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We Were Wrong To Mock Insane Clown Posse
A decade ago, we were all laughing at Insane Clown Posse and their inability to comprehend how “fucking magnets” work. At the time, we all thought that two guys dressing up as clowns and rapping […]
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Cliques and the Elitist Illusion: stay the F out of our music scene!
The ‘mean girls’ of the music scene need to grow up. You know who I’m referring to. The folk who talk behind your back at shows, judge you for not having “cool” enough music taste, […]
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Holy Shit Marilyn Manson’s New Song Is Actually Good
I haven’t cared about Marilyn Manson in a very long time. When I was a young edge lord, his music spoke to me in some pretty significant ways. Songs like “This is the New Shit”, […]
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Musicians Will Never Have A Better Platform Than MySpace Ever Again
Hey! Remember your embarrassing emo phase? Remember taking moody selfies in the mirror then posting them to your MySpace page, with the custom purple and black background, and a song by My Chemical Romance that […]
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Why So Impatient? A love letter to Dickheads
Hello, my name is Jason. You might remember me from such classic moments as “when you foamed at the mouth and shit yourself because I gave your band my opinion,” or “when you watched me […]
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Bonus Tracks can Frigg Right Off
I know I’m not alone in appreciating the very unsexy art of album sequencing. A properly placed album opener can serve as a statement for what the band or artist is hoping to achieve with […]
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Stop Saying You Don’t Like The Beatles If You’ve Never Listened To Them
You remember when you were a kid and you didn’t like vegetables? I do. It took a trip to an msg- and sugar-filled serving of (Americanized) Chinese broccoli for me to even consider the idea […]
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Step Outside Your Genre!
There is nothing more aggravating than meeting someone who claims that the music genre they listen to is the best and everything else sucks. Get the fuck out of here with that shit. Other genres […]
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Do Not Keep Politics Out Of Punk Rock (Or Any Music)
It has come to my attention that there are denizens of the society known as “social media” who believe that punk rock music (or music in general) and politics should be kept separate. How the […]
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Be Proud to be a One Hit Wonder
Does anyone remember that show Hit Me Baby One More Time? They would trot out one hit wonder groups or artists from across the past 30 years or so, have them play their one well-known […]