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Q&A: Dillinger Escape Plan

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Essential Halloween Listening

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Music and Events

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Books: Packing for Mars

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Historical Hauntings

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Thoughts From A Broad

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Q&A: River City Ransom

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Games: Halo: Reach

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How to be a Zombie

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Pint with the Publisher

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Vampire Weekend

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Crossword Puzzle

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Witch’s Brew

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In Me Wick!

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FEEDback We can’t print everything we get, but we at least look at them. Send your praise, your pity, and your prattle to P.O. Box 87950, Fayetteville, NC 28304 or comments@ fayettevillefeed.com

Rocky Shout Out After posting September’s cover story, “Warped” online, the FEED asked our readers on Facebook to name their favorite Rocky Horror shout outs – below are some of their responses.

“A$$holes always write on doors!”

Dan Myler “It’s just a jump to the left …”

Kelly Wilson “The back row sucks.”

Joseph Skryzmoski “Meatloaf again!?”

James Kuczero I used to like to watch idiots set their newspaper on fire, as if holding two props at once was a little more than they could handle. Obviously, that was back when you were allowed to use lighters.

Kat Franken Mine would be: “Shut the f**k up, douches! I am trying to watch the movie!”

Jonathan Kylar

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Our Ears Are Burning (and so is our urine) Just thought I’d share ...I was enjoying dinner last night at Kobe Japanese Steak House when the subject of the Fayetteville FEED came up. One lady worked at Methodist University and said the students LOVED the magazine.

Another family was very involved in local theater and they also RAVED about the publication! Keep up the GOOD WORK ... People are TALKIN’!

Roy Cathey, via Facebook The red in the Fayetteville FEED logo means our magazine is blushing.

Thank you, Roy, for your continued support. If that is the sort of stuff people are saying about us in public, just imagine what they are saying while in the privacy of their own homes.

Better yet, imagining is for suckers, someone start tapping phone lines.

The FEED Your friendly neighborhood songwriter here. I just wanted to drop you a message. I did a radio interview in Carrboro yesterday (WCOM-FM) and what pray tell did I see on the front desk when I walked in? A Fayetteville FEED! Just wanted to let you know (that’s far-reaching!) …

Michael Daughtry via email

Thank you, Michael. We are both pleased to know our magazine has such reach and that radio DJs can read.

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Silent “H,” Vocal Fans The following are responses to the story “Pure Lizh,” which was published in the September 2010 issue of the Fayetteville FEED. Lizh is incredible! She is an artist at her passion and to call her a performer wouldn’t do her justice because she is what she does.

Joe Todd via Web site You rocked that one Lizh! Way to go.

Charly Lowry via Web site I have been following Lizh’s music and she is fantastic. Also I have had been at Lizh’s live performances and she is amazing. She never lets you feel bored.

Really she has so much talent that you have to see it. Lizh, you are wonderful.

Keep doing your thing. Lizh, you are beautiful plus your talent is tremendous.

Lisa via Web site

Politics As Usual The following are responses to the story “The Usual Suspects” which was published in the September 2010 issue of the Fayetteville FEED. The story featured a questionnaire which was answered by local politicians, including the city’s mayor and six of our city council members.

a 14-year-old girl! OMG! … We kid’, we kid’. We’ll be sure to include more branches of local government in our next questionnaire, Mr. Gilfus.

The FEED In response to The FEED’s Facebook comment regarding the fact that almost all of the politicians questioned in September’s issue seemed unaware of the meaning of “creative outlet.”

I don’t find it weird at all, more so expected. We really are a city like none other in the fact that we have more soldiers, artists, minorities and good old boys in the same pot than most.

That dynamic should cause vast drastic behaviors with as few outlets as we have.

Sadly the people you interviewed have no concept of the Fayetteville we know.

They have never walked our downtown in middle of the night for no reason.

They have probably never bar hopped.

They probably avoid the high crime areas. They don’t see the heart. We need graffiti, loud music, and zombie walks.

We need skateboard trees, art tunnels and public pianos. We need expression to divert aggression and we need it now!

Jonny Truelove via Facebook Thanks for a couple of good laughs.

Councilman Keith Bates via Web site

Definitely, FTW. One of these days the FEED will discover county commissioners, though... :)

I think that Keith Bates needs some mustard and relish. His responses to the questions were flat, is he depressed?

County Commissioner Phillip Hunter Gilfus via Facebook

Mark Hathaway, via e-mail

FTW? Our county commissioner is

We’re not sure Mark. Maybe you should send him a basket of kittens? Kittens

with mustaches... Let us be absolutely clear: we think mustaches are funny.

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Price Check The following are responses to James Johnson’s August 2010 column, “The Price of Change,” which dealt with the topic of high rental prices in downtown Fayetteville.

I love this article! This is an argument that I find myself in with many downtown supporters. Something has to change to attract Fayetteville’s target market and quick!

Downtown is a great/cool place to have a business but to stay open you have to be able to pay your bills first (rent, employees, taxes and so on) and I don’t see how that’s possible with the current available properties unless you are selling something with large profit margins like alcohol.

So the issue is if the powers that be want less “bars” then something has to be done about rents. Again this is simple thinking in my opinion but maybe some can’t / won’t get it … I mean can you imagine how many comic books you would have to sell to make rent?

Lexi, via Web site I firmly agree on this articles stand point. Do you know that most (building) owners downtown only paid $13,000 to $35,000 for those buildings?

Yes, that was about 20 years ago, but charging $3,000 for about 1,200 square feet? Ridiculous. Or trying to sell the buildings for $700,000 to $1,000,000? It is very hard for small business owners to develop their businesses. I hope something will change.

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From the editor

Rhode to Nowhere, Part II

by James Johnson

Photo: Chris Chun

James Johnson

I know you’re getting on in years, so let me refresh your memory. Last we spoke, I was engaging in the adventure of a life time (Gulliver’s Travels, Huckleberry Finn and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures all rolled into one), hitchhiking with two traveling musicians from North Carolina to Massachusetts’ shriveled and deformed cousin, Rhode Island.

Sadly, Kerouac, I am not. The hitchhiking experiment was a failure. As it turns out, people are less likely to pick up three random strangers off of the side of a busy highway than I’d first suspected (should have left my murderous glint at home). So I decided it was time to take the good old fashioned route - motorized vehicle … just like the pilgrims.

Initially I thought my musician friends, Stephens Waters (drummer, banjo player, manbeast) and Manquillan Minniefee (guitarist, silent film star, lothario), would appreciate my volunteering the use of my 1993 Toyota Corolla for the trip, but they looked at her as an uninvited pooper on the party that was their lives.

“Man, if you’d just kept walking a few more miles, we’d be having a real adventure,” complained Minniefee.

“Yeah James, you’re a wussy,” said Waters, only, he didn’t say “wussy.”

But once the boys saw what great time we were making, all complaints subsided, i.e., they fell asleep.

It did get kind of interesting once we reached New York. See, driving through the Big Apple took skill, agility and cat like reflexes for those instances in which one would need to cut another driver off while simultaneously flipping the bird to some guy behind you. This was Stephen Waters’ domain (so said Stephen Waters).

What followed was a roller-coaster of tunnels, bridges and heart pounding speed - I’m pretty sure we almost died like six different times.

Finally after an entire night and half a day of driving, we arrived in the Ocean City, Providence Rhode Island. Now all we’d need was a place to stay, preferably a place with air conditioning, Internet access and an abundance of free alcohol … just like the pilgrims.

Check here next month for Part III.

To appear in an upcoming issue of the Fayetteville FEED, send photos of yourself doing unspeakable things with our magazine to: james@ fayettevillefeed. com. We’ll even give a free t-shirt to the lucky so and so who submits the best pic.

Alone on the Road (with two other guys) After a couple of hours on the road I too was dreaming of adventure on the interstate, unfortunately I was driving on the interstate at the time. Having tried everything to keep awake, including opening a window, switching on the radio and punching myself in the face (had opposite effect), I decided a rest stop was more than called for … Pro-tip kids, never drive while drowsy, you’ll be kicking yourself later for sleeping through that cool car wreck you’ll be getting into.

