Idolator

The comments on last week's post about recent anti-emo violence in Mexico were startling, with people arguing whether or not it was hilarious that people were being physically attacked for the way they dressed. So I hope that the feud between "scene kids" and "emos" in Australia stays on the net, where it belongs, so the roffles may never end. What are "scene kids," you ask? Judging by this wiki, they're like emos except... um... uh... Man, if this ever spilled out into the streets, I don't know how these kids would know whose big mop of dyed hair to pull. More »

Factory Records founder Tony Wilson has an article about the demise of record stores and the reasons for their descent into obscurity—crappy packaging and greedy executives, of course, being at the forefront. It's a good piece, but then he shoots it all to hell by turning it into an ad for the emo-rave rave-screamo we-don't-know-because-we're-too-old outfit Enter Shikari: More »