Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – Freaks In Uniforms

I have a confession to make and I’ll just come right out with it- I was a high school football player and damn proud of it. Not quite as heavy a admitting to having been a junkie or having spent time in prison but sill a significant revelation considering the unwritten rule that punks and jocks go together like whores and church. But that’s the thing about unwritten rules they’re unenforceable and in reality no one really knows who came up with them in the first place-so that makes them that much easier to cast aside. our popular mythology Read more

Music play list for the week ending January 31, 2010

Top 25  - In no particular order -

Tsunami Bomb – Say It If You Mean It
Pearl Jam – Last Kiss
These Lies – Bad Blood
The Kids – This Is Rock N Roll
Government Issue – Hall of Fame
Aus-Rotten – Poison Corporations
Deadbolt – Truck Driving SOB
The Freeze – Bodywrap
The Eyes – Disneyland
Gang Green – Another Wasted Night
The Skulls – Life Aint So Pretty
Loretta Lynn – Portland Oregon
Rollins Band – Civilized
Slade – Mama We’re All Crazy Now
Poison Idea – Underage
Save Ferris – Spam
Muse – Starlight
Warzone – Skinhead Youth
The Jook – Crazy Kids Read more

The Offenders – aka SKA – at Dexters – Dundee, UK

Dexters in Dundee is a venue I’d never been to before so 15 of us set of by mini bus and, like football grounds, I’ve always liked experiencing establishments I’d never been to so I’d looked forward to this event for a few weeks. None of my associates had ever been there, actually most hadn’t even heard of it. Once inside and facing the stage you find the venue Read more

Choking Victim – No Gods No Managers

There are many bands that classify themselves as maintaining both Ska and Punk influences in their music, fusing both styles to create what most call "Skunk". While Choking Victim is a band well known for combining both genres in their music, their style and method is unlike most "Skunk" out there. The majority of Ska out there sustains both upbeat natures of what makes Ska: upbeat tempos and upbeat lyrics. Read more

1st Annual Art Los Angeles Contemporary – at the Pacific Design Center – Los Angeles, CA

Anthony Kiedis and Neil Patrick Harris turned a few heads at the Art Los Angeles Contemporary opening night gala, but the real star of the evening was the extraordinary exhibit of contemporary art on display at the art fair.  Hosted in West Hollywood at the iconic Pacific Design Center, the art fair takes place January 28th – 31st Read more

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