Showing posts with label Fugazi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fugazi. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
FUCKED UP GOT AMBUSHED ZIPPED IN
Punk is playing a show at a high school gym, charging $5, and singing lyrics while hanging upside down from a basketball hoop.
Fugazi is my favorite fucking band ever.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Friday, March 6, 2009
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Reunion Show
If I could organize a reunion show I would pick a double headliner with At the Drive-In/Fugazi. The opener would be Q and Not U.
IN THIS ORDER:
It is imperative that I see the 'headliners' perform live before my time is up. I've essentially come to terms with the fact that I'll never see ATD-I live, a once painful realization, being that it's been at least eight years since their last album. Along with the fact that every 'side project' they've done interests me very little.
But let's talk about Fugazi. FUGAZI. My favorite fucking band of all fucking time. All members are still on amicable terms and are just pursuing other ventures, such as making babies and things of that nature. All are still involved in music and even collaborate with one another. I'm waiting for the day that they get back together, and in my heart of hearts I feel like it is bound to happen.
When it does, rest assured I will be there.
It is imperative that I see the 'headliners' perform live before my time is up. I've essentially come to terms with the fact that I'll never see ATD-I live, a once painful realization, being that it's been at least eight years since their last album. Along with the fact that every 'side project' they've done interests me very little.
But let's talk about Fugazi. FUGAZI. My favorite fucking band of all fucking time. All members are still on amicable terms and are just pursuing other ventures, such as making babies and things of that nature. All are still involved in music and even collaborate with one another. I'm waiting for the day that they get back together, and in my heart of hearts I feel like it is bound to happen.
When it does, rest assured I will be there.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Indie & Small Press Book Fair
This Saturday and Sunday 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM, The New York Center for Independent Publishing is hosting the Indie & Small Press Book Fair at the General Society Landmark Building at 20 W. 44th Street (between 5th and 6th Aves).
Let me map out the highlights and you will see why this is one of the greatest things to happen to Midtown Manhattansince EVER.
An old photo of Ian MacKaye and his doggie at home. Photo Credit: Glen E. Friedman. Taken from his webpage Burning Flags.
On Saturday, December 1st:
2:00pm-2:50pm
Ian MacKaye on Independent Culture: Q&A with an Introduction by Ian Svenonius
A Q&A with Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens and co-founder of Dischord Records). Bring your questions regarding the parallels between the worlds of independent music and book publishing, sustainable models for truly independent companies, and anything else that’s on your mind.
3:00pm-3:50pm
Keep Your Eyes Open: Ian Svenonius Interviews Photographer Glen E. Friedman, with Slide Show Presentation
Glen E. Friedman, considered one of the most important photographers of his generation, became well known for working with such rebellious artists as Black Flag, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Misfits, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., KRS-1, and Public Enemy. Many of his photographs are recognized as the subjects’ definitive portraits. His most recent book, centered around the band Fugazi, is titled Keep Your Eyes Open (2007). Ian Svenonius has been the singer and spokesman for various music groups, including Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, and currently Weird War. Svenonius is also the author of The Psychic Soviet.
On Sunday, December 2nd:
2:00pm-2:50pm
Qu’est-ce Que C’est Sex and Violence: Permissibility in Translation with Panelists Amy Scholder, Chad Post, Slava Mogutin, and Sinan Antoon
Sex and violence are universal traits but are different cultures ready to share and experience each other’s transgressive writings through the bridge of translation? A panel with Bruce Benderson, Slava Mogutin, Sinan Antoon and Amy Scholder moderated by Tom Roberge, Managing editor of A Public Space.
HOLY SCHISSE! IAN EFFING MACKAYE IN NEW YORK CITY! I've loved and admired Ian MacKaye ever since I was thirteen years old when I first heard Minor Threat's Complete Discography. I used to write him letters about how much his music meant to me (and still means to me) but I never had the gall to send them. I wish I could dig them up, I'd give them to him on Saturday if I still had them in my possession.
Go here to read Time Out New York's 3 questions for Ian MacKaye.
Glen E. Friedman has a new book out called Keep Your Eyes Open which is all about Glen and Fugazi from 1986-2002.
Ian Svenonious, member of Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up, has a great book out called The Psychic Soviet which goes HIGHLY recommended.
This weekend is jam packed with cool stuff to do! My head is spinning... IAN MACKAYE!!!
Let me map out the highlights and you will see why this is one of the greatest things to happen to Midtown Manhattan
On Saturday, December 1st:
2:00pm-2:50pm
Ian MacKaye on Independent Culture: Q&A with an Introduction by Ian Svenonius
A Q&A with Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, The Evens and co-founder of Dischord Records). Bring your questions regarding the parallels between the worlds of independent music and book publishing, sustainable models for truly independent companies, and anything else that’s on your mind.