Sleeping, driving, more driving, a lil’ driving and even more driving … You’ve got the gist.

What was amazing about the whole trip was the total lack of interesting things that happened during the drive. In fact, we only had to stop for gas twice. Thank you Japanese car manufacturers / future overlords.

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Schedule The Rock Shop Music Hall

128 South King Street, Fayetteville, NC, 910-321-7625 Oct. 2, 6 p.m.

Oct. 7, 6 p.m.

Oct. 8, 6 p.m.

Oct. 9 , 6 p.m.

Oct. 17, 6 p.m.

Oct. 22, 8 p.m.

Oct. 23, 6 p.m.

Oct. 24, 6 p.m.

Oct. 29, 7 p.m.

Oct. 30, 6 p.m.

Nov. 5, 8 p.m.

Super Bob National Recording Artists 36 Crazy Fists, Consume The Stars, Betray Your Own, Last Of A Dying Breed National Recording Artists Koffin Kats Limo Wreck Cutthroat Shamrock Surgical Onslaught, No Mercy National Recording Artists Unknown Hinson National Recording Artists Agent Orange, Oakcrest, Alcazar Hotel INDULGE FASHION SHOW & THE ROCK SHOP CALENDAR RELEASE, Schmegma 4th ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY Sponsored by ROCK 103 with The Fifth, Nephilym, Schmegma Betray Your Own, Phuket Underwater, The Several Devils Band Irvine

Itz Entertainment City

4118 Legend Ave., Fayetteville, NC, 910-826-2300 Oct. 1

Oct. 2

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Oct. 7 Oct. 8

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Oct. 14 Oct. 15

Oct. 16

Oct. 17

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Oct. 21 Oct. 22

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Oct. 28 Oct. 29

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Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music, Ladies Night Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music Live Unplugged/Acoustic Music by DL Token, DJ Shawn on The Patio ,Shows at 7:00 & 10 pm in The Comedy Zone Request Show on The Patio w/Live Music All Request Show w/DJ Shawn Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music, Ladies Night Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music Live Unplugged/Acoustic Music by DL Token, DJ Shawn on The Patio ,Shows at 7:00 & 10 pm in The Comedy Zone Request Show on The Patio w/Live Music All Request Show w/DJ Shawn Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music, Ladies Night Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music Live Unplugged/Acoustic Music by DL Token, DJ Shawn on The Patio ,Shows at 7:00 & 10 pm in The Comedy Zone Request Show on The Patio w/Live Music All Request Show w/DJ Shawn Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music, Ladies Night Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music Live Unplugged/Acoustic Music by DL Token, DJ Shawn on The Patio ,Shows at 7:00 & 10 pm in The Comedy Zone Request Show on The Patio w/Live Music All Request Show w/DJ Shawn Party Night - Dance Club w/Live

Photo: Fotofink.com

Oct. 30 Oct. 31

Music, Ladies Night Party Night - Dance Club w/Live Music Kids Party with costume contest, games, prizes, etc., Halloween Party in the evening with costume contest for adults, Live Music by The Fifth on The Patio, DL Token in the Cigar Bar, DJ Shawn on The Patio, Shows at 7:00 & 10 pm in The Comedy Zone

Huske Hardware

Cats Cradle

300 E. Main Street, Carrboro, NC 27510, 919-967-9053

6577 Fisher Road, Fayetteville, NC, 910-423-6100

Times listed are for doors opening, shows begin one hour after

Oct. 1, 8 p.m.

Oct. 2, 8 p.m.

Oct. 3, 7 p.m.

Oct. 4, 8 p.m.

Oct. 6, 8 p.m.

Oct. 7, 8 p.m.

Oct. 8, 8 p.m.

Oct. 9, 8 p.m.

Oct. 10, 8 p.m.

Oct. 11, 8 p.m.

Oct. 12, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 14, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 15, 7 p.m.

Oct. 16, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 17, 8 p.m.

Oct. 18, 8 p.m.

Oct. 19, 6:30 p.m.

Oct. 20, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 21, 7 p.m.

MushroomHead, All Thee Above SevenDust Herrington Eyes Of The Elders

Paddy’s Pub

2606 B, Raeford Road, Fayetteville, NC, 910-677-0055 Oct. 1, 10 p.m.

Oct. 2, 11:30 p.m.

Oct. 7, 10 p.m.

Oct. 8 10 p.m.

Oct. 9, 11:30 p.m.

Oct. 14, 10 p.m.

Oct. 15, 10 p.m.

Oct. 16, 10 p.m.

Oct. 21, 10 p.m.

Oct. 22, 10 p.m.

Oct. 23, 11:30 p.m.

Oct. 28, 10 p.m.

Oct. 29, 10 p.m.

Oct. 30, 11:30 p.m.

SpeakEasy

Oct. 1, 15 TouCan Jam Oct. 8 Erik Smallwood Oct. 22 Jeremy Strothers “DL Tolken” Oct. 29 Rob Matthews

Kenny Huffman DL Token Chris Hurst Ethan Hansen

Jester’s Pub

Oct. 2, 5/8 p.m.

Oct. 5, 7 p.m.

Oct. 14, 8 p.m.

Oct. 15, 10 p.m.

Karaoke w/DJ Scotty Mike Odonell Dollar Night, Live DJ Almost Perfect Blackarma Johnson Kinlaw

3983 Sycamore Dairy Road, Fayetteville, NC, 910-323-2400

405 Hay Street, Fayetteville, NC, 910-437-9905 Oct. 6, 7 p.m.

Oct. 13, 7 p.m.

Oct. 20, 7 p.m.

Oct. 27, 7 p.m.

Oct. 26, 9:30 p.m.

Oct. 27, 8 p.m.

Oct. 28, 10 p.m.

Oct. 29, 10 p.m.

Oct. 30, 10 p.m.

Oct. 31, 2 p.m.

Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill TBA Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Autumn Nicholas, Paddy & Bill Paddy & Bill

The Doghouse

Stars Music Rogue Wave, Midlake, Peter Wolf Crier Mae, Terrible Things, Windsor Drive, Flowers For Faye Blitzen Trapper, Fruit Bats, Pearly Gate Gayings, Glasser Menomena, Suckers, Tu Fawning Anoop Desai and Friends, The Clef Hangers, J Timber, Madame Sabrosa Deerhunter, Casino vs. Japan, Ducktails Built To Spill, Revolt Revolt The Vaselines, Jeffrey Lewis Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Small Ponds, Roy Jay Perpetual Groove, Kite To The Moon Sara Bareilles, Greg Laswell, Holly Conlan Duck Down Music Presents Duck Down 15 Year Anniversary Tour w/Pharoahe Monch, Boot Camp Clik featuring Buckshot, Sean Price & Smif N Wessun, Skyzoo w/DJ Evil Dee We Are Scientists, The Twin Tigers, Rewards Los Campesinos!

Circa Survive, Dredg, Codeseven, Animals As Leaders Matt & Kim, Donnis SOJA, Mambo Sauce

Oct. 1, 10 p.m.

Oct. 2, 10 p.m.

Oct. 3, 2 p.m.

Oct. 4, 9 p.m.

Oct. 5, 9:30 p.m.

Oct. 6, 8 p.m.

Oct. 7, 10 p.m.

Oct. 8, 10 p.m.

Oct. 9, 10 p.m.

Oct. 10, 2 p.m.

Oct. 11, 9 p.m.

Oct. 12, 9:30 p.m.

Oct. 13, 8 p.m.

Oct,. 14, 10 p.m.

Oct. 15, 10 p.m.

Oct. 16, 6 p.m.

Oct. 17, 2 p.m.

Oct. 18, 9 p.m.

Oct. 19, 9:30 p.m.

Oct. 20, 8 p.m.

