With no foreseeable end in sight for rising rents in the cities, expect this trend to continue. But with the same… Read more “If you’re in a small town, you have to get down on your hands and knees and dig a ditch so that the water can run”
Category: Punk

TITLETOWN with Big D and the Kids Table, Westbound Train, Have Nots, and more…
TITLETOWN Friday, April 15, 2016 The Middle East Upstairs Westbound Train Have Nots Nick & The Adversaries 18+ $13adv/$15dos 8pm… Read more TITLETOWN with Big D and the Kids Table, Westbound Train, Have Nots, and more…
“It was people like Joe Strummer who became the news for a lot of young people.” – Henry Rollins
Good read on politics and punk below: “It’s important to remember that the musicians within the punk movement — and… Read more “It was people like Joe Strummer who became the news for a lot of young people.” – Henry Rollins
Best Albums of 2015
ALLISON WEISS – New Love I second guess, forgot my name so long ago I’m headed west, I’ll find it… Read more Best Albums of 2015
Glen E. Friedman: ‘I’m Trying To Wake People Up’
Inspiring words from one of my favorite photographers: I guess I live for just continuing to inspire people with things that… Read more Glen E. Friedman: ‘I’m Trying To Wake People Up’
Ian MacKaye: “Never in the history of the world have people worked ten hours and nothing has moved.”
This is one of the best interviews with Ian MacKaye that I’ve read. So much food for thought. The full… Read more Ian MacKaye: “Never in the history of the world have people worked ten hours and nothing has moved.”
David Lowery on Millennials and the Punk Rock Generation
Punk Rock Generation: We rebelled by protesting wars, dictatorships, apartheid, government corruption, the military industrial complex, polluting corporations, the christian… Read more David Lowery on Millennials and the Punk Rock Generation
The Menzingers’ Greg Barnett: “then I learned some Ramones songs and thought, ‘You know, maybe I can do this.'”
The mind-blowing thing to me about it was that before I started playing, I thought of people who played guitar… Read more The Menzingers’ Greg Barnett: “then I learned some Ramones songs and thought, ‘You know, maybe I can do this.'”
Ian MacKaye on the New Crop of D.C. Hardcore Docs, Resurging Interest in His Scene | Billboard
“In the beginning everybody was just trying to figure out first off, ‘Who the fuck am I?’ And then, ‘Who… Read more Ian MacKaye on the New Crop of D.C. Hardcore Docs, Resurging Interest in His Scene | Billboard
Great Read: “Sleater-Kinney: A Certain Rebellion”
There was supposed to be someone else, some other band that blazed through the path Sleater-Kinney made, some fiery… Read more Great Read: “Sleater-Kinney: A Certain Rebellion”