I ate the emergency candy bar after getting a buzz off of ice tea and vodka tonight... heartbreak..... not really heartbreak, but news that the last woman that I asked out and was rejected by... I should say that I rejected myself for. she was pointedly ignoring me, and I gave her back her phone number and the directions to her place... Now has a...
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Have you done anything today that you have never done before? was the question that the teen punks asked us. Us, me and my brother, had just been approached by the kids on the streets of Ann Arbor Michigan. Most of the time I dont bother to talk to people I dont know on the street who ask, can I ask you something, but as...
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Will be back to Michigan for the weekend...... I'm sure I will have something to say about it when I return. Until then my brothers car has died, it's the only car that we have currently, and he won't shut up about it. Sure it sucks but it will get figured out. 
This week some kid walks into his school and kills almost a dozen people and himself. The media covers every possible angle of the story and people start to blame all kinds of things for the shooting. They blame the guns, the music, the clothes, the internet and anything else that they can.
As the news rolls out, we learn that this kid's dad committed...
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As the news rolls out, we learn that this kid's dad committed...
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bitchiekittie:
I love how they mention how he wore black in the "goth style". like black = goth = dysfunction, no room for diversion from the stereotype. yup, that proves it, people who don't wear colors are FUCKED UP! and here I just thought I wore so much because I can't match colors for shit and don't have to worry about stains.
I can just hear it now:
"studies prove that teenagers and young adults that wear brightly colored clothing from american eagle, abercrombie and fitch, and old navy were 30 times less likely to commit a violent crime!*
*not including date rapes, bar brawls, car accidents, or other incidents occuring while under the influence."
when preppy types kill a bunch of kids by drunkenly hitting them with daddy's SUV or by inventing cruel frat entry trials (the typical name of which escapes me), it's blamed on the school or college, bars or clubs, or the parents; never the kids. when it's some poor dude getting fucked with on a daily basis, it seems the blame is directly or indirectly on him and the choices he made (what he chose to wear, what he chose to listen to, etc). because, you know, he was a WEIRDO, which made kids pick on him.
I'm tired of it. he has a fucked up family history including, presumably, emotional/mental problems, and suffers emotional abuse on a regular basis; helllooooo people - doesn't take rocket science.
I can just hear it now:
"studies prove that teenagers and young adults that wear brightly colored clothing from american eagle, abercrombie and fitch, and old navy were 30 times less likely to commit a violent crime!*
*not including date rapes, bar brawls, car accidents, or other incidents occuring while under the influence."
when preppy types kill a bunch of kids by drunkenly hitting them with daddy's SUV or by inventing cruel frat entry trials (the typical name of which escapes me), it's blamed on the school or college, bars or clubs, or the parents; never the kids. when it's some poor dude getting fucked with on a daily basis, it seems the blame is directly or indirectly on him and the choices he made (what he chose to wear, what he chose to listen to, etc). because, you know, he was a WEIRDO, which made kids pick on him.
I'm tired of it. he has a fucked up family history including, presumably, emotional/mental problems, and suffers emotional abuse on a regular basis; helllooooo people - doesn't take rocket science.
Rockfiend, my buddies webzine is going to relaunch next month. I have already turned in my column and am getting started on the 3 reviews I am going to submit. They are; Deadbolt: The best of Deadbolt: Haight Street Hippie massacare, The Soundtrack of Our Lives: Origin Vol. 1, and The Damned: Machine Gun Etiquette 25th Anniversary reissue.
Just finishing up watching the Shield Season...
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Just finishing up watching the Shield Season...
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Sometimes there is a moment when things just feel ok, and it's not all so shitty...... and tomorrow it will be back to the OK Day to Day...
my brain is hanging up side down....
Women are fucked... what's so hard about saying 'I'm sorry but I'm not interested' and then go on being friendly?
Here is what I was going to use as my latest rockfiend column... it's not working for me, I'm going to start all over and write something new but I just wanted to get this out there someway.......
Don't get me started....
It's been a while since I have authored one of these columns and my feelings of guilt for having taken so long are...
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Don't get me started....
It's been a while since I have authored one of these columns and my feelings of guilt for having taken so long are...
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i_poop_too_much:
Did those files ever get to you?
The Current 98.3,,,, All indie rock all the time...
These past couple of weeks the twin City airwaves have seen the start of a new radio station run by public radio that plays what they are calling an anti-format. They started out say that they were going to play a lot of local music and pop music that isn't getting played on cleanchannel and disney...
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These past couple of weeks the twin City airwaves have seen the start of a new radio station run by public radio that plays what they are calling an anti-format. They started out say that they were going to play a lot of local music and pop music that isn't getting played on cleanchannel and disney...
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pogmothoin:
radio's dead. It's not even worth paying attention to anymore. Your best bet is to get an MP3 player and just put it on shuffle.
Wanna be's
I'm watching my Homicide Discs and there's an episode that deals with a bunch of wanna be spies. Men who's fathers had been trained during the cold war to be spies and warriors, and the sons had failed to be as tough as their fathers. It got me thinking, that the world my father and his father lived in seemed to be filled...
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I'm watching my Homicide Discs and there's an episode that deals with a bunch of wanna be spies. Men who's fathers had been trained during the cold war to be spies and warriors, and the sons had failed to be as tough as their fathers. It got me thinking, that the world my father and his father lived in seemed to be filled...
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contrast:
yeah, i've got a friend who always raves about "the shield." so i added that and the wire to my netflix queue.
twilight zone warrants a purchase... someday.
i generally never watch tv shows, minus the occaional seinfeld episode... but i'm just finishing season 1 of carnivale, so i'm kinda getting into the format.
twilight zone warrants a purchase... someday.
i generally never watch tv shows, minus the occaional seinfeld episode... but i'm just finishing season 1 of carnivale, so i'm kinda getting into the format.
i_poop_too_much:
If you have an email account that accepts big attachments, I can email you the fil, or you can IM me and I'll transfer it to you.
Shit man, I'm sitting on a TON of interesting bootlegs that came from Doug himself-several CDs worth of unreleased demo songs, an alternate mix version of the Ear Candy album, etc.
Shit man, I'm sitting on a TON of interesting bootlegs that came from Doug himself-several CDs worth of unreleased demo songs, an alternate mix version of the Ear Candy album, etc.
Homicide Life on the Streets season 6 just came out on DVD.... and one as I was watching the first episode I was struck by a single line from the show.
Callie Thorns character is asked why she left the Seattle PD for Baltimore, her Response was grunge is dead, and I was suddenly aware of the connection between the grunge movement and the shows...
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Callie Thorns character is asked why she left the Seattle PD for Baltimore, her Response was grunge is dead, and I was suddenly aware of the connection between the grunge movement and the shows...
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judas:
mostly, i would like to thank grunge for matchbox twenty. now there's a really good band.