June 20th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week:

• No hyperbole here: The RIAA has successfully sued Limewire for a gazillion billion dollars, funds that they will surely use to build a laser capable of destroying the sun. They're dicks like that.
• Propagandhi's fictional member Glen Lambert has challenged Cokie The Clown, the alter-ego of NOFX's Fat Mike.
• Against Me! performed "I Was a Teenage Anarchist" live on Leno, and here we always thought Tom was on Team Coco. Too bad.
• Me First And The Gimme Gimmes members Fat Mike and Spike Slawson were interviewed on such burning topics as Bavaria, Paris Hilton and the meaning of Punk
• An Outernational show in Arizona opening for GBH turned ugly when the crowd revolted against the activist punk band.
• Brian Fallon of the Gaslight Anthem performed "American Slang"acoustically.
• Members of Rufio were involved in a nasty RV accident

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we've see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday…

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we spoke with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Jeremy, Donovan, Alex and Chris of This Will Destroy You
• Russ Rankin of Good Riddance and Only Crime
• Eric Solomon of O Pioneers!!!
• Mike Riley of Pulling Teeth
• Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves
• Keith Morris of OFF!, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks
• A Band on Band interview featuring O Pioneers!!! and Junior Battles

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

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Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: Which Punknews editor makes the best cookies? For that matter, which one's milkshake brings all the boys to the yard?

A: I would really like to know. The only food Justin ever made me tasted like cardboard on fire. Adam lives off wine and being Canadian. Aubin would probably just buy cookies or trick someone into making them. Jesse can make some mean coffee, but I think he looks down on the accompanying backed goods. Chris can only videotape someone making cookies. Brian is from Long Island…They don't bake. Ben can pretty much only bet on who will make better cookies. And I'm terrible at everything. Bryne….I guess, wins? Part 2: Mine. Hands down. - Rich

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favour and pay a visit to Rich Verducci's podcast Sound Scene Revolution, Bryne Yancey's Orlando blog Overheated, Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press and Intelligentsia, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Adam White's tumblog at AdamWhite.org, and Justin August's tumblog at JustinAugust.org. Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey's every move at Twitter.

Radio Free Punknews

Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The new EP from Jersey City, NJ's Banquets
• The recent EP from Kitchener, Ontario's Mockingbird Wish Me Luck
• The new full-length from Baltimore, MD's Dead Mechanical
• The self-titled demo from Gainesville, FL-based Nerd Alert
• The new EP from Los Angeles, CA's Fossil Arm
• A new full length from Rockford, IL-based Joie de Vivre

Also don't forget to check out the recent record from Nottingham, UK-based Almost Home, the recent full length from Reno, NV-based Vampirates, the Epitaph Records debut from Minneapolis, MN-based Off With Their Heads, and the new full length from Orlando, FL-based Gatorface. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

June 13th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week:

• A report in Billboard noted that album sales have hit rock bottom with the week ending May 30th bringing in the lowest music sales numbers since data began to be collected in `94.
• Max Bemis of Say Anything sat down on video to chat with the Lawrence Arms' Brendan Kelly and Red Scare Records' Toby Jeg. Topics strange, slow and old were touched upon.
• Tour head honcho Kevin Lyman made a number of comments on the 2010 Warped Tour. As usual the question of what bands and genres are showcased dominated the discussion.
• The Gaslight Anthem is streaming their new album American Slang
• Vocalist/guitarist Dan Vapid stated in a recent interview that The Methadones will call it a day by year's end.
• Frank Turner has returned from Israel and defended his decision to play dates there.
• The Alkaline Trio's Matt Skiba released the new solo song "S.O.S."

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we've see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday…

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we spoke with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Eric Solomon of O Pioneers!!!
• Mike Riley of Pulling Teeth
• Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves
• Keith Morris of OFF!, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks
• A Band on Band interview featuring O Pioneers!!! and Junior Battles
• Sam Sutherland and Aaron Zorgel of Junior Battles
• Shawn Stern of BYO Records and Youth Brigade

Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%

Punknews content is syndicated to several social media networks and we're striving to provide you with quality, unique content and communications on each. Here's where to connect with us:

• Your photos in our Flickr Pool can be seen in the sidebar here on the `Org
• We reblog all sorts of punk content via the Punknews Tumblr
• Be our friends at the Punknews MySpace page
• We're syndicating content to Google Buzz now, if that's your thing.
• Contribute your listening habits to the weekly charts at our Last.fm group
• All of our high definition video footage can be found at Vimeo
• We love getting your feedback via Twitter
• Come hang out at the Punknews Facebook fan page or group

Your trusty Punknews editors have all sorts of projects on the go. If you like what you see here do us a favour and pay a visit to Jesse Raub's coffee blogging at Bitter Press and Intelligentsia, Adam White's tumblog at AdamWhite.org, Chris Moran's videos at Vimeo, Rich Verducci's podcast Sound Scene Revolution, Justin August's tumblog at JustinAugust.org, and Bryne Yancey's Orlando blog Overheated.

Of course your day wouldn't be complete without knowing every inane detail of your humble editors' lives. Follow @aubinpaul, @adamwhite, @jesseraub, @justinaugust, @brian_shultz, @bconoley, @dante3000 and @bryneyancey's every move at Twitter.

Radio Free Punknews

Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of new music from recent or upcoming releases. Our latest additions include:

• The new EP from Los Angeles, CA's Fossil Arm
• A new full length from Rockford, IL-based Joie de Vivre
• The recent record from Nottingham, UK-based Almost Home
• The recent full length from Reno, NV-based Vampirates
• The Epitaph Records debut from Minneapolis, MN-based Off With Their Heads
• The new full length from Orlando, FL-based Gatorface

Also don't forget to check out The new full length from Nashville, TN-based Blacklist Royals, the new EP from New York, NY's The Tattle Tales, the new full length from Brown County, IN-based The Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band, the new 7" from London, UK's Cynics, the new 7" from Philadelphia, PA's The Holy Mess, the new EP from Cincinnati, OH's Mixtapes, and the new full length from Philadelphia, PA's Thinking Machines. You can find much more on the Punknews Music page.

June 6th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week:

• The new album from Against Me! was made available to stream this week, an absolute eternity after the record leaked online. The ban also posted a Daytrotter Session with Cock Sparrer and Dead Kennedys covers.
• Strike Anywhere discussed their move from Fat to Bridge Nine, commenting on the cultural differences between east coast hardcore and west coast pop punk.
• Kid Dynamite will reunite for This Is Hardcore 2010, which will also feature Ink and Dagger and Bane among others.
• Jeff Rosenstock of Bomb The Music Industry! spoke out in an interview about free music, Against Me! and Green Day among other topics.
• Baltimore, MD's Ruiner have decided to hang it up in October of 2010
• Epitaph is getting back into the compilations game with New Noise, Volume 1
• The notorious swastika t-shirt worn by the Sex Pistols' Sid Vicious is on sale for £10,000.
• Protagonist's trailer and gear stolenin Tulsa, Oklahoma.

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we've see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we'll see you Monday…

The People Must Have Something Good To Read

In the past few weeks we spoke with a number of bands. Don't miss out on these interviews:

• Mike Riley of Pulling Teeth
• Blag Dahlia of The Dwarves
• Keith Morris of OFF!, Black Flag, and the Circle Jerks
• A Band on Band interview featuring O Pioneers!!! and Junior Battles
• Sam Sutherland and Aaron Zorgel of Junior Battles
• Shawn Stern of BYO Records and Youth Brigade
• JT Woodruff of Hawthorne Heights