Hey! It’s NOFX’s Fat Mike on Synthesis Blog Talking Some Religion, Drugs and Rock. Sweet!

Posted on 26. Mar, 2008 by spencer in Music, SXSW

I will always have a soft spot in my heart of hidden hearts for Fat Wreck Chords figureheads NOFX, despite the fact that my pubescent, nascent punk rock months were really short-lived. Here, Mike is bored with life and music, hates the usual spots he plays, hates TV people, and yeah, likes drugs and shit.
“Hey I’m Jewish, I can say ‘goddamned jews.’”

He says he likes Tat, who I met for a second at the Four Seasons. They were nice dudes. Fat Mike is a lovable jerk, isn’t he?

Lollapalooza Early Bird Tickets on Sale, QUICK! But what exactly are you buying?

Posted on 25. Mar, 2008 by spencer in Idiocy, Music

$175 3-day “Early Bird” passes are on sale now, so you better get on that shit before you’re paying a scalper with an eight ball and your 3-week old baby. After the “Early Bird” tickets are sold out, $190 “Advance” 3-Day passes go on sale…followed by Regular Old “Jacking Up The Prices For the Fuck of It” $205 tickets.
So quick, go here and SPEND early birds, SPEND. But on what, exactly?
Details haven’t really been announced, but the main speculation in the blogosphere (blech) is that Radiohead will be headlining. The [...]

Lil Wayne Arrested

Posted on 23. Jan, 2008 by James in Crime, Music

Proving there’s no such thing as bad press and that face and neck tattoos make for a killer mug shot, rapper Lil’ Wayne (born Dwayne Michael Carter) was arrested by border patrol at a US Border checkpoint on Interstate 8 in Dateland, AZ, on Tuesday night around 11:30 PM. Drug-sniffing dogs alerted officers that something might be afoot and Wayne’s bus, which was transporting 11 other people, was pulled aside for a consensual search.
Officers found:
Three guns (two of which legally registered, plus a third “mystery” gun reportedly belonging to Wayne [...]