Hello everyone and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back in the week in Punknews. I'm Brittany Strummer and I'll be your guide through some of the juiciest, most popular and otherwise noteworthy stories from the last seven days. Remember, every Punknews story is built from tips from our wonderful, good-looking readers, so get to submitting. Here's what got the strange, slow and old community talking this week:
- Beloved Punknews staff member and Red Tape Parade / The Sandwiches lead singer, Wauz Kenobi, passed away after a battle with cancer. He is deeply missed.
- Pennywise announced plans to release a box set and begin working ion a new album for their 25th anniversary.
- Chie Cheng of The Deftones passed away after being in a coma since November 2008 from injuries sustained in a car accident.
- The Fest 12 launched it's new website, extended to 6 days, and announced the initial lineup.
- Yesterday was Record Store Day and we were curious to know if our readers support the celebration.
- Less Than Jake rejoined Fat Wreck Chords and unveiled plans for a new record.
- The Red Scare Across America Tour was announced with Masked Intruder, Elway, and Sam Russo filling out the roster.
With that, we hand over this Sunday evening to the Punknews community, where anything is possible, from the next amusing-then-overwrought meme, to the creation of bands and message boards, to alienating sports chatter. So talk amongst yourselves, spin some tracks in the Navel Gazing turntable.fm room and we'll see you Monday morning.