Bette Burgoyne

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By Gerry Mak in New Art on Wednesday 13 October 2010

Attention metal bands, the new artist to worship and hire for all your album covers is Bette Burgoyne. That is all.

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Kuma’s Corner burgers named after metal bands

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By Gerry Mak in Cool Travel on Wednesday 12 August 2009

I had heard tell of Kuma’s Corner in Chicago, a restaurant that serves burgers named after metal bands, for a long time now, and I finally made it there a few days ago. The place was packed as expected for a Saturday afternoon, but we managed to sit at the bar. I found myself wanting to choose burgers based on whether or not I liked the band they were named after rather than what was actually on the burgers, but I had to tell myself that was a bad idea.

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Jucifer

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By Gerry Mak in New Music on Monday 21 July 2008

Despite their over-the-top rockisms (ridiculously monstrous rigs, smoke machines, and high-wattage light show), Jucifer backs the bombast up with some colon-bursting heaviness. The duo from Athens, Gergia, take 90s-era grrl rawk and combines it with slow, plodding, sludge metal like High on Fire on Vicodin. [audio:http://www.recidivism.org/music/juciferblack.mp3]

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