Your chance to win a signed skate deck
Activist is a skate- and streetwearbrand designed by Amnesty International and friends. The designs are inspired by human rights and all proceeds go back to Amnesty International. More info: http://www.activist.no.
Apparently they have two skate decks up for grabs; signed by both Gregs.
All you need to do is answer two simple questions.
- What oil company is the target for an Amnesty campaign these days?
- Name three people on the Activist skateboard team
Mail your answers to activist@amnesty.no by Dec 9. The winner will be announced Thursday Dec 10.
The full story can be found here.
Download the Laughs for Bald Brian podcast featuring Bad Religion
On November 20th Bad Religion played at the "Laughs for Bald Brian" funraiser. You can now download a new podcast from Adam Carolla's website. Among others, it also features three songs by Bad Religion: 21st Century Digital Boy, Infected and Sorrow.
Nothing new, but still REALLY good stuff. $1.99 for the podcast, but worth every penny.
Thanks to Kevin Styles for reporting this!
Two Bad Religion songs make yet another top list
This time it's the "Haircut 100", featured in the newest issue of Alternative Press counting down a decade of the comtemporary punk/emo scene's best singles.
Voting was conducted by a panel of AP staff and contributing writers, music-industry professionals (including Punknews.org editors Aubin and Brian, as well as Pastepunk.com founder Jordan Baker), as well as band members from Fall Out Boy, New Found Glory and others.
Bad Religion's contributions to the list are Sorrow and Los Angeles is Burning, ranked 56 and 90, respectively.
Other bands with multiple singles on the list are Rise Against, Jimmy Eat World, Alkaline Trio, Brand New, Death Cab For Cutie, and Glassjaw.
You can see the entire list below; to see which 10 songs just didn't make the cut, click here and to see ballots of select voters, click here.
Source: www.punknews.org
100. Alkaline Trio - "We've Had Enough"
99. Cursive - "Art Is Hard"
98. Death Cab For Cutie - "Soul Meets Body"
97. Boys Like Girls - "The Great Escape"
96. Death Cab For Cutie - "I Will Follow You Into The Dark"
95. Rival Schools - "Used For Glue"
94. Rise Against - "Ready To Fall"
93. Weezer - "Island In The Sun"
92. Something Corporate - "Punk Rock Princess"
91. The Dillinger Escape Plan - "Panasonic Youth"
90. Bad Religion - "Los Angeles Is Burning"
89. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - "Me And Mia"
88. Hawthorne Heights - "Ohio Is For Lovers"
87. Manchester Orchestra - "I've Got Friends"
86. Lifetime - "Airport Monday Morning"
85. Jimmy Eat World - "A Praise Chorus"
84. Saves The Day - "Freakish"
83. Blink-182 - "Adam's Song"
82. Brand New - "Jesus Christ"
81. Taking Back Sunday - "You're So Last Summer"
80. AFI - "The Days Of The Phoenix"
79. Rise Against - "Give It All"
78. Gym Class Heroes - "Cupid's Chokehold"
77. Glassjaw - "Pretty Lush"
76. Death Cab For Cutie - "The New Year"
75. Green Day - "Jesus Of Suburbia"
74. The Faint - "I Disappear"
73. Hot Hot Heat - "Bandages"
72. Dropkick Murphys - "I'm Shipping Up To Boston"
71. Motion City Soundtrack - "Everything Is Alright"
70. Death Cab For Cutie - "The Sound Of Settling"
69. Fall Out Boy - "Dance, Dance"
68. The All-American Rejects - "Dirty Little Secret"
67. Plain White T's - "Hey There Delilah"
66. Muse - "Starlight"
65. Bright Eyes - "Lover I Don't Have To Love"
64. Green Day - "Wake Me Up When September Ends"
63. AFI - "Girl's Not Grey"
62. The Hives - "Hate To Say I Told You So"
61. Sparta - "Cut Your Ribbon"
60. Glassjaw - "Ape Dos Mil"
59. Straylight Run - "Existentialism On Prom Night"
58. Say Anything - "Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too"
57. Cobra Starship - "Snakes On A Plane (Bring It)"
56. Bad Religion - "Sorrow"
55. Anthony Green - "Dear Child (I've Been Dying To Reach You)
54. Taking Back Sunday - "MakeDamnSure"
53. Green Day - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams"
52. Rise Against - "Swing Life Away"
51. Dashboard Confessional - "Hands Down"
50. The Bouncing Souls - "True Believers"
49. Modest Mouse - "Float On"
48. Blink-182 - "The Rock Show"
47. My Chemical Romance - "Welcome To The Black Parade"
46. Against Me! - "Thrash Unreal"
45. The Used - "A Box Full Of Sharp Objects"
44. Motion City Soundtrack - "The Future Freaks Me Out"
43. The Shins - "New Slang"
42. Yellowcard - "Ocean Avenue"
41. The Postal Service - "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight"
40. Underoath - "Reinventing Your Exit"
39. Paramore - "That's What You Get"
38. Saves The Day - "Shoulder To The Wheel"
37. Panic! At The Disco - "I Write Sins Not Tragedies"
36. Phantom Planet - "California"
35. The Starting Line - "The Best Of Me"
34. 3OH!3 - "Don't Trust Me"
33. Silversun Pickups - "Lazy Eye"
32. New Found Glory - "My Friends Over You"
31. Brand New - "Sic Transit Gloria…Glory Fades"
30. AFI - "Miss Murder"
29. Alkaline Trio - "Stupid Kid"
28. Andrew W.K. - "Party Hard"
27. Say Anything - "Alive With The Glory Of Love"
26. New Found Glory - "Hit Or Miss"
25. The All-American Rejects - "Move Along"
24. Green Day - "American Idiot"
23. Piebald - "American Hearts"
22. Brand New - "The Quiet Things That No One Ever Knows"
21. The Used - "The Taste Of Ink"
20. Paramore - "Misery Business"
19. The All-American Rejects - "Swing, Swing"
