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New England Metal Fest Delivers!

By on 2012/04/21 in Metal & other Music

The Black Dahlia Murder, Fleshgod Apocalypse, All Shall Perish, Carnifex, Molotov Solution, Oceano, The Acacia Strain – just some of the line-up from the first day of the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival that I attended yesterday. And yes, because I’m typing this now, you know I’m still alive:) I sometimes ask people if [...]

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Severed Fifth & the Open Source Music Movement

By on 2010/12/18 in Metal & other Music, Technology, Voluntary Society

Recently my bud Mike VanLare put the band Severed Fifth and their business model on my radar. From their website: Severed Fifth are an innovative new metal band based in Oakland, California that are not only delivering a solid burst of metal, but are hell bent on changing the music industry while doing so. Founded [...]

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Monsters of Rock Concert Helps Mark End of Communism in USSR

By on 2010/12/04 in Government Fails, Liberty Movement, Metal & other Music

Put yourself in the shoes of one of the hundreds of thousands of concert-goers, who had lived their entire lives under communism. Paradigms were shifting. People were rejecting the bad ideas of collectivism and a command-and-control economy in favor of personal freedom and responsibility. This concert was held as a tribute to the human spirit, [...]

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Liberty-Oriented Ink

By on 2010/11/08 in Metal & other Music, Tattoos

A little video montague I put together using all the badass tat pics folks have submitted to “Air Force One” by As Blood Runs Black. Got liberty-related ink? Send a picture and any related info you care to share (i.e. your motivation, tattoo shop, etc.) to: InkedLiberty[at]gmail.com and I’ll post it here! Also, to hopefully [...]

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GnR & Beyond

By on 2010/01/29 in Comic Relief, Metal & other Music

ARLINGTON, VA – If you’re a GnR fan like myself you’ll probably get a kick outta this 2min cartoon history of the band. And, if your musical tastes have since progressed into the metal scene as well, you may like the following videos. First, Death, Pantera and Bolt Thrower- a few bands instrumental at making [...]

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LOG’s Randy Blythe to San Diego Cops: You Are Not My God

LOG’s Randy Blythe to San Diego Cops: You Are Not My God

By on 2010/01/21 in Metal & other Music, Self-Defense, State Violence

ARLINGTON, VA – Ever had your rights violated by someone with a badge? Well, due to one such encounter the guys in Lamb of God (a band I’ve touched on here many times) wrote the song O.D.H.G.A.B.F.E. or, Office Dick Head Gets a Black Fucking Eye. According to Wiki: This song was written about an [...]

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Fear Factory Lives On!

By on 2010/01/15 in Metal & other Music

ARLINGTON, VA – Just wanted to let any of you Fear Factory fans out there know that I put an autographed, framed Fear Factory poster on eBay recently. The auction expires next Tuesday (Jan. 19th) at 1:15pm EST, so if you wanna claim it, make sure to bid before then! Fear Factory had a big [...]

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Hatebreed dominated last night at Jaxx!…

By on 2009/12/28 in Individuals & Thinkers, Metal & other Music

ARLINGTON, VA – …so stated my Tweet after catching my first show at the Springfield, VA venue thanks to an Xmas gift from my girl. Joining Hatebreed on the bill were The World We Know, Thy Will Be Done, Crowbar, The Causalities and The Acacia Strain. The opening bands were alright but not so good [...]

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Deicide’s Waredrobe Malfunction?

By on 2009/12/09 in Comic Relief, Metal & other Music

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBWpLCSEdLk&hl=en_US&fs=1&] ARLINGTON, VA – Since I’ve already maxed out the 40 free hours/month on my Pandora profile I decided to get my music fix by listening to playlists on YouTube (which will essentially plan dozens of videos with one click). I was on a bit of a nostalgic kick, listening to some bands from back [...]

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Your Comic Relief

By on 2009/12/06 in Comic Relief, Metal & other Music

ARLINGTON, VA – Crude for some viewers no-doubt (NSFW), this video interview of outlaw country western singer/songwriter David Allan Coe (from… early 1970s??) is hilarious: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UuEBhule84&hl=en_US&fs=1&]

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