Oct. 21, 10 p.m.

Oct. 22, 10 p.m.

Oct. 23, 10 p.m.

Oct. 24, 2 p.m.

Oct. 25, 9 p.m.

Bender On Tap Johnson Kinlaw Open Jam w/Silverstate, Guy Unger, JD and All Your Favorite Musicians in Fayetteville Karaoke w/DJ Scotty Mike Odonell Dollar Night, Live DJ Valhalla Third Degree Johnson Kinlaw Open Jam w/Silverstate, Guy Unger, JDand All Your Favorite Musicians in Fayetteville Karaoke w/DJ Scotty Mike Odonell Dollar Night, Live DJ Silverstate Reflections II Johnson Kinlaw Open Jam w/Silverstate, Guy Unger, JD and All Your Favorite Musicians in Fayetteville Karaoke w/DJ Scotty Mike Odonell Dollar Night, Live DJ The Danny Cowan Band Reactor Johnson Kinlaw Open Jam w/Silverstate, Guy Unger, JD and All Your Favorite Musicians in Fayetteville

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3049 Owen Drive, Fayetteville, NC, 910-339-2404

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Schedule Oct. 22, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 23, 8 p.m.

Oct. 26, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m.

Oct. 28, 7 p.m.

Oct. 29, 8:30 p.m.

Oct. 30, 8 p.m.

Oct. 31, 8:30 p.m.

Guided By Voices, Sweet Apple Railroad Earth Ghostface Killah, Sheek Louch, Frank Dukes High On Fire, Torche, Kylesa Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls Crocodiles, Golden Triangle, Dirty Beaches Blonde Redhead, Pantha Du Prince Caribou

Lidos - The Euro Spot

102 Person Street, Fayetteville, NC, 910-222-8237 Oct. 1, 10pm

Oct. 2, 10pm

Oct. 6th

Oct. 7, 7pm

Oct. 8, 10pm

Oct. 9, 10pm

Oct. 13

Oct 14, 7pm

Oct. 15, 10pm

Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Hot Music by Request & Karaoke

by DJ Keven Brown Live Acoustic by Chris Hurst, Euro House Dance Party with latest Trance/Techno/House Music by DJ Sergei Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Hot Music by Request & Karaoke

by DJ Keven Brown Live Acoustic by Chris Hurst, Euro House Dance Party with latest Trance/Techno/House Music by DJ Sergei Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

Oct. 16, 10pm

Oct. 20th

Oct. 21, 7pm

Oct. 22, 7pm

Oct. 23, 10pm

Oct. 27th

Oct. 28, 7pm

Oct. 29, 10pm

Oct. 30, 10pm

by Request Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Hot Music by Request & Karaoke

by DJ Keven Brown Live Acoustic by Chris Hurst, Euro House Dance Party with latest Trance/Techno/House Music by DJ Sergei 4TH FRIDAY - DINNER & LIVE JAZZ BAND, Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Hot Music by Request & Karaoke

by DJ Keven Brown Live Acoustic by Chris Hurst, Euro House Dance Party with latest Trance/Techno/House Music by DJ Sergei Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music

by Request Halloween Costume Party Night, Dance Club Open, Hot Music by Request

Cadillac Ranch

3101 Fort Bragg Road, Fayetteville, NC, 910-484-7662 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 23 Oct. 30

Oct. 31

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By James Johnson

Truly, the only downside to spending a chilly October night exploring haunted landmarks within your community is all that walking – ‘cause the truth is, walking is hard. That’s why Scooby has a van, and why Fayetteville’s annual Historic Hauntings ghost tour has a hayride – which, by the way, is better on gas than the Mystery Machine.

From Oct. 14-16 to the 21-23, downtown Fayetteville will yet again be transformed into a ghostly hellscape of cautionary tales and zombie confederates – Bwa-hahahahahaha! …

Ha ha… ha… Ahem, what else is new? Lots – as each year the folks behind the Historic Hauntings (same people to thank for the Dogwood Festival) switch up their hayride stops.

Cross Creek Cemetery, the courthouse and the transportation museum are all popular haunts, but what about those often ignored creepzones?

Below we provide a comprehensive list of locations we’d like to see Fayetteville’s Historic Hayride visit.

The Hotel Prince Charles The Hotel Prince Charles is known by some to be among Fayetteville’s most haunted locations – there are countless horrifying stories about this hotel, and we’re not even talking about the ghosts. Though the HPC have a handful of stories relating to jilted brides leaping off rooftops, drunken policemen committing suicide, etc., what could be more frightening than witnessing the economic downturn taken by this once great establishment?

Hayriders will squeal at the sight of the hotel’s damaged windows, gasp upon seeing the hotel’s grotesque carpet stains and probably become violently ill due to inhaling mold.

Seriously, why is this place still open?

Bragg Boulevard Patrick Swayze: Paramount Pictures Hotel Prince Charles: Cumberland County Public Library The Poe House: Waymarking.com Aston Kutcher: celebs101.com Waffle House: Courtesy photo Zombie Dude: totalfright.com

It is said, that every night – when the clock strikes 12, the undead roam the streets, begging for loose change, and offering sexual favors … They call it, the Night Of The Living Deadbeats.

There may be a modicum of danger in taking a tractor powered hayride onto a busy four lane highway, but that’ll all be part of the show. Just whatever you do – if someone stumbles over offering “candy” – don’t take it. Bragg Boulevard is no place for trick ‘r’ treating … just tricks.

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The Poe House Yup; Fayetteville was the home of one Edgar Allen Poe in 1896. Instant Halloween attraction, right? That is unless you come to the realization that the Edgar Allen Poe for whom the house was named, was not one of the most famous writers of all time, but rather just some dude (he was a “successful businessman” so says the Internet).

Why is he notable? Well, his house is old and old is scary, just ask Ashston Kutcher in five to six years. What your kids don’t know can’t hurt them, our public school system has made certain of that.

The offices of The Fayetteville FEED Our printer makes weird noises in the middle of the night for some reason … That can’t be normal, right?

Truth is, we just like visitors. More specifically, we like visitors who bring pizza and beer. Actually, if you’re too busy to visit, just send over the pizza and beer.

We’ll cope.

Any Waffle House Go on, just pick one at random. No matter how newly established, or how close to a church it may have been built, any and all Waffle Houses are haunted.

Don’t let those uniforms and nametags fool you, those aren’t employees, those are lifeless shells! … True fact. Don’t believe us? Wiki it. Still don’t believe us?

Wait a week and wiki it again.

Arsenal Park Fayetteville’s historic Arsenal Park was once the location of “the Arsenal,” a place used by confederate soldiers during the Civil War as a massive industrial site producing more than 10,000 Fayetteville rifles (the words you’re looking for are “yee-haw”). But alas, the good times, like a good deodorant, can only roll on for so long. In 1865, Union General William T. Sherman marched into town and had the Arsenal burnt to the ground … For some time afterwards, many claimed that Arsenal Park was haunted by the ghosts of long forgotten confederate soldiers. Of course, after our city decided to build the Martin Luther King Jr. Freeway in the center of the park, many of those ghosts have since been hit by cars. Irony is a cruel mistress and a bad driver.

“Did you order the brains?”

For more info on Historic Hauntings or to purchase tickets, call (910) 323-1934 or email info@faydogwoodfestival.com. Remember, if the ghost stories, spooky costumes and creepy sound effects don’t scare your kids, just tell ‘em it’s educational.

That should do the trick.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Speechless

Pop-punk band River City Ransom give a voice to the politically indifferent.

Story by Jaymie Baxley | Photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

River City Ransom is a Raleigh-based pop-punk outfit with burning contempt for musical sub-designations like “pop-punk.” (they’d much prefer it if you simply called them “rock and roll.”) Formed in early 2008, the group generated regional buzz last year with their studio debut, the Red and Black E.P. The FEED recently caught up with the band before their September 26 stint at the Carborro Music Festival and discussed subgenres, iPhone apps and their upcoming full-length debut.

