Jeff Penalty
Articles by Jeff Penalty:
Robbie Conal
Ronald Reagan made me do it.”
It’s unlikely that such a defense would hold up in a modern American court of law, but that’s how Robbie Conal, best known for gluing disturbing and hyperreal images of political and historical figures to fixtures of the urban landscape, explains his incitement to hit the streets
Brendan Mullen
It’s easy for any punk rock fan to rattle off a list of musicians who have left an indelible mark on the genre, or for any hip-hop fan to explain the valuable contributions made by the oldest of the old-school artists.
A Punk Rock Fairey Tale
The American Dream boils down to two scenarios: 1) winning the lottery and 2) joining your favorite rock band. I had just received a phone call to say that I… like Sid Vicious, Henry Rollins, and Tim “Ripper” Owens before me, had just achieved the less likely of the two.
BATTLE OF THE BANDS
Southern California high schools are noted for churning out fame and talent. Any tour-bus driver worth his or her salt could drive you around the Greater Los Angeles area and point out the alma-maters of any number of famous actors and musicians.
A Brief History of Energy Drinks
Aside from the jet packs and the monkey overlords, one of the things that science fiction promised us in the new millennium was food in convenient pill form. But reality cheated our imaginations on every level. Instead of jet packs, we got Segway scooters. Instead of monkeys, we got the Bush administration.
RAYMOND PETTIBON
When Raymond Pettibon says, “Joan Jett has a bigger dick than Hulk Hogan,” he means it as an insult to Hogan and a compliment to Jett, not the other way around. His proclamation comes after I tell him that Hogan and Jett may potentially share the pages of SWINDLE’s Icons Issue with him.
The Soda Populist
Have you ever found yourself bitching about your cable company’s decision to jack up its rates simply because it could? Has your blood ever boiled at the thought of major labels keeping good musicians down?
John Van Hamersveld
When people think of hippie s, they tend to conjure an image of a shiftless, paranoid, drug-crazed, patchouli-wearing, granola-eating, self-righteous know-it-all who won’t stop lecturing you about how evil your car is. John Van Hamersveld is most decidedly a hippie, yet he is none of the above.