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As you probably know, Manhattanites don’t just trot through the city, they gallop. So marching mindfully on Saturday with 300,000 New Yorkers during an energetic antiwar demonstration is not unlike getting caught up in stampede of mustangs pushing through a concrete syringe.
Of all the demos I’ve been to in the past 25 years, this must [...]

Thanks to Ella Bored for acing the pop quiz by answering:
1.) Burger King ad band “Coq Roc” (the real Satanists)
2.) Norwegian death metal band Lordi (they are Finland’s representative in the Eurovision song contest!)
3.) Gwar
Now, Gwar holds a special place in my heart. Aside from being drenched by a multiplicity of fake colored body fluids, [...]

If you are old enough and remember, “Just say no,” then you weren’t doing enough drugs. I always thought Nancy Reagan’s slogan was intended to increase the crack trade. These people are smart enough to know if you tell a teen to do something then she or he will do the opposite. The “Stop the [...]

A bunch of us will be marching at the April 29 demo for peace in NYC with the Buddhist Peace Fellowship. Please join us for some cathartic fun and protest.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship is committed to the practice of� being peace, while mindful of the many forms in which this manifests.
We plan to walk [...]

Net Neutrality Provision Rejected by House Committee
The highlights of the article are below. What I find really fascinating is that right wingers and lefties are coming together on this; Moveon.org AND the Gun Owners of America among others are backers of the movement to keep the internet free.
“The House Energy and Commerce Committee, during debate [...]

Hi kids! Track your favorite hate groups all across America!
Check out this handy map sponsored by the Southern Poverty Law Center.

Only 6 states are listed as having no hate groups: Vermont (of course), North Dakota, Maine, Hawaii, and New Mexico (yeah, antonio!). While the heavy hitters are California with 52, Florida with 50, South Carolina [...]

OK gang, True Majority is giving away Neil Young’s antiwar album, Living with War, for free on Friday, April 28. Meanwhile go to the same link to sign a petition. Don’t run over eachother on the way there, please.

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OK, so that was the name of a song that my high school punk band, Under the Kitchen, performed. Sick puns aside, “Concentration Camp Out” isn’t nearly as cool as Tent State University. This is a new student activist movement popping up across the country like Spring mushrooms.
But I sure do I feel like Rip [...]

Not exactly. The headline reads: “Why are Vintage Diseases Returning?”
“When fewer people start getting diagnosed, there’s a premature declaration of victory,” says Kenneth Castro, of the CDC. “Then we let our guard down, and the diseases come back and bite us.”

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OK, I know, I know. I hate tests. But this one is really fun. Which of the following is a group of:
a) Satanic monsters that play in a rock band
b) A bunch of artists who use a band as an excuse to masturbate human sized dildos on stage so their audience gets covered in colored [...]

Spread the word if you haven’t heard yet on the Congressional bull (I mean bill) that will put a major toll on the information highway.
You can sign the MoveOn.org petition here.
Here is a cute little video that explains the issue.
This is a good clearinghouse for info, Save the Internet:
Internet Freedom is under attack. Congress is [...]

Cashing in on 6-6-06 (LA Times)

For marketers, 666 has also become an ideal date — to launch movies, records, books and other products or events, particularly those with religious undertones. In the case of 20th Century Fox, which is responsible for the omnipresent apocalyptic ad campaign, it’s a once-in-a-century opportunity to unleash the [...]

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astralglamboy@blogdisease.com or at MySpace.
Spammers will be cooked up and made into “spamores” (Spam with marshmallows, chocolate and graham crackers cooked over an open fire of incinerated computer terminals).

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Having grown up in East LA I have a cozy space in my heart for those crazy chicks who used to punch me in the face, the young chicanas of my ‘hood who were way badder ass than me or my artsy friends, the girls better known as “cholitas.” Which brings me to the greatest [...]

I was born in ‘66, which was the year Enterprise set sail into televisual space. Beyond that I’m not sure if that explains why I’m a countercultural nerd, but I was actually excited to learn that Lost producer JJ Abrams will be making a feature film prequel, Trek, that will include a young Spock and [...]

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I once told myself that if I ever heard Sonic Youth or Butthole Surfers as Muzak at the supermarket, it would be time to exit this earthly plane. While this isn’t nearly as close, I never in my life thought I’d see a punk tribute band. But here it is: The Sex Pistols Experience.
The promise [...]

Neil on CNN.
Neil Young has a new blog: Living with War.

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UPDATE: Village Voice Fires Music Editor Chuck Eddy
I had a little fun at the Village Voice’s expense in a previous post, but after a conversation I had with Brooklyn Rail editor Ted Hamm, I realize that I erred. He pointed out that if the Voice nose-dived into pure entertainment, the one service that would suffer [...]

“I’m the decider” set to “I am the Walrus.” Don’t miss this!!! I’m trying my best to be compassionate, but this was too irresistible; this song sums up the idiocy of our current situation. Talk about implosion! The guy is boxed in. Someone please give him a hug before he starts Armageddon.

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