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Gas Prices Going Once, Twice, Again!

July 29, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Not a day goes by that a handful of articles on rising gas prices are written by our trusted news sources (usually in conjunction with stories on the economy). It’s just one tale in a long line of “worst evers” that are plaguing our current society. I can’t say from personal experience if this is … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Dartz!, DC, Dismemberment Plan, economy, emo, gasoline prices, Hot Club de Paris, London, music, St. Petersburg, The Sad History of the Village of Alnerique, This Is My Ship, UK

Check Out These (Water) Guns

July 28, 2008 / 1 Comment

Boston’s Banditos Misteriosos announced a brand new event: a Revolutionary Water Gun Battle. The battle will take place on August 16th, but you should be able to sign up later today. Banditos have caused quite a ruckus (in the purely good sense) in just under a year since forming. They’ve gotten a good chunk of … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Apartheid, Banditos Misteriosos, Boston, community, Dance of Days, DC, Dischord, emo, flash mobs, Fugazi, hardcore, Improper Bostonian, Kuwait, pillow fights, Positive Force, punk, Punk Percussion Protests, Revolution Summer, scavenger hunt, silent dance parties, South African Embassy, War in Iraq, water gun battle

What a Beardo

July 24, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Big news out of Belgrade this past Monday, where war crimes fugitive Radovan Karadzic was captured after years of “living in hiding.” Karadzic was thought to be hiding out in a cave, but had been living in disguise under the name Dragan Dabic. While Karadzic committed some hainus crimes, but I can’t help but be … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: beards, Belgrade, Calvin Johnson, Chris Carrabba, Clone High, Dashboard Confessional, DC, Dragan Dabic, emo, emocore, facial hair, hardcore, Lester Bangs, maturity, music, mustache, post-hardcore, punk, Radovan Karadzic, rock, Saddam Hussein, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Promise Ring

Jimes and the New Garage

July 22, 2008 / Leave a Comment

There’s nothing quite like a musical discovery, and Jimes is not quite like anything else I’ve found in recent memory. Jimes is the kind of thing you inadvertently stumble upon and then mildly-obsess about for a handful of minutes. Jimes is absurd, endearing, and entertaining, simply by being. Jimes hails from Chevy Chase, an annexed … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America, Bethesda, Bob Dylan, Brooklyn, Calvin Johnson, Chevy Chase, community, DC, Dischord, dubstep, emo, grime, Harry and the Potters, Jimes, Juiceboxxx, K Records, laptops, mash-up, Mid-West, Milwaukee, music, New England, New Garage, New Jersey, New York, non-musician, Pittsburgh, punk, scene, Siren Music Festival, techno, wizard rock

Art With Flavor

July 17, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Giddy would be a great explanation for how I felt when I saw this news release from Jagjaguwar: We’re proud to announce that PARTS & LABOR will be releasing their new album, “Receivers,” on 10/21/08 here in the US and 11/03/08 in the UK. Brooklyn’s Parts & Labor has become one of my favorite bands … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: art-punk, BJ Warshaw, Brandeis University, Brooklyn, Cardboard Records, Chums coffeehouse, community, Dan Friel, DC, Dischord, DIY, emo, hardcore, Jagjaguwar, Joe Wong, London, Love and Circuits, Mapmaker, music, noise, Noveller, Nowheres Nigh, Parts & Labor, Pitchfork, post-hardcore, punk, Receivers, Rock Sound magazine, Sarah Lipstate, scene, shoegaze, Siren Music Festival, UK, Whartscape

Double Double

July 14, 2008 / Leave a Comment

In one corner, weighing in at 6 members is The Mae Shi, with support from The Death Set, at Great Scott. In the other, pulling together as a duo is No Age, with a little help from High Places and Abe Vigoda, at the Middle East Downstairs. It is a challenge to behold… For music … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: 40 Bands 80 Minutes, Abe Vigoda, art-punk, Battles, Bob Nanna, Boston, Boy's Life, Braid, Brooklyn, Cap'n Jazz, Capitol records, Chisel, Christie Front Drive, community, Dan Deacon, DC, East Coast, emo, Florida, Fugazi, Great Scott, hardcore, HEALTH, High Places, Hot Water Music, Jejune, Jimmy Eat World, Karate, LA, Lifetime, Manhattan, Mid-West, Mika Miko, Mineral, music, music industry, New Jersey, No Age, NYC, Parts & Labor, punk, scene, Shudder To Think, Sunny Day Real Estate, Texas Is The Reason, The Death Set, The Dismemberment Plan, The Get Up Kids, The Mae Shi, the Middle East Downstairs, The Promise Rin, The Promise Ring, The Smell, TV On The Radio, Weirdo Rippers, Wham City, Williamsburg area

A Word on Words

July 11, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Hey folks, Gonna make this one quick and then I’m going to take the weekend off. I recently recieved a comment for my Coheed & Cambria post that was not only in poor taste, but horribly written, argued and against the entire point of this blog. This blog is about an openness towards the entire … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Alexisonfire, Armor For Sleep, Brand New, Coheed & Cambria, comments, community, DC, emo, Equal Vision, Fugazi, Happy Go Licky, hardcore, music, post-hardcore, post-punk, punk, Rites of Spring, Saves The Day, Sunny Day Real Estate, Taking Back Sunday, The Fire Theft, Thursday, Warped Tours

Bastards of Pop

July 10, 2008 / Leave a Comment

By now most music-loving folk are aware of the pay-what-you-want, online release of Girl Talk’s latest album, Feed The Animals. But this isn’t about that… well, it’s almost not about that. As any other savy internet users are concerned, a trio of folks hailing from the greater Baltimore/DC area new about this all to well. … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: alternative music, America, art-punk, Baltimore, Bikini Kill, Black Dice, Brooklyn, Christie Front Drive, community, Dan Deacon, DC, Dischord, Double Dagger, emo, Fall Out Boy, fame, Feed The Animals, Food For Animals, Fueled By Ramen, Fugazi, Girl Talk, Gregg Gillis, hardcore, hip-hop, J Robbins, Jawbox, Jimmy Eat World, LA, Lungfish, Mid-West, Mineral, music, My Chemical Romance, Nation of Ulysses, New Jersey, NYC, Panic! At The Disco, Parts & Labor, pay-what-you-want, Pitchfork, Pittsburgh, popularity, Revolution Summer, Rolling Stone, scene, Shudder To Think, Spin, The Mae Shi, The Promise Ring, Thursday, Vagrant, Warped Tour, Wham City

Don't Shudder

July 9, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Great news today from reunion land, where Shudder To Think will join a growing list of acts banding together to make a little tour. It’s not much, but I’ll certainly take it. It also doesn’t hurt that Boston is one of the few locations in America that the band is scheduled to hit; they’ll be … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Alternative Press, America, Boston, community, David Wain, DC, Dischord, emo, epic, First Love, Fugazi, Funeral At The Movies, Get Your Goat, grunge, hardcore, High Art, Hodgkin's Disease, Last Rights, major label, Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, music, Nevermind, Paradise Rock Club, Pony Express Record, post-hardcore, reunion, Revolution Summer, Shudder To Think, Sub Pop, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Baxter, The Ten, Velvet Goldmine, Wet Hot American Summer, X-French Tee Shirt

Lawrence And Cambria

July 8, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Lawrence of Arabia is one of those movies your told, nay instructed, to see if you enjoy film of the sort. I knew it was epic, but I had no idea how epic until the big, bold “Intermission” stood on screen about two and a half hours in. Planning an intermission in your film? Now … [Read more…]

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