Tag Archives: Society

The “tour that won’t die,” the rambling flotilla of punk, Van’s Warped Tour is now a venerable institution, in the final 10 days of its 11th year. I vividly remember broadcasting for Cleveland’s WENZ (The End) from the first and second installments of the tour, the sun beating on the …

...Ms. Jean said. "I've never been a token, sir, and I never will be."

Friends don’t always have to agree with each other, but a little understanding goes a long way.

The push is on to save fabled Bowery punk rock cradle CBGB, which opened in December of 1973 and is now in the last month of its lease. “Little” Steven Van Zandt (profile and interview here) has picked up the banner of the club, which is in conflict with its …

Watching the vigil for Anthony Walker, the Liverpool teenager horribly murdered by sick evil racists – who killed poor Anthony with an axe and left it sticking out of the back of his head – I’m sitting here with tears rolling down my face listening to the simple dignity of …

Our judicial system is a delicate balancing act between the rights of the defendant (with an eye toward protecting the innocent accused), the victim (justice), and society as a whole (sequestering and/or rehabilitating the dangerous, letting it be known that breaking the law is unacceptable). The media takes it upon …

Spiritual matters should be concerned with the nurturing of the soul and the heart, not the bank book.

..the words ground zero were used in reference to the impact site of a nuclear bomb.

They have been selling seeds. Nothing more.

...our plans for undermining and controlling the ways in which American’s think and behave...