FEED: Restlessness, political and otherwise, seems to be a reoccurring lyrical theme on the Red and Black E.P. Do you consider yourselves particularly restless people?

Blake Schlukbier (vocals): I guess I’m restless ... politics are weird. I get angry at

people who are on both sides of the political spectrum. People who are liberal for the sense of being liberal and people who are conservative for the sense of being conservative just make me angry. It’s this whole football anthem thing; “pick the blue or the red team.” I feel a lot of people give up and just go with the side they hate the least. I find that a lot of my lyrics are either about politics or women.

FEED: On the band’s MySpace profile, River City Ransom dismisses sub-genre tags, calling them “f**king stupid.” Can you expand on this?

Blake: Gladly. How can you say that you’re a specific kind of music? Just be rock ‘n roll or whine. It’s like explaining what kind of painter you are, just look at the f**king painting.

Ben Pritchett (bass): I feel like I’m always defining our band differently to people who have never heard us and when I say “We’re a rock band.” they respond with “Oh, I get that.”

FEED: As the band’s Myspace page points out, there are so many groups all over the world that share the name “River City Ransom,” have you guys ever considered changing the name to something else?

Ben: It was hard enough coming up with that name originally; I don’t think we want to go though that process again.

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Speechless Blake: If you Google us, we’re only like the sixth result down. When we get sued we’ll change it.

Ben: We’ve also built up recognition as River City Ransom, we would lose that with a name change.

FEED: When can we expect to see a follow

up to the Red and Black E.P., are you guys currently working on new material?

Eric Aagaard (guitar): We’ve been working on new material for most of the year and slowly amassing a new collection of songs.

I believe the current plan is to get another E.P. done, possibly an album depending on what our recording situation is.

We’ve been talking to producers in the triangle area, trying to find one whose interests fit ours. We’re trying to work on new material so we have a wealth of stuff to go into the studio with and pick and choose from.

Blake: We don’t know how much money we want to spend on getting a really good producer or whether we just want to do it ourselves. We should have something out in the next six months.

FEED: River City Ransom have an official iPhone app, does the band feel this is a promotional avenue more up and coming bands should explore?

Ben: Definitely. More bands should get

into whatever new technology is out there.

You never know what’s going to take off and what’s not. You should try giving as much exposure to your fans as possible.

FEED: Are you guys excited about your upcoming stint at the Carrborro Music Festival?

Eric: Absolutely. The festival will feature everything from bluegrass to chamber pop to punk to funk. Everything under the sun.

People ranging in age from teenagers in their first high school band to 50 year olds who have playing in bands their entire lives.

It’s really a huge variety of everything that community has to offer and people can wander around beautiful downtown Carrboro and there are no covers. Hopefully we get to gain a lot of exposure and have a good time.

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River City Ransom - the toughest part was holding this pose for six hours straight.

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Story by James Johnson | Photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

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Zombies That Rock The Rock Shop Music Hall have donated the use of their bus (why do they have a bus?) to be used as a way of quarantining zombies as well as entertaining them for the entire weekend.

Starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 22, the Rock Shop will host a pre-party for zombies and living alike and then at 9 p.m. the Rock Shop bus will drive zombies down to the planned zombie walk downtown, before finally returning downtown at 10 p.m. to take zombies to an after party which will feature artists Schmegma, The Villians and The Missfits (probably not for lil’ zombies).

The evening will include a Zombie Prom theme as well as a costume contest that will award prizes to a zombie king and queen.

The evening will be capped off with a zombie burlesque show and what we are being told will be zombie circus acts. The cost to attend the Zombie Grind is $6.66 - spoooooky! ... Ahem ... Plus tax.

If only it all ended there, perhaps our children could sleep soundly, however the special weekend, which the Rock Shop is referring to as the “Zombie Grind,” will continue the following night, Oct. 23, with a performance by undead rock-a-billy legend Unknown Hinson and end on Oct. 24 with a show by surf punk rockers Agent Orange.

Throughout the three day event the Feral Arts Community will be creating an elaborate painting on the Rock Shop’s floor.

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Finally, in a misg uided effort to bribe area zombies a nu mber of local bu sinesses have stated that they would offer discou nts to those zombies attendin g the event. Zombies, after all, are said to be amon g the monster kingdom,s most frugal shoppers.

Special thanks to: This month’s cover took an army (the undead variety) to create.

We’d like to thank artists Cindy McGowan and Paul McAlister of the Paul Mitchell School. We’d also like to thank all their students who volunteered both their mad skills and their faces for our cover: Scotti Daves (purple hair dude), Crystal Townsend, Michelle Acevedo, Candice Cannady, Porche Ealy, Joseph Milner, Stephanie Allen, Micha Brownie, Amber Doty, Jasmyn McGuire, Brandy Pickering and Dustin Baker.

Finally, we also owe a great deal of thanks to Spirit Halloween for providing us with loads of creepy Halloween makeup and the Cape Fear Regional Theater for letting us use their fog machine.

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“Prepare to have your face melted,” was the warning whispered by one longtime Consider the Source fan to a CTS novice just moments before the New York City-based trio first began their September 18 set at the Rock Shop Music Hall. The venue was packed, with much of the audience pressing against the steel barrier just before the stage.

The excitement was palpable and the memories that were about to be made would likely be irreplacable. In just a few moments this Fayetteville audience may just learn why the venue’s owner Shawn Adkins describes Consider the Source

How instrumental prog-rockers Consider the Source stay grounded.

Story by James Johnson | Photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

as “the greatest band I have ever seen perform live. Period.”

The trio, which is completely instrumental, describes their genre as “sci fi Middle Eastern funk.” One fan called it Primus meets Rush on the Darjeeling Limited. Guitarist Gabriel Marin, bass player John Ferrara and percussionist Justin Ahiyon have pulled inspiration from just about everything they’ve listened to, including each other.

“We write a lot of things where I am playing with Gabriel, who can shred faster than freakin’ anyone alive,” said Ferrara. “I had never slapped that fast before I joined this band.”

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Outsourcing After visiting India to study music abroad, the band translated what they had learned from Middle Eastern culture and the complex tala (rhythm) into their debut album, entitled Are You Watching Closely. The L.P. consisted of insanely intricate riffs, beats and melodies that challenged what many may have thought possible to do with just a set of drums, a 5-string bass and a double-necked fretless guitar. The goal, the band said, was to create music that spoke volumes without words.

“I mostly listen to non-guitarists, so a lot of my inspiration comes from sax players,” admitted Marin. “They do really cool things, much more than actual guitarists do.”

“When we were first starting we had rigorous rehearsals. We worked with tempos and accuracy training.

Now we can be sloppy but still people think it sounds sharp,” said Ahiyon.

If there was any sloppiness to be heard during the band’s Sept. 18 performance, then no one told the

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audience. Even the other artists set to perform that night were singing the band’s praises.

“That was just masterful. These guys (CTS) are actual musicians, not just drunken rockers,” said singer and selfproclaimed drunken rocker Roy Cathey at the Sept. 18 performance, as his band The Fifth took the stage shortly after the CTS set. This kind of reverence from fellow musicians is not uncommon for CTS, however as flattering as it is to have experienced rock stars acclaim your work to the point in which they admit feeling inadequate in its presence, the three young men are more often than not made uncomfortable by such praise.

“We get comments like that a lot, and I hate it because really, it isn’t a competition,” said Ahiyon. “Art is art.”

Though the critical consensus on the band’s live performance seems to be universally glowing, the trio have found it challenging to attract audiences through description alone.

“The truth is, we are scary to people on paper,” said Marin. “They read ‘instrumental,’ they read ‘time signatures,’

they read ‘sci-fi, Middle Eastern.’ I think people are not looking for it. They are looking to read ‘classic rock band’ so then they can say to themselves ‘yeah, I know classic rock, I can sit through that.’ It has always been the case that we have had to win our audiences in person. I think when they see us; we make far more of an impact.”

