Today we join the Psycho Road Show tour leading to the massive Psycho Las Vegas festival, beginning with a gig this evening at Globe Hall in Denver. We will be updating this page as often as the road allows, and will have more regular updates on our Instagram (@ritualofsinmag) throughout the tour and ensuing festival. Hope to see some of you in the desert...
Drugs in the Woods pt. II
Mind the line, crucial and light
parting bliss, from fits of fright...
DITW pt. II coming soon
Denver Electric Funeral fest // web gallery II
More shots from the inaugural Denver Electric Funeral fest.
Denver Electric Funeral fest // web gallery 1
Last weekend, hordes of rock n rollers rallied down to Denver's 3 Kings Tavern for the first ever Denver Electric Funeral festival from Dust Presents, a 2-day event featuring an impressive selection of North America's finest and most exciting rock and roll bands that felt a whole lot more like the best house party show you've ever been to than your average "festival". If you were there, you know exactly what we are talking about, if you missed out, have yourself a browse and a resolution not to blow it next year.
Below is our first of two web galleries from the festival. We will have the follow up gallery live on site next weekend. We'll be saving our favorite shots for the upcoming print feature, due out in Issue III this August.
Photos: Mike Goodwin
Denver Electric Funeral Fest vol. 1
We are psyched to report that Denver Electric Funeral festival vol. 1 was indeed the incredible rock 'n' roll blowout we all hoped it would be. We're finally piecing our brains back together after one hell of a week - there will be a ton of content from the event to follow, both on this website and in our next print magazine.
Massive thanks to all the bands for rallying to Denver and delivering wildly excellent sets, to the venue, all the attendees and sponsors, and a special thanks to Dust Presents for wrangling this all together and inviting us to be a part of the inaugural event.
T-ROY and Sourvein bringing it all home on Sunday night at 3 Kings Tavern
Bongzilla Interview excerpt from Issue II
A slice on nicknames from our Bongzilla interview at the Marquis Theater in Denver this past March. Read the full story in Issue II 'In Favor of Time Travel'
ROS: You’ve all got pretty great nicknames – Cooter, Muleboy, Magma, Spanky... Do any of these have a funny story behind it?
Cooter Brown: Pick one.
ROS: Cooter.
Magma: I gave him that. He used to have this Goodyear hat that he would wear all the time, like the guy from Dukes of Hazzard. And ya know, he is kind of a gear head. He's a mechanic. We had a group of the same friends and he was in a band with our friend Jeff called Cuda and every time I saw him I would say, “That guy is like Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard,” and it stuck.
ROS: How about Magma?
Magma: We were in a band with a guy TB, or Dana. He bartended at a place called Pinckney Street Hide-Away where Jeff worked the door. One night, out of sheer coincidence, I went out for a drink with girl I worked with. This girl turns to the bar and goes "Oh, this is my new boss" (I managed a Subway or something) And she's like, "This is my new boss, I want to buy him a shot." A second after that, this group of people including a woman I went to high school with walked in. I hadn't seen her since, it had been like 15 years. She goes, “Oh my god! Holy shit! So good to see you,” and whatever. “Hey let’s all do a shot.” And Dana is like, "Another shot from a lady" or something like that. Then, no bullshit, five minutes later, the girl I was dating walked in. I knew she was going to be up there, but anyway, she buys me a shot and Dana is like, "Wow, you haven't spent a penny here yet! You are getting oiled. Three shots bought for you, all from girls. You're on fire! You're hot! You’re hot lava, man, you're THE lava man! MAGMA! You're the Magma Man!” And it went on and on. We had just recorded four songs, like an EP, and had put it out on cassette and that fucking smart ass put my name down on the cassette as Magma and that’s been the nickname ever since... 20 something years ago.
Bongzilla at The Marquis Theater on the Cvlt Nation tour this past March
Magma and Cooter at The Swan Dive in Austin during SXSW 2016
Cooter at The Swan Dive
IN FAVOR OF TIME TRAVEL now available.
Our latest issue, 'In Favor of Time Travel' is now out and available for mail order here. We will also have copies for sale at various events over the the next month (or until they're gone), beginning with the Denver Electric Funeral festival June 4-5 at 3 Kings Tavern in Denver. Cheers, and pleasant reading.
