TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
The problem isn’t that anyone can sue anyone, the problem is that these laws give legal standing for anyone to sue anyone. Normal lawsuits have to pass a certain bar to establish legal standing, and if you don’t pass that bar your case gets thrown out. These laws essentially skip that part by giving blanket legal standing. I don’t know if that would stand up in a higher court, but it’s a dangerous precedent that they’re establishing.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
I’ve been testing out Bluesky. Too early to give it a final rating, but it’s been cool (if relatively empty) so far.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 86%
It's more accurate to say that the British prevented either themselves (through inaction) or China (by treaty/law) from having any practical control. If you'd bother to read the wiki article OP linked you'd know. China should have had jurisdication, but Britain techincally had (imperialist) jurisdication. The result was a no-man's land until Britain finally gave up.
EDIT: missed a word
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 94%
What the fuck are you talking about? In actual reality it was a product of capitalism. Specifically British imperialist capitalism in China. It took until the mid 80’s (40 years after the Communists came to power) for the British to allow China to have control over the area and it was turned in to a park less than a decade later, clearly indicating that the Communists were in no way interested in continuing the existence of the dystopian walled city.
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They may be known mostly as a ska band, but this song is pop punk through and through. IMO one of the best pop punk jams ever written, though I acknowledge that’s probably a red hot take lol
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Apparently Anti-Flag broke up last week (missed that news somehow) after allegations of rape were made against an unnamed lead singer of a political punk band on the *enough* podcast. Based on details in the victim's story, people quickly pointed at Anti-Flag's Justin Sane as the culprit. Not helping his image was the fact that he nuked all of his and Anti-Flag's social media and announced the band's breakup on Patreon shortly after the podcast episode dropped. [A good breakdown from a Reddit comment by /u/chawth](https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1547zs1/whats_going_on_with_antiflag/jsns8u1/): >Circumstantially, her story seem to point to with Justin Sane. >Rapist in question was the singer in an active political punk band she saw in Brooklyn. She's young, so was recent or relatively recent She met the singer in question after the show and they shared numbers because he would be "in her area for a film festival about political activism by musicians" >There was a 2010 documentary called Sounds Like a Revolution that Justin Sane was featured in, including other punk luminaries like Jello Biafra, Fat Mike and Henry Rollins. I don't think any of these other punk vocalists would qualify as being in an active political punk band at that time The website for this documentary shows that it was a selection at the Woodstock Film Festival, which is one town over from where this woman lives and/or works (quick google search, no creepiness involved) She claimed the singer is straight edge (or was, as drinks feature in the story) >The rapist's angle was to get her alone by saying he just made a recording with Billy Bragg. I haven't paid attention to Anti-Flag in over 20 yrs, so I don't know if this corroborates anything, or if it was even just a ruse to get her alone. >She also said this happened with she was 21 or 22 (I think). Her LinkedIn points to her graduating college in 2010, which lines up age-wise with the release of the documentary above. [/u/Friendly_Law9818 adds detail around the first point, confirming that Anti-Flag had a show in Brooklyn in Sept 2020, aligning with the general timeline of the rest of the story](https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1547zs1/whats_going_on_with_antiflag/jsnt33o/) >In addition, Anti-Flag played Brooklyn in Sept 2010. Woodstock Film Festival was held shortly after, Justin attended because of the film, and he was on a talk panel and did a performance. [Additional info on the Billy Bragg bit from /u/chinsedentist](https://www.reddit.com/r/punk/comments/1547zs1/whats_going_on_with_antiflag/jspcz4x/): >Anti-Flag played the Harvest of Hope Fest 3/13/2010 with Billy Bragg and performed at least two songs on stage together including covers Police On My Back and Should I Stay Or Should I Go. The accused may have been talking about footage or a board recording of that performance and not necessarily an unreleased studio recording. Video here: https://youtu.be/ZGBsU0TNfy8 and https://youtu.be/JBkYXpNoZrI >This at least establishes some form of collaboration between Bragg and Justin Sane that year. If it was a studio recording, I wonder if it was the songs Sane released solo as the Gas Land Terror 7" in 2011. There are no credits listed on the art for that so who knows if Bragg helped in some way. Or it could also be something unreleased or not yet identified. [Link to the podcast episode](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SXTnzALzINYczg1i7yKGt?si=vmYCSJZvS-6TQaiF973F3Q&nd=1) (I don't have a timestamp, sorry)
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In my view a totally overlooked jam from some pop punk pioneers.
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Saw these guys live a few years back and they killed it. I think the future of pop punk is in good hands.
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New album out this October. Seems to be a sequel of sorts to *All Hail West Texas*.
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Was lucky enough to see this live last year at Riot Fest in Chicago. MCR put on a great show, even if the crowd was a tad out of control (and not in a normal, good, fun, moshing way).
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Is there a Charlie Cinematic Universe now? lol
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
You're preaching to the choir haha that's not even close to my favorite Isbell song, but it is great. He's a rare talent who can make non-country fans like me enjoy country. Him and Sturgill Simpson.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Hey Antik, since we have active mods now would you mind removing the LW_NewModWanted account? I might be missing something, but it seems like I can't do it since I'm lower on the mod list. However, it seems obvious that that account is not meant to remain a mod on communities with active mods.
