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Jarrod Alonge, Patty Walters, + Lauren Babic Release New Song as Supergroup, CrazyEightEight


We love supergroups, so CrazyEightEight has totally stolen our hearts. Not familiar? What started as the project of Lauren Babic (Red Handed Denial) and Jarrod Alonge (Sunrise Skater Kids, funnyman extraordinaire), has now welcomed As It Is’ Patty Walters. In true 2018 fashion the band is internet based, and really just out to have fun while making music. Today, they’ve announced that they’ll be releasing a debut album funded by Kickstarter, and to get us all super stoked for the new line-up, they’ve also dropped a track titled “Shinebox”. You can watch the video for the song below and indulge in… Read more »

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Falling For ‘Nufonia Must Fall’


Here’s how Kid Koala, one of the world’s finest DJs, breaks it down. Nufonia comes from the “Latin” nu fon. Add-on the suffix -ia (in this case used to denote a place) and you have the city where no fun is had.

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California high court upholds gay marriage ban


California’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s gay marriage ban Tuesday but said the 18,000 same-sex weddings that took place before the prohibition passed are still valid – a ruling decried by gay rights activists as a hollow victory. Demonstrators outside the court booed, wept and yelled, “Shame on you!” Activists said they would go back to the voters as early as next year in a bid to repeal the ban. In a 6-1 decision written by Chief Justice Ron George, the court rejected arguments that the ban approved by the voters last fall was such a fundamental change in the… Read more »

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Gay Marriage Faces Stunning Defeat in California


LOS ANGELES — In an election otherwise full of liberal triumphs, the gay rights movement suffered a stunning defeat as California voters approved a ban on same-sex marriages that overrides a recent court decision legalizing them. The constitutional amendment – widely seen as the most momentous of the nation’s 153 ballot measures – will limit marriage to heterosexual couples, the first time such a vote has taken place in a state where gay unions are legal. Gay-rights activists had a rough election elsewhere as well. Ban-gay-marriage amendments were approved in Arizona and Florida, and Arkansas voters approved a measure banning… Read more »

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Iranian band plans concert with Chris de Burgh


Iranian authorities have approved a plan for concerts by an Iranian pop group and singer Chris de Burgh in Tehran, the group’s manager said on Saturday. The concerts, set for the middle of next year, would be the first time since the 1979 revolution that an Iranian pop band had played alongside a Western singer inside the Islamic Republic, Arian’s manager Mohsen Rajabpour said. Rajabpour, director of Taraneh Sharghi music company, said Arian and de Burgh had recorded a song called “A Melody for Peace” which he said was intended “to reflect the peace-seeking spirit of the Iranian people to… Read more »

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