“Basically, we are doing something different and when you are doing something different it always takes longer

to catch on,” Ahiyon added.

Currently, the group is in the midst of an international tour which will soon bring them to Israel and Turkey, before settling down to finish work on their next album, amusingly titled That’s What’s Up. The album will consist of new songs, both studio-based and live.

For more information on Consider the Source, go to www.

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By Staff Reports jr photos by raul rubiera If you aren’t a mad scientist, a voodoo priest or an infected monkey, creating your very own army of zombies might sound like a daunting challenge, but it doesn’t have to be. In order to shoot this month’s cover, FEED photographer and resident zombie slayer (he has a chainsaw for an arm) Raul Rubiera Jr. enlisted the help of Cindy McGowan and her students from the Paul Mitchell Cosmetology School (in the Tallywood Shopping Center). We stuck to McGowan’s side like a prom date to figure out the trade secrets to creating a face only a mother could love.

Tools you’ll need: Liquid latex, Halloween face paint (green is a nice color, gray works too, purple zombies look stupid and you know it), one-ply tissue paper, a willing victim.

Step 1. Place initial layer of latex on the face where you wish to have texture.

Step 2. Place one-ply tissue paper on latex.

Step 3. Place another layer of the one-ply tissue and first layer of latex.

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over

Step 4. Start making cuts and rips in the latex after it has dried.

Step 5.

Apply skin color/foundation over latex and skin. Zombies can come in any variety of colors. This is one of the countless ways that zombies are just like Skittles.

Step 6.

Add shading, to add cheek bones, bruises around the mouth, a sunken in appearance around the eyes, etc.

Step 7. Now your zombie is done. At this point you can add extra stuff, like fake blood, ripped clothing and nipple tassels. You know, zombie stuff.

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The FEED is always trying to hang at the coolest parties so that we might document them for future generations (how else will our grandchildren know how much cooler we were than them?) - and this month we scored big with the Toreador Ball which took place on September 11 at Roland’s Dance Studio on Hope Mills Road. The ball is an annual event put on by local LARPers. LARPing stands for live action role playing – so basically they do all the stuff you regular role players do when playing Dungeons & Dragons, only like … physically … sort of. There exist LARPers of all different varieties, but in the case of the LARPers attending the Toreador Ball the name of the game is vampires, because orcs and wizards would just be silly.

Theater

Where storytelling takes center stage.

To protect the identity of nerds (really cool nerds) we have decided to forget to take notes as far as who is who in these photos...

Above: Nerd or not, this dude is about to score.

Left: The guy in the middle won the costume contest.

Below: ... Reporter Jessica Lamm (right) speaks with the vampire leader dude, who ... uh ... seems to lack a reflection... we haven’t seen Jessica since.

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Chuck D (holding the mic on the left) and Flavor Flav (holding the mic on the right) keeping Public Enemy alive. Photo by Matt “Attack” Croft.

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How one weekend may have changed the face of the NC music scene.

Story by Jaymie Baxley | Staff Photos

During the first annual Hopscotch Music Festival in downtown Raleigh, which ran from Sept. 9 - 11, largely unknown regional artists received national media exposure, well-known musical iconoclasts performed alongside burgeoning native talent, and North Carolina music fans got to experience an honest-to-goodness, big deal music festival without traveling to another state.

The festival was concocted by Greg Lowenhagen and Grayson Currin from the influential Raleigh based publication, Independent Weekly.

“I realized the Triangle, with its strong music heritage and abundance of local talent, seemed ready for a different, more nationally recognizable festival to call its own,” Lowenhagen explained to antiMusic.com back in April.

Lowenhagen’s initial proposal for a weekend long, multi-venue music celebration in bustling downtown Raleigh was met with enthusiasm from his bosses at the Independent. At the beginning of the year, the publication began compiling the first annual Hopscotch Festival.

Shortly after, high profile sponsors like Newcastle, Converse, Jack Daniels and Chick-fil-A jumped aboard.

Broken Social Scene vocalist Kevin Drew wears his sunglasses to shade his eyes from his own greatness. Photo

by James Johnson.

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Hopscotch The 10 participating venues ranged from grungy dives to swanky, secondstory bars, which lent a thrilling sense of environmental variety to the weekend.

The massive, genre blurring line-up of over 130 artists was almost perfectly divided between nationally recognized acts (Raekwan, Tortoise, Best Coast, Atlas Sound) and hometown heroes (9th Wonder, The Rosebuds, The Bowerbirds, Caitlin Carry).

Though most of the fun started after sunset, day festivities included open panel discussions with some of the festival’s main attractions and exclusive parties hosted by Hopscotch sponsors Vitamin Water and Merge Records. By dusk, attendees migrated in droves to the festival’s outdoor epicenter, City Plaza, where Hopscotch’s heavyweights performed.

Hipster zombies!!! Photo by James Johnson.

Chuck D (right) tips his hat... The soldier is hard to explain. Just go with it, man. Photo by Matthew Croft.

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THE HEADLINERS

Friday night, Broken Social Scene provided conversation fodder for countless strangers throughout the weekend with a fiery, career spanning set.

“Broken Social Scene killed it! Their energy was so infectious,” exclaimed Fayetteville native, Mathew Jones.

By contrast, a stiff, disinterested looking Panda Bear noodled with a

digital sampler while trippy montages of aged video footage looped behind him on a large projector screen. He rarely addressed the crowd and the few people in the audience who seemed to actually be enjoying his performance were, unsurprisingly, the people who looked the most baked.

“I was really excited to see Panda Bear because I’m a huge Animal Collective

fan, but his performance was filled with disappointment. I was very, very bored,” said Fayetteville native and Hopscotch volunteer, Samantha Walker.

Overcast skies and intermittent drizzles of rain did nothing to repel concert goers Saturday night, the final evening of the festival. Local upstarts The Love Language calmed the crowd with a wispy, gorgeous performance while

The Broken Social Scene pictured here being more awesome than you. Photo by James Johnson.

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Hopscotch L.A. noise rockers, No Age, delivered a blistering set despite recurring sound difficulties.

Public Enemy, arguably the festival’s main attraction, came out swinging and remained in full “hit parade” mode for the duration of the night. The hip-hop legends’ set list consisted almost entirely of classic songs from their landmark L.P.’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back and Fear of a Black Planet (the latter album turned 20 this past April).

During short recesses from the action, Flavor Flav hilariously advertised upcoming projects (including an autobiography, vodka endorsement and fried chicken venture.

No joke) and had fits of gracious megalomania (“I want to thank you all for helping me become the number one reality TV star of all time!”). He climbed atop speaker towers and, near the end of the group’s performance, led the audience in a long chant of “f**k racism, f**k separatism!”

Chuck D., meanwhile, was far too busy murdering verses like a man half his age to be distracted by his hype-man’s antics.

Halfway through the concert, the band launched into an electrifying rendition of “Harder than You Think” from their most recent studio outing, 2007’s How You Sell Soul.

The song, which was one of the few modern Public Enemy tracks featured in the performance, is both a chronicle of the group’s 25-plus years inside the belly of a fickle music industry and a love letter to longtime fans. D dropped every line like napalm as the sea of people, young and old, bounced along delightedly with every syllable.

FESTIVAL AFTERMATH

From the handy-dandy iPhone App (which acted as my compass for the weekend) to the dozens of courteous volunteers smartly planted throughout the city to the fan

Flavor Flaaaav! Yeeeeaah boi!!! ... Dude has more catch phrases than Gary Coleman and The Fonz combined. Photo by Matthew Croft.

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pandering kiosks and mini-shops that lined the trail from venue to venue, it was obvious that quite a bit of thought and preparation went into making sure every one’s Hopscotch experience was one without hassle.

