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Rebellion Fest
I went to the Rebellion Punk Music Festival in Blackpool, England a couple of weeks ago. Tons of fun and very inspiring. I took a bunch of photos: Bands I saw: Thursday Angry Agenda The Fiend Girlfixer Shortbus Window Lickers … Continue reading
The Queers
Weird, I’m going to see The Queers tonight and while going over some old discs I came across an old article I wrote on them for Earshot back in 1998. I thought I would share: The Queers: Everything’s OK by … Continue reading
Social Distortion
There is a new Social Distortion song up on Soundcloud in anticipation of the band’s new release, Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes, due for release in January. The song, “Machine Gun Blues” is a revelation in that it’s not showing … Continue reading
Pennywise
Pennywise w/ The Riverboat Gamblers, Authority Zero, and Fifty Stars Anger September 5, 2010 at Metropolis Montreal, Quebec I’m not the hugest Pennywise fan, and admittedly I’m not incredibly familiar with much of their catalogue. I had a copy of … Continue reading
Flipside
Flipside’s back! Read it here! Hudley from the original Flipside has resurrected the seminal punk rock zine that published from 1977 until 2001 or so. She has certainly captured the spirit of the old zine and engaged many of the … Continue reading
Public Image Ltd.
It seems like a lifetime ago now but I once saw Public Image Ltd. play a show at the old Exhibition Stadium in Toronto. It was in the summer of 1989 and they were the middle band between The Sugarcubes … Continue reading
26, the Man Formerly Known as Doc Dart
I’m not sure how to start this post. I originally wanted to say that Doc Dart and his iconoclastic punk band, The Crucifux, were one of the more interesting stories in the US hardcore scene in the 1980s. But they … Continue reading
Rest Assured We Will Be Heard
One of Canada’s best punk rock bands, Problem Children, perform “We are the Children” from their 1985 debut LP, The Future of the World is Up to Us. During their time they released three records that were simply head and … Continue reading
Favourite shows of 2008
It’s Sunday night and I don’t know how much energy I have to get through this. I like to think of it as an exercise in discipline, something I’ve been lacking in many areas of my life lately. But I … Continue reading
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