Alan Robert has always loved to be scared. “I can remember my first experience being fascinated with the film The Amityville Horror as a young kid. After all, I had cousins who lived in Long Island, NY, so I knew Amityville was a real place, which made the whole thing even more frightening. I must’ve been only […]
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“A world of humans with no humanity” From “Losing My Humanity” by Kobra and the Lotus We want people to “get” us – to understand who we are and what we are about. When approached in a healthy way, we understand our authentic self well enough to know what makes us tick and who we
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“He has a million voices telling us lies Describing your fate to your face while scripting your demise He uses fear as his favorite play while hiding his eyes For the calm and innocent who wreak of surprise” From “Burn the Straw Man” by Butcher Babies In the late 1970s, the punk-rock and heavy-metal world got a
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“Swallowing the feeling Counting cracks across the ceiling Never reached the depths of them before Finding flaws in every format I know but haven’t shown that I could pick myself up off the floor” –“From the Outside” by Real Friends Dan Lambton, founding member and singer-songwriter of the band Real Friends, has bipolar disorder. Bipolar disorder is a mood
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Benjamin Zephaniah is a writer, poet, actor and recording artist. His new autobiographical book, The Life and Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah, chronicles his personal, spiritual and creative journey. To understand Benjamin Zephaniah’s journey, one must understand his roots in Rastafarianism–a religion that has its origins in Jamaica. Rastafarianism has informed almost every aspect of Zephaniah’s life–including his art form of
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“The dying world gasps its last breath as we turn off our minds All hope is lost There’ll be no new dawn And all of your dreams will die, die” From “See You in Hell” by Electric Wizard From an early age, Jus Oborn of Electric Wizard knew that he felt a bit “off.” Oborn has struggled
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Loni Love is doing it all. Not only does she co-host the television talk show “The Real” and co-host the radio show “Café Mocha” with M.C. Lyte, but she will also host the Ellen DeGeneres-produced TV show “Heads Up.” She has been a stand-up comedian for years and has appeared in several movies, including Soul Plane and the upcoming Garry Marshall-produced Mother’s Day, and
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“Slave away, it’s just another day It’s just another day without meaning Blue to gray, another bill to pay Until you die under a glass ceiling.” –From “Learn To Live” by Bad Wolves Six years ago, Tommy Vext had resolved to take his life by stepping in front of a moving train. The despair that Vext felt
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Gillian McCain told me, “If I wasn’t an author, I think I’d want to be a therapist.” Should she choose to switch fields, McCain is off to a good start. Because with the book “Please Kill Me,” an oral history of the development of punk rock music, McCain and co-author Legs McNeil have delivered to
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“The more we fear the future, the more we recycle the past.” Legs McNeil Growing up, my knowledge of punk rock music was limited to dancing to the Ramones’ “I Want To Be Sedated” at United Synagogue Youth events and watching videos of the Clash’s “Rock the Casbah” on MTV. Later in life, as I became more familiar with punk
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