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Warren Kinsella: WORLD PREMIERE! SFH’s ‘Kinda Sucks’!
You came here looking for some more #LavScam stuff, didn’t you? Well, we’ve got something better: the world premiere of the newest SFH video, Kinda Sucks! It’s catchier than a drawer full of fish hooks! It rocks! It rolls! It’s a hit, and the kids will like to dance to
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Lonnie James. Um, who?
So, Sam Sutherland wrote a great book about Canadian punk rock a few years back, called Perfect Youth. It’s really good. You can get it here. Chris Walter this year wrote and published another amazing book about Canadian punk, Misfits and Miscreants. It’s an oral history of the scene, and
Continue readingPostArctica: When Punk Rock Hit Vancouver
Vancouver, 1978. So I am over at Glen Ward’s place and he puts an album on for me that he had ordered from Europe and we both were killing ourselves laughing through the whole thing, shaking our heads and pumping our fists, and just so damn high on this horrible,
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Pretty much every time I hear Canadian Prime Minister Stephen…
Pretty much every time I hear Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper or one of his Conservative minions speak, I think of this song: “Propaganda” by the defunct punk/Oi! band Blitz. The same goes for when I hear Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne or one of her provincial Liberal hacks spew BS
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Video of Jello Biafra appearing on the satirical comedy show…
Video of Jello Biafra appearing on the satirical comedy show Portlandia. “Yuppies … Yuppies … Yuppies! … How could people let this happen?” Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine are on tour right now. See: http://www.alternativetentacles.com/tours.php?sd=x-dgd4VF9l48AYpUWGA
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: One of the greatest, yet underrated, bands in punk rock is…
One of the greatest, yet underrated, bands in punk rock is returning to Canada for the first time in about a decade. Stage Bottles, from Frankfurt, Germany, will be playing in Toronto on Friday, April 18 and in Montreal on Saturday, April 19. For those not familiar with Stage Bottles,
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: The un-Canadian Harper Conservatives recently announced they are…
The un-Canadian Harper Conservatives recently announced they are giving away $1.5 million of our tax dollars to fund a politically motivated monument with the misleading name Memorial to Victims of Communism—Canada, a Land of Refuge. It’s not “victims of Stalinism”, “victims of totalitarianism”, “victims of dictatorships”, “victims of the Soviet
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: ● “People have got to know whether or not their…
● “People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I’m not a crook.” – disgraced American president Richard Nixon ● “I don’t recall. I don’t recall that.” – disgraced American president Ronald Reagan ● “A proof is a proof. What kind of a proof?
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Alright, this is my last anti-Thatcher post of the night. Whew,…
Alright, this is my last anti-Thatcher post of the night. Whew, there sure are a lot of anti-Thatcher songs and videos out there, and I have only posted a fraction of them. This song isn’t subtle at all. It gets straight to the point. It’s “Maggie” by the Edinburgh, Scotland
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: This anti-Thatcher song is “We Rule OK” by the…
This anti-Thatcher song is “We Rule OK” by the working-class Oi! band The Last Resort. Some right-wingers try to claim this band as one of their own, but that is not accurate. The Last Resort are patriotic and pro-working class, not Conservatives or fascists. Here are the lyrics. We Rule
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Thatcher, out. A few decades too late, but better late than…
Thatcher, out. A few decades too late, but better late than never. This music video is a catchy ditty by the South London punk/soul band The Larks. The song is “Maggie Maggie Maggie (Out Out Out)”.
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: With all the stories across Canada of police brutality…
With all the stories across Canada of police brutality (including killings), harassment, rights violations, discrimination, perjury, political bias, corruption (e.g. bribes, smuggling, extortion, drug-dealing) – and seeing almost no consequences for the crimes committed by police officers – it’s extremely difficult to resist the A.C.A.B. (All Cops Are Bastards) attitude.
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Interview with Glen “the Hamilton Kid” of the Steeltown Spoilers
Interview with Glen “the Hamilton Kid” of the Steeltown Spoilers: The above link is to an interview with Glen “the Hamilton Kid” of the punk band Steeltown Spoilers. Glen talks about his band of course, but he also discusses the economic decline and political destruction of the city he loves.
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: “Nazi Scum” by the Scottish anti-fascist punk band…
“Nazi Scum” by the Scottish anti-fascist punk band Oi Polloi Standing outsides the primary school gates,with their leaflets stirring up race hate. Creeping round in the dead of night,setting innocent people’s houses alight. They stab and kill in radical attacks. Just how much more before you fight back? Find them
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: As a follow-up to my last post, here are a few quotes about our…
As a follow-up to my last post, here are a few quotes about our crazy, corrupt, upside-down world. “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane” – Kurt Vonnegut “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: There’s an over-used, often-modified, bullshit slogan…
There’s an over-used, often-modified, bullshit slogan along the lines of “If you are not a socialist at the age of 20 you have no heart; if you are still a socialist at the age of 40 you have no brain.” This pearl of supposed wisdom gets a lot of people’s
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: <sarcasm>Congrats to Toronto mayor Rob Ford on winning the…
Congrats to Toronto mayor Rob Ford on winning the appeal in his conflict of interest case. Finally a break for rich, white, straight, suburban, middle-aged men who have never worked a full-time job, and who inherited almost everything they have in life. It’s a boon for lying, cheating, career politicians
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: March 15 and 16, 2013 in Montreal: two nights of…
March 15 and 16, 2013 in Montreal: two nights of anti-fascist/anti-racist Oi!, punk rock, hardcore, and a little bit of ska and reggae. It’s a party, not a political rally, but there’s no mystery where the bands and most of the attendees stand on the issues. It will be at
Continue readingThe Ranting Canadian: Fuck the USA!* *and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the…
Fuck the USA!* *and to be fair, fuck Canada for allowing the Harper Conservatives to drag our country through the muck, down the same failed, destructive and suicidal path as our neighbours to the south Yeah, I know there are many good and decent individual Americans, and I acknowledge that
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