PASTED Issue 47

Features

• Mastodon’s Brann Dailor on his favorite uses for raw flesh.
• The Watson Twins on chauffeuring themselves.
• Albert Hammond Jr. on picking musical favorites.
• An exploration of the birth (and death) of black metal.
• The best (and worst) violent films.
• All the ways South Park has killed Kenny.
• Plus, a Paste reader takes a road trip with our 17 Coolest Record Stores feature as a guide.

Reviews

• New music from Young Jeezy, Ra Ra Riot and the Fiery Furnaces live. Coming soon: James.
• Theatrical releases: Tropic Thunder, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Traitor and the Coen Brothers’ latest, Burn After Reading.
• Plus, add your own user rating to anything reviewed in this issue.

Blogs

• Photos from San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival, plus live shots of Robyn Hitchcock, Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters, Wolf Parade and more on 1,000 Words.
• G. Love’s notes from the road on Dear Diary.
• Daily reviews and photos from Austin City Limits Festival on Festivus.

Media

• Coming soon: A violent edition of the Paste Culture Club.
• Exclusive album streams on the PasteStation.
• Interviews and performances with John Butler, William Fitzsimmons and others.
• Music videos for Frightened Rabbit’s “Heads Roll Off,” Mason Jennings’ “Fighter Girl,” the Morning Benders’ “Waiting for a War” and more.

Quiz

• Cash or 50 Cent? Rascall Flatts or T.I.? Who’s playing cops and robbers and who’s grabbing their submachines might suprise you. Test your knowledge of country and rap’s most violent lyrics with our quiz.

Web extras

• Read an expanded Q&A with Chuck Palahniuk.
• Listen to a playlist of modern murder ballads.
• Witness Slapstick's Greatest Hits.
• Read interviews with Old Crow Medicine Show, Ben Folds, Gary Louris & Mark Olson, Castanets, Damien Jurado, Wovenhand, Emiliana Torrini and The Verve.