By and large, the Independent succeeded in doing just that; the inaugural Hopscotch festival went over so smoothly that it felt much more like the event’s fifth or sixth lap around the circuit. North Carolina’s vibrant music scene has been long overdue for the dedicated festival treatment and we’re happy to report that the wait was totally worthwhile; Hopscotch’s first installment was a sold out success that received extensive coverage from national publications like Rolling Stone and Paste Magazine.

But make no mistake; the festival’s coordinators didn’t drive away from downtown Raleigh in new Lamborghinis. Far from it, according to Independent Weekly president Steve Schewele: “Hopscotch lost money— about $50,000 at first count. But I’ll just call that money the Indy’s gift to the musicians, to the clubs, to Raleigh, to music fans from the Triangle and all over,” he wrote on the Independent’s website three days after the festival.

He added, “Yes, we’re doing it again next year—and forever.”

If the first festival is any indication of the quality of subsequent annuals, Hopscotch is easily poised to become the NC equivalent of Austin’s South by Southwest or Seattle’s Bumbershot.

Just like his namesake, Panda Bear is both adorable and painfully boring to watch in captivity.... Photo by Jaymie Baxley.

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Southern rock gets a new champion in the form of Memphis Witch.

Story by James Johnson | Photos by Raul Rubiera Jr

Disclaimer: We in no way intend to offend by using this flag ... If it makes you feel any better, these southern rockers are only lifting the flag so that they can use the pole to violently beat a racist.

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emphis Witch have only been on the scene since late 2009, yet they have already managed to cultivate a sound unlike any other band in the area by combining their love of southern rock and metal into one filthy and grizzled package that they promise will make your daughters pregnant and turn your sons into men. The band consists of vocalist James Yowell, bass player Mike Loper, drummer Will Driver and guitarists Andy Lame and Ronnie Walker.

“We all came from different bands and I think we were tired and wanted to try something new,” explained Walker.

“I took blues lessons just as something to do ... See, that is all southern metal is. It is playing riffs in a bluesy scale.

Still, not everyone knows that. When we decided to create this band, I knew

that I didn’t want to play with any other guitarists if we couldn’t get Andy Lame.

That’s his style. He was the missing piece.”

Another huge contributing factor in the band’s distinct sound was their decision to use the vocals and lyrics of Yowell, who unlike many metal artists in the scene today, actually sings.

“A lot of metal is all about feeling, riffs and energy. The lyrics don’t matter, but with James, we are writing the songs around his vocals,” explained Lame. “You wouldn’t think that awesome sound could come out of a human. People are constantly surprised to hear him. Having his voice in our band opens us up to a larger audience. My dad doesn’t normally go for the music I listen to but he really likes Memphis Witch. He was listening to one of our songs the other day, then

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Witch’s Brew turns to me and says ‘this f**king rocks.’”

The Memphis Mix To listen to Memphis Witch is to listen to the soundtrack to an explosion. To better understand that which makes the Witch tick, we asked the boys to help us construct the ultimate soundtrack to bad assery by naming the albums that got their fists pumping as angry young men.

NOLA by Down Louisiana-based metal rockers Down released their debut album in September of 1995 to rave reviews and unknowingly changed the life of one Andrew Lame.

“I mean, NOLA is just textbook style,” Lame admits. “I try to rip them off as much as possible.”

The album must have been difficult to follow as it took seven years before Down released another studio album in 2002, entitled Down II: A Bustle In Your Hedgerow.

Fear of a Black Planet by Public Enemy The third studio album from socially aware hip hop group Public Enemy, Fear of a Black Planet was ranked 300 on Rolling Stone’s List of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

Many metal fans came to love Public Enemy after their landmark collaboration with thrash metal band Anthrax for their song “Bring the Noise.” Also, deep down every metal fan wishes that they too could get away with wearing giant clocks.

Master of Reality by Black Sabbath.(1971) “Honestly we’d be doing a disservice to kids if we didn’t name at least one Black Sabbath album,” Lame noted before selecting the 1971 classic Master of Reality as the album that he felt best represented badassery in metal.

“They were amazing in their time.

People shouldn’t make fun of Ozzy because of the way he is now, I mean they don’t make fun of Muhammad Ali,” said Lame. “But then, I guess Ali isn’t still trying to box.”

Suck Out the Poison

by He Is Legend (2006) He Is Legend’s second full-length album, Suck out the Poison was an album that at the time of its release caused quite a bit of controversy among their fans due to the noticeable changes to lead vocalist Schuylar Croom’s voice. Still, Yowell considers the album a perfect example of a band with an instantly recognizable sound.

“When you heard a song off that album, you knew who it was,” said Yowell. “It wasn’t any number of punk or hardcore bands, it was He Is Legend. They’re unique.”

Master of Puppets

by Metallica (1986) Remember when Metallica actually was mandatory? Memphis Witch does. Arguably one of the greatest metal albums of all time Master of Puppets may be responsible for inspiring generations of metalheads to come.

“It is Metallica man,” said Loper. “That was my gateway album when I was a kid. It made me buy metal.”

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

The Dillinger Escape Plan

By Jaymie Baxley | Photo by Katie Thompson

For the past 13 years, New Jersey’s Dillinger Escape Plan has been the reluctant poster boys for one of heavy metal’s most maligned sub genres, “mathcore.” (Mathcore is a style of technically complex metal music usually characterized by unusual time signatures.) The group’s latest offering, Option Paralysis, has been heralded by many critics as a career peak for the group and one of the year’s best albums, mathcore or otherwise. Option Paralysis was released this past March on Season of Mist records and is available in a multitude of different configurations and formats, including a special edition box set and two different colored vinyls.

We recently caught up with Dillinger bassist, Liam Wilson and discussed the making of Option Paralysis, the importance of good album art and mixed signals on Myspace.

Fayetteville FEED: Glancing over the

Dillinger Escape Plan’s album covers, it is obvious aesthetic presentation is something the band places a lot of stock in. Do you feel this attention to art and aesthetic is absent from most harder music?

Liam Wilson: Yeah, I do. It just kind of seems like the art and aesthetic is almost gone. I look at bands like the Talking Heads or the Flaming Lips and they’ve kind of maintained that whole element.

FEED: How does the band feel about the “mathcore” designation?

Wilson: I think in some ways you kind of have to break things down to their elements and I don’t think the “math” thing is too overstated. We didn’t choose it, it’s not anything we’ve put on ourselves, though you could call it applicable. I can’t really think of any name better, though none of us wanted to define our music that way. I don’t really want to define music too much with words but for the sake of sales, and all types of “cross pollination” I think “yeah, it works,” but I don’t like

hearing it any more than I like hearing metal or pop or rock. I think we’re kind of a rock and roll band trapped in that skin.

FEED: The reviews for Option Paralysis have been almost unanimously positive (the album currently holds a aggregated critic score of 85% on Metacritic). How does the band feel about being critical darlings?

Wilson: Yes. I think it’s funny for us now to read reviews because we’ve been listening to it since November. Five months later, people are like “oh wow” and I feel like they’ve kind of missed the boat. It’s funny now, looking back at reviews of previous records and hearing what people thought of them. It’s great to hear all of the constructive criticism and the glowing reviews. It’s cliché, but we all feel like this is our best work. It’s great to see that it’s going somewhere and I think it’s also cool for us because this is the most fun and easy record we’ve made.

FEED: Listening to the record, it definitely has all the markings of a consummate work. All the different angles of the band are present, along with some new ones.

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FEED: In a recent entry on the band’s Myspace blog, it’s mentioned that during the making of the new album the band were “driving ourselves as individuals to the brink of insanity and close to the line of personal destruction”. Can you elaborate on that?

Wilson: Greg (Puciato: vocals, guitar) is the one who handles all the blogs. I’m

not exactly sure what he’s getting at there, other than the fact that as individuals ... I’m not really sure. There were typical Dillinger struggles like finding a new drummer and three of us are turning 30. Little things like that effect the individual band members’ struggles. You know, you come home and you realize what a big priority this band is compared to other things [in our lives]. I think maybe we had some growing pains, pushing each other as individuals and performers. I think everyone wants to step it up. I think the recording process is one of the most intense processes for a band. It’s pretty much 9-weeks solid of 15 hour work days and when everyone is bringing their “A” game; people can get a little strung out. Also there were personal breakups and whatnot going on.