Also, wondering if you can confirm something for me. I intended to remove this post since we don't need more mods for the time being. However, it appears all posts by a mod are technically mod posts. Is the fact that this is technically a mod post and LW_NewModWanted is higher on the modlist than me the reason I don't see an option to remove it?
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Definitely a 10/10 band. For my money, them and Drug Church are the most interesting of the bigger punk bands out there today. Not that Drug Church is pop-punk lol
EDIT: Should also mention that Meet Me @ The Altar is also doing some real cool shit
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Wasn't in love with this song the first time I heard it, but it's really grown on me. Especially after seeing it live last summer.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
I’m removing this as firmly off-topic
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Thanks for the list! (Although Isbell is decidedly not pop punk despite being very good lol)
Got in to Fucked Up through “David Comes to Life”. Recently picked up the comp of their early stuff (“Epics in Minutes”) for half price at a record pop-up, and holy fuck is there some good stuff on there!
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Why would you make an intentionally off-topic post in a small community that’s just getting on its feet? It’s totally counter-productive.
Descendents out here still putting out great records after 40 years. As much as I love other bands from the same era, Descendents might be the only one where I don’t find myself thinking “please don’t put out another album”.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 96%
For real, who seriously had the thought “you know what, we need another adaptation of that one book from decades ago. We could try adapting some of that guy’s other work, but why bother? I know we tried the goofy, fun spin and the dark, gritty spin, but I’m sure we missed an angle on that one kid’s book.”
More importantly how did the guy who had that thought not get kicked out of the pitch meeting immediately?
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Caught part of a Bollweevils set a few years ago and it was a ton of fun. Highly recommend.
Definitely the best (only?) song anyone’s ever written about their horny grandparents getting it on during the Holocaust.
Been a fan of these guys for a while but never had a chance to see them live. Luckily I get to fix that later this summer when they come around with Bad Cop/Bad Cop (another great band with an A+ band name).
For the second post, I thought I'd make everybody depressed. This is probably the most emotionally devestating performance of any song I've ever seen. You can tell he's actually choking back tears. Side note: it's wild to me that this was directed by a pre-Star Wars Rian Johnson.
For the first post on this community, I thought I'd post one of my favorite live performances just for how absurd it all seems.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
I've been impressed over the years with how consistently great the lineup is. This year is definitely a standout for me, but I'm not sure it's even as good as 2017 or 2019 were. There's been a few times I've gone where it wasn't as much my speed, but even their off years still have enough to keep me satisified.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
I'm vaguely aware of Lace Code but I've honestly never seen it used or even really mentioned outside of the internet. Part of me is curious if it was ever a really a thing outside of maybe a few scenes scattered about. Feels like something that, because the concept is kinda intriguing, the internet may have overblown. But I wasn't around in the 80s, so I'm not sure. Curious to hear from anyone who was actually part of the scene back then.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
I've done VIP in the past and can only recommend it with caveats. It's probably not worth the price unless you're really going to use the in/out privileges or consider AC bathrooms a must (as opposed to port-a-potties in GA). There's not necessarily a ton in the area, so I've never personally used the in/out privileges. The AC bathrooms are great, but I've never really been bothered by using the port-a-potties (although they can get very hot if it's a hot day). The other main perk of VIP is that there is a large tent set up for extra shade. There's some shade in GA, but it's limited and tends to get crowded if it's a hot day. The VIP bars/food booths aren't really worth it imo (I got food faster in GA last year and the best bar is a beer tent in GA imo).
That being said, highly recommend going to Riot Fest. This will be my fourth or fifth year and I always have a great time. I especially love that it's a music-first festival as opposed to the more social media influencer or drug/rave culture festivals.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
lol yeah there aren't many of us at the moment, but my hope is that by posting regularly the community will get noticed more broadly and eventually there will be more of us....maybe even dozens of us!
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
Without this album there would be no skate punk. Fat Mike has publicly stated that NOFX really found their footing imitating this record, and without NOFX/Fat Wreck Chords there simply wouldn't be skate punk.
A bit of an old school choice, but I've got to go with Green Day's *Dookie*. Not only is every song a banger, but it holds a special place in my heart as one of the first CD's I ever bought with my own money.
Pretty sweet lineup imo with a lot of great bands I'm looking forward to. Definitely looking forward to The Cure, Gorilla Biscuits, H2O, PUP, and Mr. Bungle among others. Listening to the undercard has also introduced me to some great bands I wasn't aware of. I'd say standouts include Rival Schools, Total Chaos, and Origami Angel. Curious if anyone else is planning to go and if so what bands you're most stoked for. Even if you're not going, I'd love to hear which bands people recommend checking out.
Is this the greatest pop punk music video of all time? It definitely gets my vote, but I’m curious to hear what others think.
Not much to say about this one other than I think it must be one of the greatest "fuck you" songs ever written.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
An absolute classic that’s directly responsible for influencing so much other music I love. Also gotta love any song that uses the word “jurisprudence” as effortlessly as “You Are The Government”.
TheBucklessProphet 1y ago • 100%
“Who controls the past now controls the future. Who controls the present now controls the past.” - “Testify”, Rage Against the Machine (also Orwell in 1984, but I wanted to mention the RATM song since it slaps so hard)