Tegan And Sara To Star In Their Own Archie Comic
Riot Fest alums Tegan and Sara will make their Archie Comics debut this February in The Archies #5. “Growing up we loved Archie comics,” Tegan Quin said to MTV News. “We would read them in line at the grocery store and beg for them when we would go on vacation to Vancouver Island in western…
Bell Witch Doesn’t Fear the ‘Mirror Reaper’ on New One-Track Album
The Riot Fest InterviewDuring the writing of Seattle doom metal band Bell Witch’s fourth album, founding vocalist/drummer Adrian Guerra died unexpectedly. Bassist/vocalist Dylan Desmond and new drummer Jesse Shreibman took time away from the recording process to mourn Guerra’s death. When they returned to the music, they realized the material worked best as one uniform track. At 83…
John Carpenter Talks To Us About Playing Music, His Favorite Records, and What Scares Him
The Riot Fest InterviewYou may think you know John Carpenter. He is the auteur who gave us such important cult movie classics as Escape From New York, The Thing, They Live, Big Trouble in Little China, and of course, Halloween. You may think you know him, or at least know his work, but lurking beneath is a more…
Fun Facts About Candy Corn
100% True and Fun Facts About Candy Corn According to the National Confectioners Association, more than 35 million pounds or roughly 9 billion kernels of CANDY CORN are sold each year. CANDY CORN is fat free. Each kernel of CANDY CORN has a its own unique shape, much like a snowflake. CANDY CORN is technically…
Daily Riot Fest Roundup
Monday, October 30th, 2017Happy Halloween Eve! Here’s some hard-hitting and spooky topical content that we’ve published in honor of the scariest of days… https://riotfest.org/2017/10/someone-wisconsin-passing-free-meth-halloween/ https://riotfest.org/2017/10/vampire-costume/ https://riotfest.org/2017/10/gundellas-hour-of-the-witch/ Keep an eye out for John Carpenter: The Riot Fest Interview tomorrow morning… in the meantime, we’ve been keeping up on current events… https://riotfest.org/2017/10/know-george-papadopoulos/ Aand from the grab bag… https://riotfest.org/2017/10/toy-instruments/ Jim James…
Someone In Wisconsin Is Passing Out Free Meth For Halloween
If you like Halloween and free drugs, Wisconsin is the place to be this year. The Menominee Tribal Police Department in Wisconsin, is letting parents know that one cool house in Wisconsin is giving away free meth to trick-or-treaters. If you think sugar makes your kid hyper, you don’t even want to know what giving…
Has Using Children’s Toys in Rock Songs Ever Not Sucked?
I was born shortly after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, so I have a stick and wooden hoop, mouth harp, and near-mint G1 Optimus Prime proudly displayed in my office. What I’m saying here is, toys are great. Nostalgia is, like, sometimes great. Toys in songs made for adults — specifically heavy songs —…
What We Know About George Papadopoulos
George Papadopoulos, retired football player and sportscaster at Chicago station WBJX-TV, who secretly went by the name Alex Karras and died on October 12, 2012, pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents relating to contacts he had with agents of the Russian government while working for the Trump campaign. Mr. Papadopoulos has since…
