Yesterday, Saugatuck Craft Butchery hosted Porktoberfest, a celebration of pork, beer, accordions, and more pork. As a zine about “Metal… And everything else you need to live,” Alternative Control had a grave responsibility to cover this event — after all, who can live without beer and pork? Or if you’re a vegetarian, beer and accordions? … Continue reading Let’s Go Down to the Butcher Shop
Put it in Your Mouth: Finding Humane Meat in Fairfield County
Every now and then, I read a depressing article about sows in gestation crates and decide, again, to stop eating industrial meat. My most recent real attempt was in 2011 and lasted about six months – but I started a new round this weekend and have done quite well, three pieces of salami notwithstanding.… Continue reading Put it in Your Mouth: Finding Humane Meat in Fairfield County
Connecticut’s Gonna Have a Cop Problem
Earlier this week, Alternative Control spoke with drummer Josh Cohen from Cop Problem, a Philly punk band who will be tearing up the Heirloom Arts Theatre on December 6. Josh is joined by Randon Martin on guitar, George Grimaldi on bass, and his sister Deb Cohen on vocals. The band is releasing their second… Continue reading Connecticut’s Gonna Have a Cop Problem
The Cape of Death
A short piece from an upcoming collection tentatively titled Violas and Violets. The phenomenon weeps in the city by the water. A veil; a blackness overtakes them all. Shadows blotch the streets, every window is eclipsed. Every face drapes in the burden. Every single skin withers in the last moments of this detrimental living.… Continue reading The Cape of Death
It Takes A Lot of Maintenance to be This Low-Maint
If there’s one area where Alternative Control falls behind, it’s our fashion columns. Let’s face it, a bunch of thirty-year-old punks and metalheads are not who you’d think of as style gurus. But occasionally, we do have something useful to share with our readers: today, it’s all about blow outs and BB cream. No,… Continue reading It Takes A Lot of Maintenance to be This Low-Maint
Fall Favorites: All Pumpkin, All the Time
Alternative Control is trying to bring the nation back to reality by writing about fall… during fall. No Halloween in August for us; it’s fall until December 20th, so the way I figure, this article is right on time. One thing I like about living in a place with seasons is that it… Continue reading Fall Favorites: All Pumpkin, All the Time
Surgical Precision – A Review of Carcass’ Surgical Steel
For me, listening to a new metal album is a comforting experience. When I turn it on, I can pretty much guess at what I’m going to hear. I’ve been listening to this music for so long, that I feel like I’ve heard it all. For me, almost everything the genre offers seems like a… Continue reading Surgical Precision – A Review of Carcass’ Surgical Steel