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May 21, 2007

Perfect Black

One of last year's top-ten honorees, Rocky Votolato is releasing a new album in a few weeks, titled The Brag & Cuss. You can sample "Postcard from Kentucky" on the Barsuk Records site, and courtesy of Can You See the Sunset From the Southside?, I've stumbled upon a really wonderful outtake from last year's equally great Makers.

This is, without a doubt, the punkest banjo playing I've ever seen:

You can hear an actual recorded songs by The Avett Brothers here.

Posted in A/V Dorkout | 21 May 2007 at 05:39 PM | Comments (0) | | Link

Digital

Still not sure how I feel about a film on Joy Division, but they did find someone who looks fairly convincingly like Ian (though better looking).

    Trailer is here.

    Reaction from Cannes is here.

[Via Food Fight.]

Posted in A/V Dorkout | 21 May 2007 at 11:22 AM | Comments (0) | | Link

May 18, 2007

Green Scare

Since 2005, the government has brought over 20 cases against environmentalists that have redefined not only free speech, but also redefined environmentally motivated property destruction – like torching Hummers or tree-felling equipment – as being on a par with the murderous assaults of Al Qaeda. Twenty eco-radicals might not sound like a lot, but it’s almost as many as had been arrested for major crimes in the 18 years previous, while 1,200 known attacks by ALF or its younger twin, the Earth Liberation Front, caused as much as $200 million in damages. It is important to note that no persons have ever been injured or killed in these attacks, but industry lobbying groups have forced the government to make prosecuting them a top priority.

Posted in Damn Nation! | 18 May 2007 at 10:22 AM | Comments (0) | | Link