Editor’s Note: If you couldn’t figure it out from the title, this column is part of a series on metal etiquette. Vegetarian Metalhead just schooled the web on audience manners; now Jessie and Jeff have some tips for bands…. Jessie I’ve been playing in local bands for about ten years and booking shows for my… Continue reading Metal Manners, Part II: Bass-Droppin’ Some Knowledge
Category: Rant
Metal Manners, Part I
Editor’s Note: Howdy, folks! Alternative Control is taking stab at an oft’ debated and oft’ blogged-about topic: metal manners. There are so many lists of “39 Stupid Things Your Band Does” or “12 Ways to Be a Dick at a Show,” but still poor behavior prevails. Will one more metal etiquette column change this?… Continue reading Metal Manners, Part I
Alternative Control’s Top 10 Articles of 2014
Google Analytics has spoken! Here are the most viewed articles we wrote in 2014: 10. Dead By Wednesday Hits the Road with Shadows Fall and What’s Wrong With My Nipples? (a tie!) 9. Bair Witness: ComiCONN in Bridgeport 8. Tom’s Best Albums and Others of 2014 and Manners for Beach Goers (Another tie!) 7. … Continue reading Alternative Control’s Top 10 Articles of 2014
A Year in Review
The following is a disjointed ramble, but such is the nature of things these days. The difference is there will be no hash tags.
14 Random Search Terms That Led to AltCtrl in 2014
From Mazzy Star to nipples to chicken wings, Alternative Control is a go-to resource for Google users worldwide. (Apparently….) Here are a few the weirdest search terms that brought people to our site, linked to the article that I *think* the searcher found. There’s a lot of nudity and a lot of The Scene;… Continue reading 14 Random Search Terms That Led to AltCtrl in 2014
Why America Still Needs Feminism
“One thing that concerns me is that today’s young women … may take for granted the rights that they have.” — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice It takes little more than a glance at your Facebook feed to see that the idea of “feminism” is a hot-button issue. Here in America, women… Continue reading Why America Still Needs Feminism
Stupid Things on the Internet This Week: Bubble Boy Nearly Dies Trying to Run on Water for World Peace
What’s trending on Sunday morning when I’m half hung-over? This idiot: Ultra-marathoner Reza Baluchi has constructed an inflatable human hamster wheel and attempted to “run” it from Florida to Bermuda over the weekend. Unsurprisingly, he got a little tired out in the ocean and had to be rescued by the Coast Guard. According to… Continue reading Stupid Things on the Internet This Week: Bubble Boy Nearly Dies Trying to Run on Water for World Peace