Who will save Rock n' Roll? Bruce Springsteen guitarist Steven Van Zandt speaks true on the state of Rock n' Roll. From CNN.com.

...He called the speech "A Crisis of Craft," and implored listeners to get back to rock 'n' roll's roots. Learn how to play cover songs, he said. Get people to dance. Harness your working-class energy. Take pride in ( Read more... )

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I'm going to give it to them. An infinitely better batch of links this time.

1. Starting with an academic article on a particular subculture. "Things just ain't the same": Hip hop's reconstruction of the gangster rap identity.

I have found that hip-hop artists use lyrics, both musical and poetic, to redefine the negative characteristics given to ( Read more... )

January 17, 2008. Skinheads at Mogwai, Cubao X.


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Friday night and still reeling from the UNCONSTITUTIONAL curfew found me and my brother in Tomas Morato for a couple of reasons. Andria was sharing a birthday with national hero and freedom fighter Andres Bonifacio. While Bonifacio is dead and his memory has been pissed on by so many, Andria had dinner in this Italian restaurant. Also present were ( Read more... )