Capitalizing on their recent turn in the spotlight, the polygamous Fundamentalist Mormom’s known as FLDS have launched their own children’s clothing line:

This site is dedicated to provide children with  clothing that meets the FLDS standards for modesty
and neatness. Our commitment is to offer quality,  handmade, modest, affordable clothing.   Each piece is made with joy and care.

Fuck all this Baby Gap shit, FLDSdresss.com is the new shit! Wait till you see their new Joseph Smith Signature Line of men’s clothes coming in ‘09. That shit gets all the ladies! Just ask Uncle Rulon.

Can’t really say I blame him though:

Gym Class Heroes lead singer Travis McCoy was arrested last night in St. Louis on one charge of third-degree assault. The punk-hop group had just finished the first song of their Warped Tour set, “Peace Sign,” when a black audience member near the front row called the New York-based singer a “fucking ignorant nigger.”

McCoy calmly asked the man, “What did you just call me?” As security was removing him from the crowd, the frontman reached down and broke his microphone over the man’s head. McCoy immediately apologized for his reaction and said it wasn’t representative of him as a person. “I’m sorry. But when someone calls you something that ignorant and that offensive, you have to bash their head in with a microphone,” said McCoy. The audience cheered as the man in question was carried away by security. Local police are not releasing the victim’s name at this time. McCoy was arrested onstage at the end of his set. He was released early this morning on $500 bond.

This video was shot immediately following the beat down:

Someone call Al Sharpton. Or at least Pete Wentz. Or maybe both.

Why ‘Reka?: Nine times out of 10, when you tell someone you’re going to Eureka (hopefully, you’ll never have to say “I’m going to Eureka” more than 10 times in your life) they figure you’re probably talking Yreka, the humble piss-stop town off of I-5 North on the way to Oregon. But true scions of Northern California know that Eureka with a “eu” is a very, very different place than Yreka. The word Eureka is greek for “I have found it,” but a lot’s changed since the time someone was excited to find Eureka. The gold that gave it it’s name ran out a long time ago, and the other two rape-able natural resources that have kept Eureka from becoming a complete waste of time and space, timber and fish, are both quickly heading that way too. In fact the only things that Eureka seems to have in abundance these days is weed and crazy ass homeless people, and not necessarily in that order. (more…)

Just got done posting a couple of new interviews to the music page, including Adam Clair’s comprehensive chat with Philadephia up-and-comers Drink Up, Buttercup, and Lily Moayeri’s interview with UK neo-folkster Fink. Check that shit out, and click on a few banners while you’re at it so we can stack cheddar like a Safeway stockboy in the dairy aisle PLAYA!

I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but our resident video savant, the aptly named Video Matt has a boner the size of Rhode Island for Paramore. In fact, he has a personal archive of fap videos that he hoards like gold nuggets, locked away in a safe deep inside his family compound in the hills above Gridley. However, we are slowly convincing him to release some of this footage for the greater good of humanity. Check out these two clips of Paramore back before they were the biggest thing since sliced wrists, playing at the legendary Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA.

Before AFI bassist Hunter Burgan was hanging on posters tacked to the bedroom walls of a million gothed out teens and selling more records than MC Hammer, he played in a band called The Force, from Grass Valley, who I mainly remember from a promo flat one of my old roommates hung on his bedroom wall, that had Greebo, my favorite Star Wars character on it. The Force also included singer Matt Wedgley, who now fronts the band Viva Hate (which coincidentally also includes Geoff Kresge, the old bassist from AFI who Hunter Burgan replaced) and guitarist Mark Roustabout now with The Roustabouts. Long story short, the band is getting back together for a couple of shows marking the 10-year anniversary of their last show together in 1998 and to celebrate a re-release of all their old material. Here’s the press release:

June 29, 2008— NorCal hardcore/punk band, The Force, is reuniting for the first time in 10 years. Singer Matt Wedgley, bassist Hunter Burgan, guitarist Mark Roustabout and the inimitable drummer Chad Cox went their separate ways after the band’s final show in 1998, each following his own path to personal and professional success.

This reunion will give fans as well as those who missed The Force the first time around a chance to witness California hardcore/punk at its truest and finest.

The Force will only be playing three shows, the first of which will be in their hometown of Grass Valley, CA (a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, between Sacramento and Reno) followed by a Bay Area concert and finally a Southern California stop. The dates are as follows:

August 29, 2008 - Miner’s Foundry in Nevada City (Grass Valley), CA
August 30, 2008 - 924 Gilman St. in Berkeley, CA
August 31, 2008 - Chain Reaction in Anaheim, CA

Formed in May of 1995, the band recorded and toured for three years. The Force released several recordings, including a 7″, a 10″ and a split 7″ as well as a number of songs on compilations.

This reunion will coincide with the release of a complete discography, containing every song The Force ever recorded. A limited edition, 21-song double-LP will be sold at the shows as well as online while supplies last.