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Interview with Geoff Farina

August 23, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’d been meaning to post this up for quite a while, and here goes… I met up with Geoff Farina, frontman of the now-defunct and beloved band Karate, for an interview to be included in America Is Just A Word. Karate is one of a handful of bands that really challenged the ideals for what … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Allston, America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Andy Greenwald, Boston, emo, Geoff Farina, jazz, Karate, music, Nothing Feels Good, Porter Exchange, slowcore

The Internets Is Down!

June 19, 2009 / Leave a Comment

A quick little post for the evening/day… I’m running into some odd technical difficulties for posting pieces of the latest interview for America Is Just A Word… but for some reason I keep running into some virtual hole in my idea. I’m just trying to combine some element of clean design and easy access for … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, emo, Geoff Farina, Karate, music, Secret Stars

Way To Go Joe

June 12, 2009 / Leave a Comment

I’ve got some more stuff over at Bostonist today, this time with some big names in emo and underground music history: Joe Lally and Glorytellers. The former is the bass player of Fugazi, the later is fronted by Geoff Farina of Karate (who I’ll be interviewing for America Is Just A Word when the tour … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: Bostonist, emo, Fugazi, Geoff Farina, Glorytellers, Joe Lally, Karate, music, Pedro the Lion, the Middle East Upstairs, The Soft Drugs, TW Walsh

Yes, I Am Talking To You: An America Is Just A Word Update

April 21, 2009 / 1 Comment

More news on the progression of America Is Just A Word. Since the previous announcement of a few folks being involved in the writing process through personal interviews, a handful of other people have also shown their interest. New to the bill are Matt Anderson of Heroin and Gravity Records; Sam Zurick of Cap’n Jazz, … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America Is Just A Word: Post-Hardcore Emo and American Culture, Cap'n Jazz, emo, Geoff Farina, Gravity Records, Heavy Vegetable, Heroin (band), Joan of Arc, Karate, Make Believe, Matt Anderson, music, Owls, Pinback, Rob Crow, Sam Zurick, Thingy

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