“We’re so in debt its not even funny”
– Alex Ebert of Ima Robot
Ima Robot is an excellent band whose music mixes a variety of genres. You can call them rock, you can even call them rap, but you must buy their new album, Monument to the Masses. I recently had a chance to speak with the band’s very prolific vocalist, Alex Ebert.
Read our exclusive interview with Alex Ebert of Ima Robot on SuicideGirls.com.
“The film shrinks the band down.”
– Stewart Copeland
I cant help but be jokingly hostile with people like Joe Perry and Stewart Copeland. Theyre just so damn rich and so damn famous that my anger comes out in my sarcastic questions. I got to speak to The Polices drummer Stewart Copeland about his new movie Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out which has Copeland narrating over fantastic footage he shot over most of The Polices career.
Read our exclusive interview with Stewart Copeland on SuicideGirls.com.
“My work was always big conceptual albums”
– Junkie XL
Tom Holkenborg is best known for composing music for movies like Kingdom of Heaven and Resident Evil, but in the world of electronic music Tom is known as the world renowned Junkie XL. His latest album is Today and I had a chance to speak with him before he left for his European tour.
Read our exclusive interview with Junkie XL on SuicideGirls.com.
by Steven-Elliot Altman (SG Member: Steven_Altman)
Our Fiction Friday serialized novel, The Killswitch Review, is a futuristic murder mystery with killer sociopolitical commentary (and some of the best sex scenes we’ve ever read!). Written by bestselling sci-fi author Steven-Elliot Altman (with Diane DeKelb-Rittenhouse), it offers a terrifying postmodern vision in the tradition of Blade Runner and Brave New World…
By the year 2156, stem cell therapy has triumphed over aging and disease, extending the human lifespan indefinitely. But only for those who have achieved Conscientious Citizen Status. To combat overpopulation, the U.S. has sealed its borders, instituted compulsory contraception and a strict one child per couple policy for those who are permitted to breed, and made technology-assisted suicide readily available. But in a world where the old can remain vital forever, America’s youth have little hope of prosperity.
Jason Haggerty is an investigator for Black Buttons Inc, the government agency responsible for dispensing personal handheld Kevorkian devices, which afford the only legal form of suicide. An armed “Killswitch” monitors and records a citizen’s final moments — up to the point where they press a button and peacefully die. Post-press review agents — “button collectors” — are dispatched to review and judge these final recordings to rule out foul play.
When three teens stage an illegal public suicide, Haggerty suspects their deaths may have been murders. Now his race is on to uncover proof and prevent a nationwide epidemic of copycat suicides. Trouble is, for the first time in history, an entire generation might just decide they’re better off dead.
(Catch up with the first installment of Killswitch, then continue reading after the jump…)
“There is nobody involved that I don’t trust”
– Slug of Atmosphere
There are striking simularities between the evolution of SuicideGirls and the career of underground rapper Sean Daley, better known as Slug from the Minneapolis hip-hop duo Atmosphere. Slug has been a supporter of SG for years, contributed his music to the Black Heart Retrospective and even name-drops the site in a song title on Atmosphere’s 2003 record Seven’s Travels. But there are also more subtle career links to be explored. Like Suicidegirls, Atmosphere are known for their punk-rock ethos and DIY approach to distribution. They have been touring for over a decade now; winning over heads and hearts one city at a time. It seems like Slug is finally reaping the fruit of his efforts.
“I’ll be real bold and blunt.”
– Travis Barker
I should admit this right off the bat: I’m not a huge fan of Travis Barkers music. The only work of his I’ve really gravitated to is The Transplants; I’m still spinning that disc ever since I interviewed Skinhead Rob nearly a year and a half ago. But Barkers new band +44 is good and a lot of fun. He’s teamed up with another former member of Blink 182, Mark Hoppus, as well as former Transplants touring guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and the lead guitarist of The Nervous Return, Shane Gallagher. I had a very open and honest conversation with Barker about the new band and his trials and travails with the paparazzi and various famous blondes.
Read our exclusive interview with Travis Barker on SuicideGirls.com.
by A.J. Focht
Superheroes swarmed the geek news again this last week with several major announcements from all sides. Warner Bros kicked the week off revealing Laurence Fishburne would be playing the role of Perry White in Man of Steel. Shortly thereafter, they released the first look at Henry Cavill as Superman. Despite the recent script problems, Superman is set to fly back into theaters on June 14, 2013.
Warner Bros didn’t stop there. The first official photo of Anne Hathaway in The Dark Knight Rises was released soon after the Superman photo. The outfit pays some homage to the more ‘tactical’ look of the comic books, but gives absolutely no feline resemblance. This has only fueled the theory that Hathaway will actually be playing the role as Selina Kyle, and may not become Catwoman at all.
