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No Volcano’s ‘Take My Chances’ Is Our Grossest Music Video Yet (Premiere)

by Andre de'Lunula on Apr 26, 2017 • 10 Comments

"This video is a statement about Obamacare and healthcare in Amerika," says Troy before sheepishly admitting, "not really, but if I say that maybe some conservative weblog will repost it."

Dept. of Misc. Review, Etc. / Film.

“Paterson” Takes Us On A Tour Through A Working Artist’s Life

by Ashley Naftule on Feb 9, 2017 • 7 Comments

We took the scenic route on "Paterson", Jim Jarmusch's magic bus of a movie.... and our critic liked what he saw.

Dept. of Misc. Review, Etc. / Film.

“Cameraperson” Gives Us A Fractured Lens To View Life

by Ashley Naftule on Jan 10, 2017 • 1 Comment

Our reviewer takes a look at Kirsten Johnson's stunning new documentary "Cameraperson", an intense look at the thin line between journalist and voyeur.

Nil. / Video. / Visuals.

Donald P. Lovecraft, Or, The Doom That Came To Manhattan

by Andre de'Lunula on Nov 21, 2016 • 1 Comment

Doesn't Donald Trump seem like a fucking nightmare? A strange apparition that has long haunted our souls but is only now gaining power? Well, The Klute certainly feels that way.

Dept. of Misc. Review, Etc. / Film. / Nil. / OPslashED

Absurd Gore, Unflattering Nudity, and Lots of Grease in ‘The Greasy Strangler’

by Garrett Farah on Sep 18, 2016 • 1 Comment

The wonderful thing about being an unknown indie director in the movie industry is you have limitless potential to achieve the true creative vision of your film. Hosking’s visions are fucking disgusting.

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‘You Weren’t There’ Exhibit Captures Phx Punk History With No Context [Fotos]

by Ashley Naftule on Sep 19, 2016 • 3 Comments

I’ve visited “You Weren’t There” twice so far, and the one thing that leaped out at me both times I was there was the lack of context. But the lack of any kind of explanation for what we see at “You Weren’t There” MAKES the exhibition and gives it a certain power that detailed scholarship...

Dept. of Misc. Review, Etc. / Film. / OPslashED

Nick Cave’s ‘One More Time With Feeling’ Will Rip Out Your Heart

by Ashley Naftule on Sep 14, 2016 • 3 Comments

“One More Time With Feeling” rarely hits any false notes. It feels authentic and truthful in a way that makes most other music documentaries feel like forgeries.

Nil.

Phoenix, Arizona is Like an H.P. Lovecraft Nightmare

by Hannah Irene Walsh on Sep 11, 2016 • No Comments

It is a time in which clouds, heavy with caustic rain, no longer glow with urban fire; a time when the endless tracks of asphalt have been filled with sand, and when once-skeletal lions have fattened themselves on mankind's tainted remains. Beneath the surface's burning grit, the desert's very blood sleeps, waiting for the darkness...

Feat. / Lit. / Nil.

Smear Yourself in Literature at Lit Cream!

by Andre de'Lunula on Aug 28, 2016 • 1 Comment

We started a new thing called 'Lit Cream,' which will remove your acne and freshen up your skin. Well, actually, it's dead authors read by local Arizona poets.

Dept. of Misc. Review, Etc. / Events. / Nil. / Noises.

One Day Your Ears Will Ache Like Mine Ache: The Body & Full of Hell at 51 West

by Ashley Naftule on Aug 24, 2016 • 1 Comment

It’s hard to distinguish individual songs within the cramped, rumbling ball of sound they make onstage. It does what heavy music does best: It creates vibrations so powerful I can feel my clothes shake and pressure build in my guts.

Dept. of Misc. Review, Etc. / Film. / Nil. / OPslashED

‘Coming Through The Rye’ is an Insult to J.D. Salinger

by Garrett Farah on Aug 23, 2016 • 2 Comments

Both the film and Catcher In The Rye mirror the ideas of coming of age, and share common plot points like running away from boarding school and the main character being a melodramatic twat.

Nil. / Video. / Visuals.

The ‘Angel Bay Files’ is the Only Detective Show with Fish Actors

by Troy Farah on Aug 20, 2016 • 2 Comments

The Angel Bay Files isn't your typical detective show, given how often there are fish pooping in it.

Feat. / Music Video. / Nil. / Noises. / Video. / Visuals.

‘FLESHER’ — A Nightmarish Acid Trip Tribute to Max Fleischer

by Andre de'Lunula on Jul 23, 2016 • 7 Comments

de'Lunula is happy to present one of our darkest, weirdest films yet.

Nil. / Noises.

PREMIERE: Listen to the New Nerdcore Punk EP from Andy Warpigs

by Andre de'Lunula on Jun 6, 2016 • 3 Comments

After a brief two-year hiatus, local freaky folk-punk act Andy Warpigs returns with a collection of rare, obscure tracks for the geekiest of geek punx.

Art. / Feat. / Soc. / Truth. / Video. / Visuals.

Watch ‘The Back Road,’ An Apocalyptic Doc about Dean Chetwynd’s Dark Art

by Andre de'Lunula on Jun 6, 2016 • 5 Comments

The doc explores Dean Chetwynd's troubled, abusive childhood and the long journey that brought him to Cottonwood, Arizona, all while making some of the most intriguing, unsettling art in the state.

Feat. / Nil. / Video. / Visuals.

Watch ‘PAPPY,’ A Bizarre Documentary Short About What Pappy Means To The World

by Andre de'Lunula on May 21, 2016 • 2 Comments

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Nil. / ShortReads.

The Worst PR Emails I Have Received This Week

by Andre de'Lunula on May 8, 2016 • No Comments

YES! Leggings that Serve a Medical Purpose!

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