punk rock
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
● “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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
<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…
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,…
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…