown famously called the new strain of skunk “lethal” (how does it kill you exactly? Does it make you [...]