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Gallery Music Buckcherry on Pornstars,Tattoos and the Mayan Calendar

August 22, 2011 - 2:26 pm

Upon walking backstage at The Roxy on Friday night, Buckcherry front man Josh Todd and lead guitarist Keith Nelson paid their respects to the recently remodeled – thanks to the powers of ChinaShop – dressing room. The guys took a seat on the blue leather couch while Keith joked about liking what we did with the place. “When Josh walked in here he was like, ‘Last time I walked in this was a shithole. It looks good now!” said Keith.

Buckcherry, who is currently in the middle of the Rock Allegiance Tour along with Papa Roach, Puddle of Mudd, POD, RED, Crossfade, and Drive A, rolled into town to perform a Friday night show at The Roxy for this year’s Sunset Strip Music Fest. Prior to their energetic set, Josh balanced my recording iPhone on his foot while he and Keith discussed porn stars, tattoos, and releasing an album in 2012 pending we don’t all perish with the termination of the Mayan calendar.

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Gallery Music Magnetic Man: New Album, New Show, New Beginning

by Rich Thomas and Dustin Downing

April 18, 2011 - 10:09 am

If you’re at Coachella and plan on spending any time in the Sahara Tent, chances are you’re going to hear your fair share of dubstep, but before the genre even really had a name, a producer named Artwork was dropping a tune called “Red” in clubs throughout the UK; a track many consider one of the earliest manifestations of the genre characterized by its big, wobbly bottom end. Flash forward to today. Artwork is still pushing the envelope, but this time he’s linked up with Benga and Skream to form Magnetic Man, who kicked off their 2011 US campaign with a prime slot at this year’s Coachella. Their debut album features guest collaborations with UK vocalists/MCs Katy B, Ms. Dynamite and Angela Hunte, along with a classic co-write with John Legend on “Getting Nowhere.” We hooked up with two-thirds of Magnetic Man—Artwork and Benga—at the side of the Main Stage while Cee Lo Green was putting on a rousing rendition of “Fuck You.”

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Gallery Random Camera Random Camera: Caught Red Handed

by Dustin Downing

October 13, 2010 - 12:05 pm

“My son was a burglar.”, mutters Esther as I worry that my missing sock is lost and scared. “I didn’t quite mind because he would occasionally bring me nice things from the places he was buglar-ing. And always red, my favorite color.” I’ll get back to her in a second…

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New York City July 4th in New York: Red White and Brews

by Molly Crabapple

July 9, 2010 - 4:41 pm

Dorks on one side of the line. Cool kids on the other. This high school dichotomy holds fast for much of New York nightlife, and it’s something that Seen Magazine is trying to change. Starting with their launch party.

On July 4^th, Seen Magazine, the street wear brand Mishka, and the Comic Books Legal Defense Fund threw an epic party at Water Taxi Beach, artificial patch of sand and neon palm trees on the East River. Music by Beach Fossils and the Death Set blasted as the sun set over Manhattan.

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Music Chris Gore Book Signing : Filmmakers! D.I.Y. or Die Trying

by Jeff Nau

December 18, 2009 - 11:45 am

ChinaShop Film curator and Patron Saint of Indie Filmmaker Counseling Chris Gore was in Las Vegas and Los Angeles recently for a signing of his latest opus, Chris Gore’s Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide. In addition to the autographing, Gore lived up to his reputation as an advice hound, doling out a dozen different ways he could think of to help the aspiring filmmakers who were there to seek out the film festivals. If they didn’t confess their secret projects, he became a sort of benevolent Torquemada, and had ways to make you talk — even if you didn’t want to.

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