There are certain bands and songs that just hit differently depending on the time of year. As fall weather hits, and autumn and Halloween approaches, it is always a good time to re-visit Alkaline Trio’s discography. Below are the 13 (appropriate number considering the band’s aesthetic) best Alk3 songs.
Read moreMOVIES: 'Tis the season for paranormal Halloween recommendations
Many in the UFO/ paranormal community are Halloween / horror /sci-fi movie buffs, which should come as no surprise.
This year punkrockandufos.com has enlisted the help of some of our friends of the site to give their Halloween viewing recommendations with a paranormal angle. First, here are the punkrockandufos recs:
Read moreMUSIC: Angels & Airwaves 'Lifeforms' shows fruition of Tom DeLonge's vision
The long-awaited Angels & Airwaves album “Lifeforms” is equally ambitious and engaging.
Read moreLITERATURE: 'The Alchemist' and 'Etidorhpa' tell similar, strange tales
"Paulo Coelho’s classic the “The Alchemist,” is one the most revered books of this century, but has some interesting parallels to an obscure, stranger book “Etidorhpa or the End of Earth: The Strange History of a Mysterious Being.”
Read moreMUSIC: Review roundup Turnstile, Sincere Engineer, Urethane
Late August and early September reviews/previews of new records from Turnstile, Urethane, and Sincere Engineer.
Read moreTRAVEL: More than just spirits in New Orleans with werewolves, bigfoot lore
New Orleans is known for ghost tours , voodoo folklore and the spirit of the city, but a trip to the big easy could also include werewolf and Sasquatch watching.
Read moreMUSIC: See the 'lost' blink-182 'They Came to Conquer... Uranus' photos
“They Came to Conquer... Uranus” is a longtime fan-favorite blink-182 EP released in 1995. The 7” EP was released in various colored vinyl, and has an iconic cover that features a robed alien. Now, the photographer who shot the cover, has released all the photos from the session, as well as some classic photos of blink’s early days.
Read moreHEALTH: A look at meditation, metaphysics and the unknown
In what was once considered “New Age,” the practices of connecting into our consciousness by controlled breathing, meditation, forms of yoga, psychaelics, and scientific studies and theories about consciousness aren’t so “woo” anymore.
Read morePunk rock and UFOs 2.0
Introducing the next stage of punkrockandufos.com; pop culture and paranormal.
Read moreREVIEW: Small Town Monsters look to the 'Dark Sky' in latest UFO doc
In a time when the UFO community is hyper-focused on military-based sightings, “On The Trail Of UFOs: Dark Sky '' showcases the citizen eyewitness testimonies that the origins of UAP sightings are based on. Like the other Small Town Monster films, “On The Trail Of UFOs: Dark Sky '' once again makes the small towns that are featured just as important as the phenomena being investigated.
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