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...Harlem Underground 2027 5th Avenue (Bet. 125th & 126th Streets) 212-987-9385 Mon- Thurs...
...wasn't, of course. A new book by rock journalist Michael Azerrad, "Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground 1981 - 1991" (Little, Brown) catalogs the labors of 13 `80s bands with whom Nirvana and countless other `90s acts shared an aesthetic (distorted guitar with a minimum of studio effects, flannel), and without whom "alternative" would never have become a household word. It narrates, down to the homemade posters and tour van repairs, how they gradually built up an audience large enough to make record labels and critics take notice, so that Nevermind and other...
...countless tiny holes. About 400,000 Mexicans cross over every morning to shop or visit; yet they cannot work or stay more than a few days. Several thousand try to sneak across each night, but most are caught by the border patrol; those who make it disappear into the underground economy. A tiny number apply for visas to live and work in America legally, but most are rejected. U.S. policy treats Mexican immigrants the same way it treats people from everywhere else: get in line--unless you have connections or unique skills. Fox and Bush want to change that arrangement...
...trying to recreate the 1977 they never knew, with sweaty, muscled guitarists screaming unintelligible, over-amplified lyrics to an equally sweaty, pogo-ing audience. For hard rock at one of the city's most active venues, try Get Lucky, which has concerts every weekend featuring some of the Beijing underground's best and brashest. To find out who is performing, call (86-10) 6429-9109. Looking for punk acts? Head to the Bus Bar?constructed from three sawn-up buses?near Xueyuan Lu and the fourth ring road. To catch a ride, call (86-10) 6207-1631. Then there...
Haspiel uses thick, brushed lines for a dramatic black and white effect that feels right for these urban tales of heroin O.D.s and underground parties that turn into near-orgies. He worked as an apprentice to several industry luminaries like Walt Simonson and has a style that unites personal expression with mainstream polish. In the funniest story, about a feud with a roommate that degenerates into mutual bedlinen soiling, Haspiel leaps over his friend like Superman...