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Detail from the cover art for Amped shows the silhouette of a snowboarder raising his board above his head in triumph, dark against a bright blue sky.

How The Get Up Kids and an Xbox Demo Disc Changed My Life

By Ben Sailer • December 3rd, 2024

One afternoon when I had nothing else to do, I popped in a sampler of the snowboarding game Amped, and discovered a couple tracks from The Get Up Kids.

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A cropped image of a boy and girl holding hands on a school dance floor, both of them dressed in their best formal clothes.

Marilyn Manson, Middle School Dances, and Small Town Fear

By Ben Sailer • October 30th, 2024

I can’t remember if I left and went home after hearing the rules of the game, but I do remember refusing to play, without saying exactly why I didn’t want to join in.

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Inter Arma, most members long-haired and scruffy, lean against a concrete wall looking like a bunch of cool guys.

Exploring New Heaven with Inter Arma

By Ben Sailer • August 29th, 2024

Richmond-based metal five-piece Inter Arma have long charted their own path between metal sub-genres. On their sixth record New Heaven, they may have transcended simple categorization altogether, and are much more interesting as a result.

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Detail from the cover art for Better Lovers' God Made Me an Animal features two dark figures with heart eyes attached to each other by their tongues. On each of their chests is one half of a broken heart.

Better Vibes With Better Lovers

By Ben Sailer • July 30th, 2024

Ben goes to see metalcore supergroup Better Lovers and comes away with a renewed affection for his city and the power of the riff.

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Several guitar effects pedals are propped up on a stony outcropping on a mountain trail.

Kawaii, Kaiju, and Guitar Pedals: Window Shopping With Effects Bakery

By Ben Sailer • June 28th, 2024

Ben falls in love with an impossibly cute guitar pedal company that brings kawaii style and rock and roll together.

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May 2024

By Ben Sailer • May 24th, 2024

There’s no reason to believe there’s some sort of age cutoff where your place on stage has to be replaced with a seat at the bar.

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An extremely glitched closeup of the knot of a man's polka-dotted tie, an image with the air corrupted spy cam footage.

My Google Home is Cursed: A Cosmic Horror Story

By Ben Sailer • April 24th, 2024

When Ben’s smart speaker refuses to play music from specific artists, he begins to believe it’s cursed. Could his delusions of demonic possession be true?

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