Descendentsโ new record Hypercaffium Spazzinate features fewer fart jokes and more lyrics about credit scores.
Aris Hunter Wales
Aris Hunter Wales is the Mercury's resident, denim-clad rocker and Blazers beat writer. If he's not clenching a fist while lauding the loud and heavy, he can be found sitting on press row at a Trail Blazers' game wearing a crisp suit with neatly combed hair.
Blazers Recap: Battle-Ball!! The Clippers Flip the Blazers!
You can see and feel it on the streets of Portland this week. Thereโs a lot more folks roaming around wearing red and black, theyโre smiling a little bigger than everyone else, and theyโre attitudes seem better. You could attribute the good vibes to that funny smelling smoke that wafts around everywhere all the time […]
Black Sabbath Fades into the Void
BLACK SABBATH But Ozzy, what happens AFTER forever? Ross Halfin โIโM NOT SURE I know the difference between heavy rock and heavy metal, but it is good to be known as inventors of heavy metal rather than followers,โ says Terence Michael Joseph โGeezerโ Butler, the original bass player and primary lyricist for the almighty Black […]
Black Sabbathโs Electric Funeral
The legendary band fades into the void.
Latino Metal Night Builds Community Through Cultural Swap Meets
LATINO METAL NIGHT Wes Cueto, AKA DJ Wes Craven. Jason Stares โITโS A BROTHERHOOD. You could be dropped off in any random city, see some guy rocking the same shit you like, and as soon as you meet them, theyโre your friend,โ says local heavy metal DJ Jon โChainsโ Grunstein Medina. Heโs referring to the […]
Latino Metal Night Unifies Through Volume
It’s a headbanging catharsis.
The Sound of Fear
JOHN CARPENTER Soundtracking your nightmares. Kyle Cassidy AS A DIRECTOR, John Carpenter singlehandedly destroyed the innocence and safety of babysitting with Halloween, created one of film’s meanest protagonists with Escape from New York‘s Snake Plissken, and with Nostradamus-like accuracy predicted the alien-controlled political puppet show we have today with They Live. As influential and groundbreaking […]
John Carpenter’s Blueprints for Sonic Terror
The director and composer still masters the sound of fear.
Playoff Recap: Blazers Drop Game 4 to Warriors
Photos courtesy trailblazers.com, Bruce Ely/Justin Tucker Thereโs been a lot of talk about putting an asterisk next to this yearโs playoffs for the Blazers. Folks think that since both teams weโve gone up against have been hobbled by injuries, us advancing and winning games should have a side note. I believe the Blazers 2016 playoff […]
A Commentary on Dream Theater’s Magnum Opus
The Astonishing is two hours and 10 minutes of sci-fi proggery.
The Blazers Snip The Clippers, Bring Series to 1-2
If Iโve learned anything from my beautiful, intelligent wife, Iโve learned itโs best to look and act appropriately when attending a special occasion. So, I felt it was appropriate to wear a suit and tie to cover game three of the playoffs last night. To me, the playoffs are a special occasion. An international event […]
Pizza Week Preview: Via Chicago’s โStuffed Spinach Pieโ
Aris Hunter Wales Taking an existing, delicious food and stuffing it with other delicious foods is never a bad idea. In that spirit, Via Chicago has taken a deep-dish, Chicago style โsliceโ of pizza and stuffed it to the gills with three kinds of cheese and fresh spinach. To create this gargantuan pizza, Via Chicago […]
