RACK CITY

October 1, 2012 – Deadmau5's flossy lightshow is one of those memorymakers that you end up wanting to constantly carry around in your brainpan post-show, and now you can, in a manner of speaking.

September 20, 2012 – That’s right, after the rousing success of my first column providing fashion makeover support to some of today’s most promising indie rockers, I’m back to lend my support to those in need yet again. Seriously, how many shows must I attend — and I don’t care if we’re talking grindcore or dubstep or improvised folk — where everyone looks like they just rolled out of bed?

September 19, 2012 – Throughout the whirlwind of New York Fashion Week, the pressure to make designs salable echoed through even some of the most critically praised collections, capitalist impact evidenced by muted looks across lines tempered by the bitter taste of mediocrity.

September 17, 2012 – Ever since Dame Vivienne Westwood opened up shop on King's Road, selling ripped-up frocks to the neighborhood miscreants, punk fashion's march from marginalized kids to the runway was inevitable, if slow.

September 11, 2012 – Trying to figure out cutting-edge designer fashion is the same as trying to figure out Killed By Death punk rock, German minimal techno or no-wave film — in order to get started, it really helps to have a guide. In my case, I bridged the gap between, um, the Gap and Ann Demeulemeester thanks to DJ Mike Nouveau.

August 27, 2012 – Menswear designer Billy Reid hosted the fourth installment of his annual Shindig this past weekend, a two-day celebration of "music and fine Southern culture" in his line's homebase of Florence, Alabama. After a book signing with John T. Edge — director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and writer of the just released The Truck Food Cookbook — at Reid's flagship store, the party's focused shifted toward music.