18. Deftones - "Change (In The House Of Files)"
17. Head Automatica - "Beating Heart Baby"
16. Muse - "Time Is Running Out"
15. Saves The Day - "At Your Funeral"'
14. Brand New - "Jude Law And A Semester Abroad"
13. The Gaslight Anthem - "The '59 Sound"
12. Jimmy Eat World - "Bleed American"
11. Blink-182 - "All The Small Things"
10. Thursday - "Understanding In A Car Crash"
9. Jimmy Eat World - "The Middle"
8. My Chemical Romance - "Helena"
7. Dashboard Confessional - "Screaming Infidelities"
6. The Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
5. Taking Back Sunday - "Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team)"
4. Fall Out Boy - "Sugar, We're Goin' Down"
3. Jimmy Eat World - "Sweetness"
2. My Chemical Romance - "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)"
1. At The Drive In - "One Armed Scissor"
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12/05/2009 at 07:10
I would say, as a general rule, that lists like this should not be taken too seriously. They are going to be biased towards which bands/songs are popular. In a world of justice, maybe the commercial/poppy punk/emo bands would be far below BR who would maybe totally dominate half of the list. But these lists will undeniable be based mainly on popularity, not on quality. I guess the essential point of art is that you can't truly rank it.
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12/04/2009 at 09:20
is it normal for you to give out the answer for the main question
also.. thats not the official answer.. sorta a trick question.. we call it shell but its royal dutch shell.. for 100 alex! and yes.. a book.. my first answer goes into why .. mr simplistic.. sometimes people are looking for the non standard answers.. as they will get thousands saying SHELL.. and only a few with passion stating why it is shell.. Hence why that org even exists. Passion. and yes.. in usa.. go ahead and ask anyone you know in a poll.. see how many americans know what it is(not just by name) its a sad ratio.. much like how many people know blood type .. again sad. |
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12/04/2009 at 08:40
And why write a "book" if the answer to the first question is just one word (=Shell)? |
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12/04/2009 at 08:30
im sure that list is only for that area.. NONE of those songs are popular here
in fact its not even the same music setup here its all pure rap n rnb, you wont find this stuff on top charts anywhere.. esp now that KWOD is gone.. weep.. also ive asked many people (i know but.. I want to know how many people know) what is amnesty and how vague of questions can you get. first off, only one person i know in RL other than myself even knows what this international org is. Muchless the skaters, which change rapidly due to sponsorship. I only knew of one skater for sure.. and when I checked he had left last year due to X or something.. long story short, how many are entering this contest. And how many know even what it is without googling. personally I wrote a book and sent it to them for my first answer.. hope its right (I dont even want the skate decks) just want to know if im right |
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12/04/2009 at 01:53
In all fairness, they're counting singles here. Plus those two songs are easy picks for anyone with a superficial knowledge or interest in the band. Personally, I'd have put The Defense in there instead of Sorrow, but which one made a bigger splash? Objectively speaking, a "better" single does get more airplay. Though on a side note, Muse? Cobra Starship? Fucking seriously? |
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12/03/2009 at 22:59
it's madness
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12/03/2009 at 20:04
I just don't like how a crappy local band got #1 place and BR doesn't even get a spot until #56.
And why are those two genres even blended together anyway? |
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12/03/2009 at 19:57
Who wrote this list? 30h3!? How does this deserve to be on the list. Wait... and My Chemical Romance? Come on, these are terrible choices. And they chose BR songs like Sorrow and Los Angeles is Burning. They could have chosen much better ones.
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12/03/2009 at 19:27
"Favourite"? As in "above BR"? BLASPHEMY!
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12/03/2009 at 17:15
they're also emily's favorite band
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12/03/2009 at 16:40
they're kind of emo in spirit though... |
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12/03/2009 at 15:51
Death Cab for Cutie are an alternative pop/rock group for crying out loud.
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12/03/2009 at 15:08
I agree how does any Blink-182 song (especially "All The Small Things") get ranked higher than any BR song. I dont think 3OH3 counts as punk/emo either.
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12/03/2009 at 13:33
Wow. That top 100 list is Garbage. Members of bands that voted put their own bands on the list?? This is from a DECADE of punk/emo to choose from??? Why so many of the same bands repeated throughout the list? Holy God this almost makes me wanna cry... i'm gonna go listen to some emo.
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