3:00pm-3:50pm
Keep Your Eyes Open: Ian Svenonius Interviews Photographer Glen E. Friedman, with Slide Show Presentation
Glen E. Friedman, considered one of the most important photographers of his generation, became well known for working with such rebellious artists as Black Flag, Ice-T, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Misfits, Bad Brains, Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C., KRS-1, and Public Enemy. Many of his photographs are recognized as the subjects’ definitive portraits. His most recent book, centered around the band Fugazi, is titled Keep Your Eyes Open (2007). Ian Svenonius has been the singer and spokesman for various music groups, including Nation of Ulysses, The Make-Up, and currently Weird War. Svenonius is also the author of The Psychic Soviet.
On Sunday, December 2nd:
2:00pm-2:50pm
Qu’est-ce Que C’est Sex and Violence: Permissibility in Translation with Panelists Amy Scholder, Chad Post, Slava Mogutin, and Sinan Antoon
Sex and violence are universal traits but are different cultures ready to share and experience each other’s transgressive writings through the bridge of translation? A panel with Bruce Benderson, Slava Mogutin, Sinan Antoon and Amy Scholder moderated by Tom Roberge, Managing editor of A Public Space.
HOLY SCHISSE! IAN EFFING MACKAYE IN NEW YORK CITY! I've loved and admired Ian MacKaye ever since I was thirteen years old when I first heard Minor Threat's Complete Discography. I used to write him letters about how much his music meant to me (and still means to me) but I never had the gall to send them. I wish I could dig them up, I'd give them to him on Saturday if I still had them in my possession.
Go here to read Time Out New York's 3 questions for Ian MacKaye.
Glen E. Friedman has a new book out called Keep Your Eyes Open which is all about Glen and Fugazi from 1986-2002.
Ian Svenonious, member of Nation of Ulysses and The Make-Up, has a great book out called The Psychic Soviet which goes HIGHLY recommended.
This weekend is jam packed with cool stuff to do! My head is spinning... IAN MACKAYE!!!
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Blog Name
The name of my blog, "public witness program," comes from a Fugazi song. Before I talk about the song, I will begin by saying that Fugazi was one of those bands that I tried really hard to like when I was about 13 years old. Throughout high school, my favorite band was Minor Threat. I was known locally as Minor Threat Mel and made Minor Threat mixtapes for my friends in high school. It was only a matter of time before Fugazi became one of my favorites. Minor Threat was easily applicable to my high school lifestyle being that I was straight edge and didn't feel like I related to my peers. Their cookie cutter lifestyles of partying and shopping didn't interest me. I was into politics, international affairs and music.
As I became increasingly more active politically, Fugazi's albums became the soundtrack to my junior and senior year of high school. Their emotionally and politically driven songs spoke to me on a level that no other band, neither then nor now, seemed to reach. Fugazi was and is on this pedastal, from the way they manage their music, themselves, write their songs, and make themselves accessible to their public, I can easily say that Fugazi is my favorite band of all time, HANDS DOWN.
Thus, upon making this blog I decided to select "public witness program" as my blog title, the second track on Fugazi's third album. The song itself is fast-driven and punk. I love Ian's voice but Guy really murders the track. Also, I find the lyrics to be applicable to modern society, be it 1993 or 2007. Oftentimes, being a working contributor to society, I often feel like a public witness. I am on the outside of things, and in the same regard I am being watched, as we all are. The lyrics, as well as the song title, are multi-layered. Hence, the title of my blog.
The eyes have it and the eyes always will
The eyes have it and they're watching you still
Public witness charter - look out don't touch
Public witness says he's seeing too much
I like to walk around it
And i'm paid to stand around
Public witness seen it all
As I became increasingly more active politically, Fugazi's albums became the soundtrack to my junior and senior year of high school. Their emotionally and politically driven songs spoke to me on a level that no other band, neither then nor now, seemed to reach. Fugazi was and is on this pedastal, from the way they manage their music, themselves, write their songs, and make themselves accessible to their public, I can easily say that Fugazi is my favorite band of all time, HANDS DOWN.
Thus, upon making this blog I decided to select "public witness program" as my blog title, the second track on Fugazi's third album. The song itself is fast-driven and punk. I love Ian's voice but Guy really murders the track. Also, I find the lyrics to be applicable to modern society, be it 1993 or 2007. Oftentimes, being a working contributor to society, I often feel like a public witness. I am on the outside of things, and in the same regard I am being watched, as we all are. The lyrics, as well as the song title, are multi-layered. Hence, the title of my blog.
The eyes have it and the eyes always will
The eyes have it and they're watching you still
Public witness charter - look out don't touch
Public witness says he's seeing too much
I like to walk around it
And i'm paid to stand around
Public witness seen it all
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