FEED: In that same blog entry, it’s mentioned that Option Paralysis “will not be available in Target or Walmart” asking, “do you really want to buy art in the same place you buy toilette paper?” Do you feel art should be distanced from consumer goods?

Wilson: No, but I think there are many analogies you could make to justify that statement. Typically, I don’t want to buy my produce at Walmart either, but if I’m in Kansas, on a bus, at 2 a.m. and Walmart has organic produce, I’m not going to camp out in the Whole Foods parking lot. I think ultimately, it’s a matter of buy and demand; If Target and Walmart would take our records, that would be great, but the last time we sent our records to them they were returned [to us]. I don’t think that’s really a sign of the quality of the art, it’s just being marketed in the wrong place, which is sad because you can’t find any more mom and pop record stores. All you’ve got now is Best Buy, and their only going to carry like 4 copies of the album. On a greater scale, however, I do want to go see art in a museum, not in a super market.

FEED: Considering the limited distribution through big box outlets for the new record, why did the band decide to release Option Paralysis in so many different configurations?

Wilson: By default, we have to make the packaging schizophrenic or

as indecisive as possible. I think in this day and age, we’ve been kind of dancing around the artistic merit of the music. I feel like, with the music, marketing is a key thing now.

What we want is to deliver something cool. I like the idea of trying to give people as many options as possible, making sure there’s a vinyl release, making sure there’s a digipack and making sure the album comes with our merchandise.

Dillinger Escape Plan arecurrently touring Europe, Option Paralysis is in stores now.

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Music Essential Halloween Albums Review by Jaymie Baxley

Jaymie Baxley is the head correspondent for the Fayetteville FEED.

Zombina and the Skeletones: Taste the Blood of Zombina and The Skeletones 2003, Ectoplastic Records

This debut album from UK outfit, Zombina and the Skeletones, is a kitschy valentine to the horror-punk bands of the late 1980s. Taste the Blood is comprised almost entirely of criminally catchy songs about decapitation and the occult, delivered by an adorably nasal front woman who sounds like the most ravenous nine year-old on the planet.

Scientist: Scientist Rids the World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires 1981, Greensleeves Records

This bizarre little reggae gem from 1981 lives up to its preposterously awesome title.

SRTWOTECOTV is a concept album about Universal movie monsters and voodoo. Essential listening for late night, recreational substance fueled Ouija boardings.

Oingo Boingo: Dead Man’s Party 1985, MCA

Spookily well endowed, public access movie hostess Elvira once declared Dead Man’s Party the first record she reaches for when entertaining guests on Halloween.

Arguably the most popular album on this list, Dead Man’s Party was Oingo Boingo’s breakthrough thanks to the prominent inclusion of the supernaturally themed title track and Weird Science in the hit films Back To School and Weird Science, respectively.

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So it is Halloween night and you’re nearly ready to invite friends into your home where they will get drunk and inevitably steal things from you. You’ve got a bowl brimming with candy corn on the kitchen counter and a pitcher full of red kool-aid in the fridge … But what about the music? You forgot the music didn’t you?

Slide that spooky sound effects record back in its sleeve, The FEED is at your service with six albums thematically linked to Halloween. Bwa-hahahaha!

The National Lights: The Dead Will Walk, Dear 2007, Bloodshake Records

Initial half attentive listens might suggest that The Dead Will Walk, Dear is nothing more than a simple collection of right pretty folk tunes, but closer examination reveals something sinister bubbling just below the surface of these delicate melodies: All of the songs on The Dead Will Walk, Dear are creepily vivid murder ballads.

The Misfits: Earth A.D./ Wolf’s Blood 1983, Plan 9 Music

While any album by the B-culture obsessed, hardcore architects would suffice, for our purposes Earth A.D./ Wolf ’s Blood is probably the band’s most thematically focused work. Also, no Halloween shin dig can truly qualify as a Halloween shin dig until someone throws on “Die, Die My Darling.”

Goblin: “Suspiria” soundtrack 1977, Cinevox

Dario Argento’s Suspiria is regarded as a masterpiece among horror film enthusiasts thanks partially to its pulsating, feverish soundtrack, courtesy of Italian rock band Goblin. After several unsuccessful attempts to infiltrate the progressive rock mainstream, Goblin resigned themselves to scoring influential horror films like Dawn of the Dead and Deep Red. Goblin’s score for Suspiria remains the band’s most bone chilling contribution to the genre.

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Books Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void Book by Mary Roach

Review by Tasina N. Ducheneaux

Tasina likes to read.

Tasina is also quite critical. Tasina will ruthlessly nitpick any and all fan mail and will respond with a scathing and witty reply. She dares you: tasina72@yahoo.com.

Every time I thought about the title of this book I kept hearing “get your ahhss to Mahhs” in Arnold Schwarzenegger’s voice. Despite that disturbing interruption, I absolutely loved every single page of author Mary Roach’s Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void.

I always want to know how things work – even if the explanation is something way above my head. It is reassuring to know that at least someone knows how it works, or how it should work, and how to make it all ... work.

It’s really all in the details. The things no one thinks about. Or at least the things that no one admits to thinking about. I’m sure I never had the thought completely fleshed out in my head, but really what does happen if you puke in your space helmet? Will it clog up your filters? Will you choke to death like Jimi Hendrix? Because that’s spectacularly horrible to think about … but also … kinda cool.

Roach explores all these little details and more in this book. It’s fascinating, hilarious, and almost like watching a train wreck at times. We’ve all had to wade through mind-numbing textbooks at some point in our lives. And this work could have easily been dry and dull but Ms. Roach has a unique gift of picking out the ridiculous in the mundane and making you laugh at the “curious science” that is the human mind.

She describes reading a handbook for a jet that does parabolic flights to simulate a gravity free environment. The handbook warns against getting too close to the engines because people have been pulled in and killed. She writes, “the handbook uses the word ingested, as though the plane had played an active, sinister role in the event.” She then goes on to describe the nonconductive BODY RESCUE HOOK (actual item name) which prevents “…the growing conga line of electrocution victims.”

Ms. Roach reminds me of certain comedians I like who aren’t necessarily funny people in and of themselves, rather they have the genius of being able to recognize funny things in life and other human creatures. It’s impossible not to like an author who includes a footnote on the amazing prehensile capabilities of both the male and female dolphin sexual organs. What does this have to do with space travel? Absolutely nothing. But it was interesting, creepy and funny all at the same time.

I refuse to believe that there is anyone who knows about space travel who has not wondered if the astronauts … y’know … do “it” up there.

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Is it difficult? How do you … er… push with no gravity? Are there cameras? What kind of privacy is there really in a space vehicle? I won’t get into the more prurient details, but thankfully Ms. Roach does in her chapter on space and sex. You know you want to know.

At times some of the concerns of the scientists and astronauts seem silly and dated. People really weren’t sure if one’s digestive system would function in zero gravity, or if the heart would know to pump to all of the body’s limbs in such a situation, or would sweat from a person’s head cause enough condensation to ruin the space vehicle. But the questions are valid if you give it enough thought. The human body is superbly adapted to live under a precise set of conditions.

Space travel is almost the complete negation of those conditions. How, then, can we survive?

There are also some interesting cultural differences to the approach to space travel. JAXA (which the acronym for whatever it is Japan calls their space agency) tests potential astronauts in their patience and determination by requiring them to make origami figures. Canadians (likely conditioned by scores of harsh winters) put their astronaut selection emphasis on disaster coping skills.

I cannot emphasize enough how thoroughly enjoyable this book is. You don’t need to have some huge interest in space or science or anything of the sort. If you are at all a curious person who appreciates humor and excellent writing, get your “ahhss” to the bookstore and pick up a copy immediately.

