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How The Winds Change: The People Turn On The People’s Champion

04/24/2013

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For the third consecutive year, The Rock was in the Main Event of WrestleMania.  For the third consecutive year, WrestleMania broke over 1,000,000 PPV buys.  For the third time in his career, he entered into WrestleMania as the WWE Champion.  For the fourth time in his career, he was unable to leave WrestleMania with that […]

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Song of the Week: The Ghetto Brothers, Ghetto Brothers Power

01/17/2013

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By: The Rez Every couple of years, it seems, that there’s an artifact that’s uncovered that fills in the cracks in the history of rock and roll. Whether it’s the Sonic Rendezvous Band boxed set and official “bootleg” records that came out in 2006, or the Death record that came out in 2009, these document […]

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Song of the Week: Mindless Self Indulgence – Untitled Demo

11/30/2012

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By: Valentino This track is an untitled demo off of post-post-post punk band Mindless Self Indulgence’s as of yet untitled kick starter funded album. This is the band’s first full length album since 2008. If you decide to back the album, there are some pretty cool incentives. The band’s real charm comes from their live […]

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Song of the Week: The Dirtbombs – Ever Lovin’ Man

11/13/2012

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The Dirtbombs are my favorite band. Ever. There are no two ways about it. Lead git slinger and singer, Mick Collins, was a member of many immortal garage punk bands that influenced everyone from the New Bomb Turks to the White Stripes. Their last studio full length, “We Have You Surrounded,” is apocalypse themed, in […]

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Song of the Week: The Stooges – TV Eye

11/05/2012

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The best music elicits emotion. Joy, sadness, rage, eros…all are feelings I’ve gotten from music. The Stooges are no exception. More toadies than comedians, the Stooges were a part of rock’s underappreciated underground until the unfortunate death of guitarist Ron Asheton in 2009. Asheton played a wonderfully distorted lead guitar that meshed well with the […]

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Song of the Week: The Replacements – Bastards of Young

10/24/2012

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No, this is not a fan made video. This is the official, paid for by the band, meant to be on MTV video for Bastards of Young. The “we really don’t care” attitude of the band is belied by the song lyrics. “It beats picking cotton and waitin’ to be forgotten.” Are you kidding? Lead […]

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