by Brett Warner

It’s not easy being the only smartass, largely uninformed Social Democrat in a family of complacent, church-going conservatives – but somebody’s got to do it. In the debut installment of my new SG column Armchair Politics, I’ll be taking a half-assed gander at the week’s political news with the un-researched perspective of an underpaid know-it-all college graduate with a twenty year-old car and $160 thousand dollars in student loan debt. Why does my opinion matter? Because it’s on the internet, duh.

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by Erin Broadley

““It’s shuffling and it’s surfing and it’s really bad for the brain.”
– Reuben Wu

Ladytron is the last band one would expect to see wandering through the haunted shacks and abandoned junkyards of California’s high desert. But in the video for their new single “Ghosts” there is a sun-drenched sinister nature to that environment that suits the British band perfectly. Shot entirely on film, the video follows the impeccably dressed quartet through a dusty landscape of weather worn pianos and broken down vintage cars; a surreal place inhabited by oversized rabbits and where cars speed down the highway with no driver behind the wheel. It’s the video that Ladytron’s Reuben Wu considers his favorite the band has done thus far.

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Parker Suicide in Shutter Bug

• INTO: Pirates, technology, long drives, conspiracy theories, steamy backseat makeouts, biting, Nostradamus, live music, sexy pictures, making videos, corsets, fishnets, 007, Marty McFly, aromatherapy, sensuality & eroticism, old cameras, traveling, photography, food photography, Leonardo da Vinci, cuddling, Photoshop, documentaries, DIY, sleight of hand, self respect, time travel, psychology, tattoos, late nights, YouTube.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Blood oranges, summer sun, dessert before dinner, yoga, fresh air, no commercials, organic fruit, fiery sunsets, the lake, tea dates, Polaroids, postcards, animals, legwarmers, lingerie, fresh herbs, surprises, beach days, new piercings, food, friends.
• VICES: Oral fixation.

Get to know Parker better over at SuicideGirls.com!

by Blogbot

Scott Ian, the driving force behind Anthrax (and SG’s Food Coma columnist), has a lot of situations going on right now, so we thought it high time we checked in with him. Just before Christmas he released a new album, Ironiclast, with The Damned Things, a supergroup he formed with Rob Caggiano (of Anthrax), Keith Buckley (of Every Time I Die) and Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley (of Fall Out Boy). The band are currently on the road with the Jägermeister Music Tour (which also features Buckcherry and Hellyeah) and are also doing a select few headlining dates.

In addition, Anthrax, alongside Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica, are scheduled to bring The Big 4 Tour, which made some major noise in Europe in 2010, to America. The four monster metal bands will be taking over the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, CA the weekend after Coachella for the first ever Stateside Big 4 Festival (to be held on Saturday April 23rd).

We hit Ian up via email to find out more.

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by Erin Broadley

“If you care about what others think, you’ll never feel comfortable”
– Carrie Borzillo

There comes a time in every rock chick’s life when even the most badass of the bunch needs a little refresher course on self-empowerment and simple life maintenance like properly preparing absinthe. Enter the new book from entertainment journalist Carrie Borzillo, titled Cherry Bomb: The Ultimate Guide to Becoming a Better Flirt, a Tougher Chick, and a Hotter Girlfriend, and to Living Life Like a Rock Star.

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Silencia Suicide in No Horse

• INTO: Loud music, wearing too much black, vegan cookies, religious iconography, sarcasm, impeccable wit, used bookstores, socialist feminism, spontaneity, innocence, love.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Gay men, handwritten letters, black coffee, New York, Portland, Kubrick, Borges, Sioux, a good sense of humor, grandparents, intelligence..
• MAKES ME SAD: Conservative politics, people who force their views on others, how necessary money is sometimes, “text” typing in e-mail/online messages – scratch that – “text” typing in general (yes, even in text messages), when people refer to tattoos as “ink” or “tatts.”
• HOBBIES: Lots of things that end with “ing.”
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: Paper, black ink pen, background noise, my brain, my heart (all the other organs aren’t as important).

Get to know Silencia better over at SuicideGirls.com!