.ng-section1 { font-size: small; border-bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font-weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng-section2 { font-size: xx-small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the strange, slow, old people in the community talking… The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories Sorry for the slow news day folks. We had some behind the scenes server voodoo to complete, plus it's Canadian thanksgiving weekend. That means that Aubin, Ben and myself were either binge eating or elbow deep in the Org guts. Everyone else? Well they spent the day failing you. Feel free to judge them.

With the US election nearing its climax more and more artists are speaking out and getting involved. This week saw the Foo Fighters criticize the McCain campaign for the unauthorized use of the "My Hero" from 1998's The Colour and the Shape. CBS prevents Sub Pop noise-punks No Age from performing on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson while guitarist Randy Randall was wearing a pro-Barack Obama t-shirt. Wasilla, Alaska's Portugal. The Man discussed their hometown's most famous export, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, in a new interview. Mainstream pop punkers Fall Out Boy donated $50,000 to fight a gay marriage ban that will be on the Californian ballot in November. Politics aside, this week continued to chronicle the recovery of Blink-182 / Plus 44 member Travis Barker. The drummer discussed his injuries and the jet crash that claimed four lives. His former band mate, Tom Delonge of Angels and Airwaves, also commented on the accident.

Green Day's still keeping their post-American Idiot plans under wraps, but word leaked this week that Butch Vig, whose resume includes records from Nirvana, the Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, AFI and Against Me!, would be working with the band. Tim Barry discussed his new record Manchester and the future of his much loved band Avail. Hellcat punk act Time Again announced a hiatus while a member pursues more spiritual goals. This week saw a full album stream of Dillinger Four's hotly anticipated full length C I V I L W A R. We also had new music from Jesse Michaels of Common Rider and Operation Ivy, another new track from The Bronx and a Nightmare Revisited cover from Tiger Army. We had the final batch of confirmations this week for The Fest 7. Look for the A.K.A.s, Nakatomi Plaza, Valient Thorr, and the Anchor at the Gainesville gathering this Halloween. The Offspring will head to Japan and South America in support of their record. The Ergs! are also on the road, playing their final shows across the US and Canada.

In recent days the music world also said goodbye to the Godfather of Rocksteady, Alton Ellis (1938-2008). I Can't Control My Fingers I Can't Control My Brain New feature content, weekly columns and exclusives This week we ran your votes through the cold, unfeeling Punknews computer-brain and calculated Your Favorite Records from September. The results saw records from Bridge and Tunnel, Young Widows and the Ergs come out on top.

This week we spoke with Jonathan Coody of Georgia's Ninja Gun (interview) and Nate Newton of Salem, MA's Doomriders (interview). We also spoke with Richard Minino, a.k.a. Horsebites. Richard's art has been seen on releases by bands like Less Than Jake and New Mexican Disaster Squad as well as on the posters of events like The Fest (interview). As always we brought you new Streaming Music including the new EP from San Francisco's Shuteye Unison, an EP from Long Beach, CA's Joshua Lanes, and Boca Raton, FL hardcore outfit Fallen From The Sky.

So what's coming up this week? Look for new releases from The Cure, Between the Buried and Me, Dillinger Four, Comeback Kid, River City Rebels and Lords with tours kicking off from NOFX (US East Coast), Strung Out (UK), Crime In Stereo / Polar Bear Club (US), Saosin (US), and Wednesday Night Heroes (Europe).