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Thoughts From A Broad

Oktoberfest

by Debbi Voisey

Debbi Voisey is a writer and is from the United kingdom. Debbi works in Stoke, England, loves to travel, and is currently writing her first novel.

In early August I visited Germany for the first time. Armed with iSpeak German on my iPod I ventured into the land of bratwurst and beer, lederhosen and breathtaking landscapes. My reason for visiting was to see a couple of U2 concerts – one in Frankfurt and one in Hannover.

It was just a brief trip, but I’ll definitely go back one day. I was blown away by the friendliness of the people, the efficiency of their public transport systems (although the subways were extremely tourist-unfriendly and confusing as half the stops were not listed on the maps!), and the enthusiastic way in which they embrace food and alcohol – two of my favourite things in life after music and literature.

I wish I was there now. On September 17, the traditional Bavarian Oktoberfest kicked off and this year celebrates its 200th anniversary. It is held in Munich, Bavaria, which is in the south east of Germany. It is the world’s largest fair, with over six million people attending each year and is a huge celebration of beer, Bavarian folk music and old German traditions. Various places throughout the world have their own Oktoberfest, but the place to be is at the original venue.

At precisely noon on the first Saturday of the festival, the Lord Mayor of Munich taps the first barrel of beer and the celebrations officially begin. Throughout the whole 16 to 18 day festival (it ends in the first weekend in October) there

will be processions, folk singing and dancing, fairground rides, about half a million chickens roasted, thousands of pork knuckles scoffed and scores of oxen cooked and eaten.

To get into the mood, people tend to don traditional costumes – lederhosen for the men, and dirndl dresses for the women. It all adds to the mood, but of course you can get away with jeans and tee shirts too.

Most of the drinking happens in the 14 big beer tents, which are actually large wooden halls. They contain tables which you have to book in advance, and these sell out months before the festival starts. Drinking starts at 10 a.m. during the week and 9 a.m. on weekends, and the beer is sold in one litre glasses only. Needless to say, there are lots of sore heads during Oktoberfest.

A friend once told me that he went to Oktoberfest and was blind for three days after!

Now, I’m not sure he was being entirely truthful but I’m sure he felt it was true and I am sure there are some crazy stories around this legendary festival.

If you do visit Oktoberfest in Munich some time in the future, it might be worth remembering these two German phrases: Ich muss kotzen – I need to chuck up.

Ich habe so einen katter – I have a killer hangover.

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HALO: Reach

Bungie’s Magnum Opus

Review By D’Juan Irvin | All artwork courtesy of Bungie

D’Juan Irvin is the owner and Editor-In-Chief of GAMINGtruth.com, where he and his staff write regularly about gaming and the gaming industry.

Those fans of the Halo series have had a grand total of nine years and multiple mediums to get to know the Halo universe in and out. Graphic novels and multiple games (to say the least) have fleshed out the universe to untold levels. One of the most sought after stories within the Halo mythos, Halo: Reach tells the story of the planet Reach and a group of six Spartans known as ‘Noble team.’

We find that Reach has been nuked by the Covenant (covered in weaponized molten plasma) very early on in the Halo story. In fact, it was nuked before the original Halo and you hear about it in the original game even back in 2001. Reach undergoes the epic task of telling the story of the doomed planet and the Spartans who attempt to save it, while tying up many loose ends in the process.

If you’ve never played a Halo game before, Reach is the headquarters of the research and development branch of the military, titled ONI or Office of Naval

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Investigation. It’s also the last defense of planet Earth.

Halo Reach is not only a way to complete the Halo mythos; it is also Bungie’s last title in the series.

The campaign of Reach is a non-stop, action filled quest to stop the Covenant from destroying both the planet and the research it contains. With very few lulls in the action, the few moments of downtime are merely set pieces to continue the adventure. I say with all sincerity that this is the best campaign that Bungie has produced.

It’s made clear that the planet Reach is doomed, even in the advertising, but going through the task of trying to save it is another matter entirely. By the time the credits are rolling, you’ll likely have experienced some real emotions. You’ll feel like a part of Noble team.

Not content with that, Bungie has gone and created a game to end all online games. For starters, there’s the armory. This section of the game allows

you to customize your Spartan with various armor variations that not only carry over to the multiplayer modes; they change your Spartan’s appearance in the single player game as well.

The line is blurry even there though, as you can – and are encouraged to – play through the entirety of the campaign in four-player co-op on either a local console or over Xbox Live.

Beyond that, there’s Forge Mode which gives you a ridiculously large multiplayer level that you can customize to your liking. Place weapon drops, vehicles and whatever else your mind can conjure up in this level to make it your own. Once you’re done with it, you can take it online with your friends to see where it needs to be fixed or tightened.

When I say that Halo: Reach is the Bungie’s magnum opus, I mean it. It’s the culmination of everything you’ve loved about previous Halo titles, while making everything bigger and better. Die-hard

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Games Halo fan or not, there’s something here for you.

Rent it, borrow it, buy it, however you have to do it, but Halo: Reach is the truest example of what console games should aspire to be. If any game deserves your hard-earned money, it’s this one.

5/5

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A pint with the publisher

Jesus or a Hot Dog

by Paddy Gibney

Paddy Gibney is also the owner of Paddy’s Pub and can be found there reveling and singing most any evening. He can be contacted at www.paddygibney.com.

I was talking to my 7-year-old nephew the other day. He informed me that he had narrowed his choice of a Halloween costume down to two possibilities. One was a hot dog. When I asked him why, he explained that he really loved hot dogs and that the costume was cool. The other possibility was Jesus. His reason for choosing Jesus was just beautiful. “Because he was a good guy Uncle Paddy” he said with a wonderful, innocent indignation. No wonder kids are considered a holy icon. It’s a shame they have to grow up. Halloween, as well as life, often becomes something different entirely when they become adults.

When I was a kid growing up in Ireland, I dressed up every Halloween along with every other child. Costumes were usually obtained from your mom or your dad’s clothes and accessories. No one ever had a costume from a store per se. Lipstick, wigs, handbags, pipes, hats, clothes ten sizes too big for you. Great fun.

We would knock on every neighbor’s door.

“Any Apples or Nuts?” we would say. I never heard the words ‘trick or treat’ until I came to America.

I don’t remember any parents ever dressing up.

Over here most adults dress up. Some even have the balls to trick or treat along with the kids.

Last Halloween I answered my front door to 10 kids and two adults. None of them were even from my neighborhood. The grown-ups were dressed as Superman and Wonder Woman. The man had a deep, raspy voice, “trick or treat?”

The woman had a face like a bulldog chewing wasps.“Trick or treat” she barked. As I gave the kids some candy and the other two idiots a couple of beers, it occurred to me that this would never happen at an Irish home. Superman and Wonder Woman would have been told where to go in a not so eloquent way. Maybe they just thought they were being good parents but, what about those with no kids? The costumes tend to be a little less benign.

Having worked in bars for years, Halloween is always an eye opening experience.

Even for those with kids, the proverbial Goldilocks costume morphs into a stripper’s outfit or a naughty nurse uniform once the kids hit the sack. Many of the men think it’s a wonderful idea to let their scrotums hang out for the entire world to see. Alter egos rule and there’s a certain ‘I don’t care where I am flatulence’ about it all.

For years, my friend Bill and I have been trying to find California Highway Patrol uniforms. He’s a Spanish guy, and I’m so white that a warm breeze gives me sunburn so we figured we would be an

excellent Jon and Ponch from the 1970’s TV show, CHiPS. Last year we were droogs from A Clockwork Orange. I’ve always wanted to be an uncircumcised penis but apparently they don’t make costumes like that in America seeing as all the males have been mutilated at birth.

Either way, I usually have a guitar in my hands every Halloween night so a costume is generally a pain in the left testicle.

I think I will take my nephew’s advice. I will be a hot dog this year. Pissing off PETA would be a better deal than pissing off those who think Jesus only loves them.

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