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The Promise Ring

The Revolution Will Be Produced

August 7, 2008 / Leave a Comment

It’s always nice getting some sort of personal email, especially when it’s in the form of a musical reunion between David Byrne and Brian Eno. Well, “personal” isn’t quite the right word, but I certainly took the message as a sincere and direct one: It’s with great pleasure we offer you a sneak peak by … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: (More Songs About Buildings and Food, 30 Degrees Everywhere, 99 Problems, Aerosmith, Beastie Boys, Beefeater, Boy's Life, Brad Wood, Braid, Brian Eno, Clarity, Danger Mouse, David Byrne, DC, Diary, Do You Know Who You Are?, emo, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today, Fear of Music, Fugazi, Gnarls Barkley, Go-Go Gadget Gospel, Gumbo MacKaye, Happy Go Licky, hip-hop, Hum, Ice Cream Spiritual, J Robbins, J'Nuh, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, Jay-Z, Jeremy Enigk, Jets to Brazil, Jimmy Eat World, Knapsack, Lou Giordano, LP2, Lungfish, Mark Trombino, mewithoutyou, Mid-West, Mineral, music, My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, No Sleep Til Brooklyn, Nothing Feels Good, Ponytail, pop-punk, post-hardcore, post-punk, Red Red Meat, Remain in Light, Rick Rubin, Rip It Up And Start Again, Rites of Spring, Run-DMC, Smashing Pumpkins, Strange Overtones, Strange Times, Sunny Day Real Estate, Talking Heads, Texas Is The Reason, The Black Keys, The Dismemberment Plan, The Fire Theft, The Promise Ring, Very Emergency, Walk This Way

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

No More Phone Booths

July 15, 2008 / 1 Comment

Like any “normal” male adolescent in America, my elementary school days were filled with a love of sports and comic books. For me, it was more comic books than sports. As my friends dreamed of a future on the gridiron, I diligently worked on my impending comic book career. Somewhere along the line I became … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Perfect Lines Tagged: America, Andy Greenwald, Batman, Blankets, Boston Phoenix, Brand New, Brodie, Chris Carrabba, Civil Rights, comic book movies, comics, Dashboard Confessional, DC comics, emo, Five Corporations, Fugazi, graphic novel, Hair Metal, Hancock, Hollywood, James Parker, Kevin Smith, kryptonite, Make Me A Chevy, Mallrats, Marvel comics, Maus, music, Norway, Nothing Feels Good, Palestine, Sowing Season (Yeah), Stan Lee, super hero, superheroes, The Dark Knight, The Promise Ring, Watchmen, X-Men

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

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

Taboo And Alphabets Too

July 6, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Last night a bunch of my friends threw a show in their house… a comedy show that is. Whereas most young towns have a thriving music scene, the comedy community in Boston is everything that most insular scenes hope they can be; diverse, thriving, widespread, intimate, creative, and a network of people who are friends … [Read more…]

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An Introduction

July 3, 2008 / Leave a Comment

Before things begin, I shall kick things off with the words of someone else. Ted Rall is a witty, no-holds-barred political cartoonist with a wonderful sense of humor. Shamefully, I don’t read his weekly comics as often as I’d like to/should. But, as I flipped through the most recent edition of the Weekly Dig, I … [Read more…]

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