It's Sunday November 12th, 2006. So, your "roommate" leaves the country and asks you to take care of his well-maintained "vehicle" while he parties with the communists (good luck making it into the U.S. in January with that on your passport). Do you follow the carefully planned instructions, or do you take it for the proverbial "joyride"? Come on what's my name? Poop, pee, boobs, wiener, damn-ass-crap. Score one for immaturity. Welcome to Navel Gazing, where this week, Adam's star is tainted by my idiocy.
The people must have something good to read on a Sunday OR what the kids argued about this week
More drama than a 90210 rerun, we experienced a lot of we said/they said this week. MxPx was initially reported by Alternative Press (via press release) as re-signing to their previous home of earlier releases, Tooth & Nail Records. Then, the band publically deny the story, leaving all involved with a big "WTF?" expression. However, we've yet to hear any disagreement over the announcement of the Ataris signing to Isola Recordings/Sanctuary. There's no dispute over what label the Blackout Pact will be on, as the band called it quits, amid some interesting allegations. Indie rock group Rainer Maria also said goodbye, but in a more positive manner. And on the subject of endings, we reported on the coverage of CBGB's final hours, which should conclude coverage on the historic NYC club, until Leftover Crack plays a benefit when they try to evict the remaining rats. (…crickets…)
It was political n' stuff this week; with el presidente Bush's main-man Rummy getting the axe, and with many important congressional elections taking place the youth of America came out to vote in record numbers. However, I hardly see anything to get stoked about when "record numbers" equates to less than 25% of people under the age of 30. In more reassuring news, the continuous activism of Anti-Flag produced positive results with the release of Eritrean singer Helen Berhane.
In the "HOLY CRAP SOMEONE GET ME VIDEO OF THIS" story of the week, Fear Before the March of Flames vocalist David Marion suffered some nasty injuries via a close encounter with a bass guitar. David gets a high-five from Punknews.org for completing the band's set before heading off for treatment. Speaking of punishment, we discovered that Nick Largen, former bassist of Whole Wheat Bread, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for armed robbery.
MTV was heavily discussed, with word leaking in of their partnership with upstart pro-wrestling outfit, Wrestling Society X (which coincidentally features Misfits buddy, Vampiro), for a show combining matches with live musical performances from a wide variety of performers and genres. On the subject of shows that make people question the true nature of "reality" television, the network recruited Plus-44 to serve as music supervisors for the Laguna Beach show soundtrack. The band's debut album, When Your Hear Stops Beating, set for release next week, is currently being streamed online.
Guess what? We had some news relating only to music. Lawrence Arms heartthrob Chris McCaughan provided release details on his solo project Sundowner, Green Day's prior Lookout! Records material will be re-released (again) via Warner/Reprise Records, Thrice gave us an update on their upcoming "double double" album, and finally, we got a little more info on the new project titled Black President which features too many people from too many bands to list them all here. Or maybe I'm thinking of this thing?
This week our Video Of The Week featured footage of Bigwig performing live in Richmond, VA. We also sat down to talk with Cove Reber of Saosin (interview) and Sergie Loobkoff of Samiam and Solea (interview). Make sure to check back this week for the continuation of "Aubin Likes to flap his gums" month, for his interviews with Darkest Hour, Bullet Train To Vegas, J. Robbins and Envy.
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Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including breakneck punk act Bullet Treatment, cover stars Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the Street Dogs, 1-2-3-4 Go!'s new Replacements tribute We Will Inherit The Earth, melodic hardcore act Shook Ones and the Lillingtons.
Suntans are for Winners Victory "Tuesday of Terror"
Earlier this week, Victory dropped five new releases on the world; the discs span every genre - from the theatrical Aiden to the bone-crushing hardcore of Scars of Tomorrow. The label has decided to commemorate the releases by offering five winners, one copy of each of the five releases which hit this Tuesday as well as a shirt and poster from each band. That's a lot of music and merch.
80GB iPod, Logitech accessories, albums from Sparta, Sugarcult, more Fanscape was all like "Yo Punknews, want to give some stuff out?" And I was like "Like what yo?" And they were all "An 80 gig iPod and the new albums from Sparta, Sugarcult, Plain White T's, the Summer Obsession and others." So I was like, "Aight." Sorry about that. In truth, one grand prize winner will indeed win all of the above, as well as an AudioStation and Z-10 interactive speakers from Logitech.
Isis "In the Absence of Truth" Isis recently released their new album, In the Absence of Truth. In order to celebrate it's awesomosity, Punknews.org, Ipecac and Insound have joined forces to give away a bunch of stuff including the album itself, a DVD, an InSound Gift Certificate and more.
Win swag from Plus-44
In a week, Plus 44 will be releasing their full length debut. The band features two members of Blink-182 as well as members of Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, The Forgotten and The Nervous Return. To celebrate the event, the band is offering twenty fans a big pile of swag. Specifically, said swag will include huge posters, t-shirts, a limited edition 7'', and stickers.
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