Tag Archives: Dr. Octagon
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REWIND: In honor of the Outside Lands that isn’t, the best Black artists from years past
Lizzo performs performs at Golden Gate Park during Outside Lands on Aug. 11, 2018. Joaquin Cabello/STAFF. I was supposed to be at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park right now. And by “right now” I mean both as I’m writing this and as you’re reading it, since I’m assuming…
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REWIND: Broaden your Halloween playlist with some horrorcore
It’s OK. Dr. Octagon knows just what you need. In last week’s Halloween Season kickoff we covered five classics of horror punk. But punk isn’t the only genre that has a horror section: Meet horrorcore, or horror-themed hip-hop. If horror punk is ’50s and ’60s drive in B-movies, horrorcore…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Kool Keith and co. satisfy nostalgia with new Dr. Octagon LP Moosebumps
In the late ’90s, word about Dr. Octagon was passed from person to person, on burned CDs and dubbed tapes. He was a larger-than-life cult figure, with a following of hip-hoppers and punks alike. He was a new Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, a new Captain Beefheart; an avant-garde rapper whose…
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Editor Alessio Neri recaps Outside Lands 2017 with photos
Cage the Elephant performs at Golden Gate Park at Outside Lands on Aug. 12, 2017. Photos: Alessio Neri It was not until I showed up at Golden Gate Park on Aug. 11 at 10 a.m. and walked the length of the Outside Lands Music Festival grounds that I fully grasped…
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Outside Lands: Daniel J. Willis’ best and worst on Friday
Attendees at Outside Lands on August 11, 2017. With the first day of the 10th Outside Lands in the books, I thought it might be a good idea to look back on the five best things I saw today. But since I’m a generally cranky person you also get the five…
