The punk rock life and unsolved death of the mastermind behind "New Wave Theatre" is extraordinary reading
Have you ever seen Eraserhead? In David Lynch's first B&W Surrealist mind-hump of a movie, there is scene with a little song the "Lady in…
Jim Woodring's mind-blowing WEATHERCRAFT unveiled at Fantagraphics this Saturday, May 22
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp95qKF4cDg&feature=related] [video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP0oSaUQn5E] We have a genius artist in our midst in Seattle, beloved internationally, who started in graphic novels but whose paintings have been avidly…
Are you a Drooling Fanatic? Meet the author of the funniest rock book ever written
Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life is easily the best humor book on music I've ever read. Author Steve Almond received a lot of…
The Decemberists' Colin Meloy to write children's books for HarperCollins
Most TIG readers realize that Colin Meloy knows his way with a fetching narrative whether in song (on oodles of albums by his band The…
New Bomb Turks frontman writes essential tome on punk from 1988-2001
"We've always been of the mind that it's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask for permission." --Eddie Spaghetti, The Supersuckers. So begins…
Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
When author Tony DuShane was a nervous young man struggling with being a Jehovah's Witness, his extremely religious father lost his mind and punched five…
Big fun art and music shows coming up at the Fantagraphics store starting this Saturday {1/30}
The Spectacular Saturday Series begins this Saturday at the Fantagraphics store in frisky Georgetown, starting with the press party for NEWAVE! The Underground Mini-Comix of…
Imaginary wishlist: Great reads of 2009
2009 was an excellent year for book lovers, even if publishers became as entrenched about withering economic changes as much as the cowering music industry.…
Vagabond Holes
A couple of years ago Domino Records reissued five glorious double-disc treatments of The Triffids' obscure oeuvre, little known jewels from the one band every…
Live Nude Elf: A Carrie Bradshaw for malcontents and the elvish
She's a young woman in the big city writing a column about sex. She learns a lot with her friends, goes through scandalous relationships and…