20,000 Leagues Under the Scene
Underworld vs. Underwater
By Jayanthi K. Daniel; Spin Staff 07.22.03 3:00 AM
Underworld vs. Underwater
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Radical Cheek
The history of underground comics, as best as anyone can
remember it
By Joe Gross; Spin Staff 07.22.03 3:00 AM
The history of underground comics, as best as anyone can remember it
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Something Wicked This Way Comes
Each summer, 500 goths descend on Disneyland to smoke cigarettes
and mock Snow White. Why? Because it's the only place where they
can truly feel at home
By Chuck Klosterman; Spin Staff 07.22.03 3:00 AM
Each summer, 500 goths descend on Disneyland to smoke cigarettes
and mock Snow White. Why? Because it's the only place where they
can truly feel at home
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Bands to Watch: Cody Chesnutt
When he was courted by major labels this past year, Cody Chesnutt
had two demands: (1) release the singer/songwriter's funk-rock,
lo-fi freakout debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, as a
two-disc set, complete with tape hiss; and (2) videotape every
label meeting for Breaking the Masterpiece, a documentary
tracking his rise (Chesnutt canceled a meeting with DreamWorks when
one exec refused to appear on camera).
By Matt Diehl; Spin Staff 07.21.03 3:00 AM
When he was courted by major labels this past year, Cody Chesnutt
had two demands: (1) release the singer/songwriter's funk-rock,
lo-fi freakout debut, The Headphone Masterpiece, as a
two-disc set, complete with tape hiss; and (2) videotape every
label meeting for Breaking the Masterpiece, a documentary
tracking his rise (Chesnutt canceled a meeting with DreamWorks when
one exec refused to appear on camera).
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MTV's Ultimate Spin Winner
Last summer, Spin set out to discover a new rock writer.
Qualifications: must be talented, unpublished, and read to dodge
flying cold cuts. Our 20-year-old contest winner survived three
days on the road with Papa Roach, and MTV got it all on tape. This
is her report. Find out what happens Papa Roach stop being polite
and start getting real
By Dana Vinson; Spin Staff 07.21.03 3:00 AM
Last summer, Spin set out to discover a new rock writer.
Qualifications: must be talented, unpublished, and read to dodge
flying cold cuts. Our 20-year-old contest winner survived three
days on the road with Papa Roach, and MTV got it all on tape. This
is her report. Find out what happens Papa Roach stop being polite
and start getting real
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No Satisfaction: The Replacements, Reissued
If the Get Up Kids got low-down, if the Hives had bad teeth, if the
Strokes had ever worked at Denny's, they'd still look pretty weak
up against the Replacements. Punk rock of the 1980s produced some
magical responses to Reagan-era alienation, but no one ever
bellowed into the void like these Minneapolis miscreants. Soft boys
in hard shells, they drank too much and treated their instruments
like annoying ex-girlfriends. Yet when existential benchwarmer Paul
Westerberg would uncork a lyric like "Wanna be something / Wanna be
anything," and Bob Stinson's guitar would start to wail,
these schlepps became superheroes. Alienation melted into empathy
like Lake Minnetonka in spring. And beneath the ice, the six-pack.
By Jon Dolan; Spin Staff 07.21.03 3:00 AM
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