Charges dropped against DC9 employees

Charges have been dropped against the five DC9 employees charged in the beating death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed outside the club on October 15th just after an Agnostic Front performance. Five people – DC9 co-owner Bill Spieler and employees Darryl Carter, Evan Preller, Arthur Zaloga and Reginald Phillips – were named in the original charge. “An insufficient basis to sustain” the charges was given as the reason by the US Attorney’s Office.

The office also said this:

Our work is not done. The tragic death of Ali Ahmed Mohammed demands that we undertake a careful and comprehensive investigation to determine precisely how he died. Today’s action was taken after a detailed examination of the evidence gathered during the first three weeks of the investigation and a determination that we need more information before moving forward. Our investigation will be informed by pending forensic analyses and the ruling of the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on the cause and manner of death, important factors in any death inquiry.

DC9 has been closed since the incident.
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Revelation Records details ‘Past Present’

Revelation Records has detailed its 150th release. Past Present is a 23 track collection that will feature current bands covering classic tracks from the Revelation catalogue. Among the bands taking part are Sick Of It All, Terror, Walter Schreifels, Set Your Goals, Death By Stereo and Down To Nothing. Proceeds from Past Present will also benefit Human Rights Watch.

The label has also teamed up with adidas to give away ten pairs of custom-made Revelation shoes. You can check those out here.

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Coliseum unveil “Skeleton Smile” video, Misfits cover

Coliseum Coliseum have unveiled a new video for “Skeleton Smile.” The track features Bonnie “Prince” Billy and appears on the band’s recent full-length, House With a Curse. The video contains cartoonish amounts of fake blood, as well as violence and brief nudity, so it may not be safe for work. Make sure your boss isn’t around, then click Read More to watch.

The band has also released a cover of the Misfits track “Bullet” for free download. Find it via Stereogum.
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The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die joins Topshelf Records

The World Is A Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid have joined Topshelf Records. The Connecticut-based band will release a new new 3-song 7-inch titled Formlessness and tour plans are underway for late December/early January in support of the release.

You can stream the album on their official website.
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Navel Gazing for November 7th, 2010

Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I’m Adam White and I’ll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here’s what got the community talking this week:

With that we hand over this Sunday evening to you, the Punknews community. From that glorious, likely bearded rabble we’ve see the creation of everything from message boards and Punknews fantasy sports leagues to even a band or two. So talk amongst yourselves and we’ll see you Monday…
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Frank Turner: “Thunder Road” (Live in Asbury Park, NJ)

Frank TurnerWith Social Distortion canceling some dates of their tour due to Mike Ness getting sick, tourmates Lucero and Frank Turner decided to play a free show last night at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, NJ. Shortly after Lucero ended their set, Turner came back on stage to belt out his rendition of famous Asbury icon Bruce Springsteen‘s classic “Thunder Road”. A Punknews reader snagged this video of the singalong. You can see it below.

You can see more videos from the set, including “Nights Like These” and “Smoke” by Lucero, at Punknews Vimeo Channel.
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TF2 Maintenance – November 9 – 1pm PST

This coming Tuesday November 9th, 2010 the TF2 item system will be down for maintenance starting at 1pm PST and ending at approximately 2:30PST. We are significantly increasing the amount of database horsepower behind TF2 to accommodate all the recent additions to the system. During this maintenance the following TF2 features will be unavailable:

  • Backpacks
  • Crafting
  • Trading
  • The MannCo store
  • Loadouts

The game itself will continue to work. All players will have their default appearance and weapons.

To keep abreast of the status of this and future TF2 item maintenance, subscribe to this thread in the TF2 forum.

Note to developers using the TF2 Item Web API: As part of this maintenance all item IDs will change to eliminate negative IDs. We will be shifting all item IDs forward by 2100000. Depending on what data you store in your database, you may need to do the same.
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Samiam featured on Switchboard Sessions

Samiam Samiam is the latest band to be featured on Switchboard Sessions. The band called in to record acoustic versions of “Mexico,” originally from 2000’s Astray as well as “When We’re Together,” originally found on 2006’s Whatever’s Got You Down, along with covers of Guided by Voices‘ “Game of Pricks” and “Search and Destroy,” originally recorded by The Stooges. Check it out here.

The band is currently in Germany supporting their new collection for No Idea Records, Orphan Works.
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Speak Easy (ex-Bigwig, Crash Romeo, Drive Side Impact) post new song

New Jersey’s Speak Easy, which features members of Bigwig, Crash Romeo, Driver Side Impact and Day At The Fair, have posted a new song for free download. The band’s sound is described as “post punk” and are influenced by Thrice, Jawbreaker, Comeback Kid, Hot Water Music, Polar Bear Club and Circa Survive.

Find “Strike Three” for download here.
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