Issue II Shipping Update
Update regarding Issue II: We received the unfortunate news yesterday that as the new zine was headed to print, the press at the shop we use broke and will not be fixed for some time. Accordingly, we are scrambling to find a new print house that can deliver the product we need in a timely manner. Though we intend to have the issue printed and in the mail ASAP, it's very unlikely we will be able to ship on May 12th. We don't anticipate too much of a delay and will update our shipping date as soon as it in confirmed. If anyone has pre-ordered and a delay of a week or so is a deal breaker for any reason, please drop us a message at ritualofsinmag@gmail.com and we will refund your purchase. We ARE still accepting pre-orders here.
For the patient ones who've pre-ordered and weather this one with us, you're package will include a little extra something. Thanks, y'all!
I AM THE LIQUOR
It may be the world's trashiest holiday, but it's going to be a fine evening. We ain't crying shitwolf! Tonight at Summit Music Hall in Denver, Mr. Jim Lahey and Randy of Trailer Park Boys fame will be hosting a cheeseburger picnic at 6 pm, followed by a live comedy performance at 9 pm. Keep an eye out for a column with these two legends in Issue II.
Also at 9 pm, some of us will be hustling down to our favorite East Colfax drinking establishment, The Squire Lounge, for a set from Southern California shredders Arctic. Bring your six paper joints!
'Days of Yonder' pre-travelogue on Live FAST
Earlier this year, Dutch artist Nienke Lit sold most of what she owned and took up residence in a former prison. This simplification was part of a greater plan to streamline life in preparation for an upcoming road trip and art project – a three-month motorcycle jaunt through the American West and a grand collaboration of creative women – Days of Yonder.
Physically, the Days of Yonder encompasses a series of “Yonder Pieces” crafted by Nienke and her collaborators on the road, a short film, and a comprehensive “End of Yonder” exhibition incorporating all of DOY’s collaborative yield. In addition to the tangible features of the project, uniting and inspiring women to roll the dice and chase whatever it is they are after rests at the heart of the adventure.
We will be joining Nienke on the road in a couple months to document the trip for both an upcoming ROS issue and LiveFASTmag.com. In the meantime, have a browse through this pre-travelogue photo set from Renée Sara Joppe shot around Nienke's prison abode.
Black Tusk, The Well and Cloud Catcher at The Marquis Theatre
Had the privilege of catching Black Tusk and The Well alongside our good friends in Cloud Catcher a bit over a week ago when they came through Denver's Marquis Theatre on a now finished US tour presented by Noisey. Here are a few frames from the party.
'Heavy Metal Minivan' gallery
A couple weeks ago we pointed a gold 2003 Toyota Sienna south on I-25 and began the fourteen and a half hour haul from Denver through some of this country's most desolate sprawls to the live music hub of Austin, TX. Below is a selection of extra snaps and outtakes from SXSW 2016, Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3 and other shows in Austin between March 16-21. We will have a full print feature on the trip in Issue II.
*We will be adding to this gallery this weekend, but it's time for beers and I can't stare at this fucking screen anymore.
The Van Lives
Our rally to Austin, TX for Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3, SXSW and the rest of the mania surrounding the festival was as loose and loud as expected. Maybe more so. Full stacks, dirty stalls, open roads, van parties, loose beers and all that good stuff. We will have a photo gallery up shortly and a full account from one of the great crossroads of rock and roll in Issue II, released May 1.
Dixie Dave at The Lost Well during Heavy Metal Parking Lot 3
She's Alive.
Just in time for our jaunt to Austin, TX, our own misguided slice of the Almighty Internet is up and running. This evening's Cvlt Nation show at the Marquis Theater in Denver featuring Bongzilla, Lo-Pan, Black Cobra and Against the Grain marks the beginning of our trip, and corresponding feature story - Heavy Metal Mini-Van - for our upcoming second issue.
We'll be bouncing around the Austin area for the next week or so, but a large slab of our trip will be passed in spliffs and Budweisers in East Austin, posted up at The Lost Well for Heavy Metal Parking Lot and a few of the other events at the bar over the course of the weekend. Breeze on by. We're in the back of a gold 2003 Toyota Sienna.
