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Articles by Mark Driver
The worst plug
The worst plug
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

“What?” “I said, ‘Real rockers don’t wear earplugs!'”

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Over it
Over it
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

I’d rather shovel dog food into bags than work at a dot-com again.

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Rocket from the Crypt . . .pretty good.
Rocket science
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

RFTC frontman Speedo dishes dirt on his band’s new disc, their fabled live shows, and their health regimen.

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The Browser
The Browser
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

It used to be that recording your music meant expensive studio time and hours burned begging some pizza-eating knob-twiddler to…

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Napster dead? Beware the worms
Napster dead? Beware the worms
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The RIAA’s crack team of lawyers chomp on log-sized cigars and clank their three-finger martinis in victory. They have reason…

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Fury 161: Prepared for the shitstorm.
For those about to rock
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Seattle Metal Online celebrates its anniversary with a bang.

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Eat my wake
Eat my wake
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Cruise to your heart’s content on the big, bad ferries.

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Happy hour: a survivor's story
Happy hour: a survivor’s story
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A young man sets out in a city filled with empty midday dives waiting to plow him with cheap Pabst and fried things.

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Queen Anne-archy
Queen Anne-archy
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A critic lets himself revel in the old-school punk of the Social Chaos Tour.

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Ready (w)to wear
Ready (w)to wear
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The city that brought flannel from the mosh pit to the runway debuts a riot of a new spring line.

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. . . and we wish you luck finding a parking spot.
Meals for under $50,000
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Thrifty eating on the Hill.

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Merrily we roll along: Cannibal corpse lumbers on as metal heroes.
Cannibal Corpse
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

At the forefront of a rotten parade, a band marches on.

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Gored and bushwhacked
Gored and bushwhacked
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Reflections on America from behind the wheel on a 10-day, 7,500-mile road trip.

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Death to rock critics
Death to rock critics
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

What the digital age means to the jaded middlemen of the music biz.

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Fandango
Raw tuna and bourbon vomit
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A big night out in Belltown.

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You stupid suckers
You stupid suckers
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The case against your new pair of pants

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Geek Box
Geek Box
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Magellan Map 330 Personal Navigation System

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Mayhem: Benchmark of black metal.
Chaos control
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Hellhammer’s black metal band overcame bloody controversy to get back on the screeching track.

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Righteous noise: The Melvins tour behind their latest, Electroretard.
Metal in a bottle
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

From Aberdeen, Wash., to Copenhagen, Denmark, the Melvins still bring the pain.

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2. So long Napster
2. So long Napster
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

We barely knew ye.

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Good ship Bluetip
Good ship Bluetip
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

With the sun setting on the great Dischord label, one band sails on proudly.

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Ambient Nazi Folk Muzak
Ambient Nazi Folk Muzak
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Norwegian murderer/musician Burzum is a monster with a knack for melody.

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Portrait of a man and his amps: Joe Preston "at home."
Sittin’ on the big Throne
By Mark Driver • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Olympia’s soft-spoken loud music master discusses going deaf for his art and shares secrets of the stage.

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