I've got a trash-strewn, vomit-smeared corner of my heart dedicated to that particular brand of sentimental sensationalism known as the rock book. While academics all over the world scramble to hang haphazard theory all over the world of pop culture, rock books are a simpler affair compared to their highfalutin cousins. They've got bold covers that promise sex, violence and insecurity, and the best of them, despite their generally exploitative nature, deliver high opera. I'm talking Please Kill Me and Cash ; mythic shit. Anyway, while us music writers have mined London and New York for every minor subplot [...]
Taylor Swift has released more of her teen angst filled music. The country musical supernova will debut the above video for " Fifteen " tonight on CMT . " Fifteen Swiftly Made Videos ," a 90 minute special, will feature the song fore its tv debut. All her previous vids will be shown in chronological order for those T.Squints fans. You take a deep breath and you walk through the doors It's the morning of your very first day And you say hi to your friends you ain't seen in a while [...]
More pop punk than you can shake a stick at. From the short-lived Sludgeworth to current stuff that borders on mall-punk, pop punk comes in many different flavors. Consider this a sampler platter. MP3 | MxPx - Punk Rawk Show from the 1995 album Teenage Politics MP3 | All Time Low - Dear Maria Count Me In from the 2007 album So [...]
I loved The Muppet Movie as a kid and re-watching it is still a magical experience. The funny thing is watching years later and seeing the bevy of celebrity cameos: Mel Brooks, Bob Hope, Steve Martin, Milton Berle, Madeline Kahn, Orson Welles(!), Richard Pryor, and more! All the cameos fly over your head as a kid except one: Big Bird! The real stars, of course, are the Muppets themselves who appear in a very meta-narrative with the Muppets gathering in a movie theatre to basically watch how the Muppets all came together and ended up in Hollywood. [...]
This week I give you Fifteen Fifteen was a band from the Bay Area of California fronted by Jeff Ott who is also well known for his time in the band Crimpshrine. Fifteen played political punk rock with messages of drug addiction, homelessness, environmental, and many other hot topics of the time as well as now. Most of the songs were a vehicle to tell stories of Jeff Ott's past and his battles he fought with addiction and the streets. Their sound is one that is dirty punk rock [...]
T hanks to everyone that has given suggestions for this series. Much good stuff indeed. Anyhow, with this post we've reached the halfway point, so (obviously) there is plenty more pop punk junk coming your way. There will be Ramones influenced songs and gruff and angsty songs from the No Idea school of pop punk as well. Whatever your choice is, I'm hopeful that you'll find something to your liking. MP3 | Attention - Stay MP3 [...]
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