Pre-purchase the gritty Action FPS/MMO Fallen Earth and play right away in the early access program.
Steam purchases get an exclusive in-game item, the Steam t-shirt. While it is worn, the player gains a +5 bonus to the Scavenging, Nature and Geology skills, allowing for easier harvesting of critical components and a higher chance to get rare components from the same harvesting nodes. It also grants a +10 bonus to the Social skill, enabling the character to get minor discounts from merchants. SourceContinue reading Pre-purchase Fallen Earth and Play Early→
Two members of the The Clash reunited in the studio for the first time in 27 years this week. Guitarist Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon joined Billy Bragg for a recording session at Steve “Smiley” Barnard’s studio (Smiley was a member of Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros). The musicians are promoting Bragg’s Jail Guitar Doors campaign, an initiative aimed at supplying musical instruments to prison inmates to aid with their rehabilitation. Bragg, Jones and Headon were backed by a band comprised of former inmates Leon Walker, Jonny Neesom, Kevin Hawkins and Jon Smillie. They fittingly recorded a cover of the Clash’s 1978 song “Jail Guitar Doors.”
Topper commented:
“To see it all come to fruition is absolutely beautiful. It was great to meet these guys. When I was in prison myself, many years ago, I was lucky enough to have access to a guitar, which belonged to the prison vicar! I know how much it helped me get through it.
The recording session was filmed for Alan Miles’ Breaking Rocks, an upcoming documentary about the Jail Guitar Doors initiative, which will premiere as part of the Raindance Film Festival in Camden Town on October 1st. The screening will be followed by performances Bragg, Jones, the MC5‘s Wayne Kramer, Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters, Get Cape Wear Cape Fly, Night Of Treason and Jail Guitar Doors graduates Leon Walker, Jonny Neesom, Louise Wells and Theone Coleman. More details and video of the performance are set to be posted at breakingrocks.co.uk. SourceContinue reading Clash members Mick Jones and Topper Headon in the studio with Billy Bragg→
Our pals at the venerable Pastepunk have posted an interview with Aubin Paul, Adam White, and Brian Shultz, respectively the founder, senior news editor and reviews editor of Punknews.org. It turns out we’ve been churning out poorly spelt articles for around 10 years now and to some people that’s worth reflecting upon. You can find the lengthy interview at Pastepunk, in which we talk about fun things like the origins of the site, Drive Thru Records, ageing, commenters, trends, Orgcore, and more.
Of course, in the preamble to the interview Jordan and James make the bold statement that “the Org has served its readers extremely well in refusing to think of itself as the story as opposed to the content it serves,” a statement that I’m falsifying with this very article. Take that! SourceContinue reading Pastepunk celebrates 10 years of Punknews.org, for some reason→
Tom Gabel has posted another Against Me! studio update. In this video he directly attacks the notion that his previous videos were boring. This needs to be seen to believed.
Deep Elm Records has signed Blackpool, England instrumental act Goonies Never Say Die. The band’s ten song, 50 minute debut In A Forest Without Trees has been released by the label on digital music services worldwide. You can check out the band over at MySpace.
Lucero have posted the first of a series of fan-made videos for their album, 1372 Overton Park. The Memphis band’s new record is due out on October 6th.
New York’s The Static Age are giving away their new EP i/o as a free donation supported digital download. The band is also offering up supplemental material, including demos, remixes and alternative recordings. New additions are expected to be made to the set through November of this year. You can find the music at the band’s websiote.
Massachusetts-based punk unit A Wilhelm Scream will make an appearance at Gainsville, Florida’s Fest festival this year, marking their second time on the bill. The show will happen shortly after their first release for Paper and Plastick Records, a self-titled, 5-song EP, hits stores. Laila Hanson had an interview with guitarist/vocalist Trevor Reilly about the Fest, the upcoming EP and more.
The trailer and first episode has been posted for Oblivion: The Series, a 22-minute episodic series following the exploits of a group of counter-culture types, set in the fictional city of Holwenstall. The show was created by no-budget filmmaker Mike Cuenca and is a spin-off of his first feature film, Scenes from Oblivion, in which many of the starring characters make their first appearance.
The series is a satirical and sincere portrayal of an alternative lifestyle, blending slapstick humor, absurdism, music and coming of age melodrama to analyze the interlocking lives of its fourteen main protagonists.
Artist Rob Dobi has unveiled five more “scenesters” in his iconic set of designs. The latest are his interpretations of “Christcore,” “Neothrash,” “Applestore Indie,” “Post Rocker” and “Crabcore.”
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