I sit in the theater and watch the romantic drama/comedy play out. They are in love, but never meet up at the same place until many years later and everything is amaaaaaazing. I’m choked up, becuz it’s beautiful. Then they grow used to each other, the excitement fades, and of course they make up but [...]
Read sock's Column | 3 Comments »Marlee: THE ART OF DOING IT FOR YOURSELF
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and i could spend hours watching your videos and listening to your songs thinking that i could never make something that good. but my pants fit better than they used to and my hair is growing long so if that much is true maybe i’ll stop this constant comparison. save a dollar save a [...]
Read Marlee's Column | 9 Comments »Bob: September 11: Ten Years Later
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The ten year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks is coming up this year. It’s fair to say that there will be a considerable amount of hoopla surrounding the date. You can expect a lot of talk about patriotism, the glorification of the U.S. invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq, tributes to [...]
Read Bob's Column | 2 Comments »Ryan: The only constant…..YOU!
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For about 20 years now I have had almost the same interests. I love punk and skateboarding fucked art being totally out of mind, and people who are into the same. Over the years I think about friends who have changed or moved on to different things, and I don’t see them any more. Sometimes [...]
Read Ryan's Column | 1 Comment »sock: SOCK AUGUST
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All I have to say is that punk is one the upswing. Muskegon punk has been dull for so long, there are only a few Muskegon bands, but that is all changing. I can feel it! There needs to be recharging points, centers of inspiration to feed into others and organically grow into various projects, [...]
Read sock's Column | 5 Comments »Bob: DEALING WITH THE POLICE
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Dealing with the police is never pleasant and is often very intimidating. Most folks get nervous around police and see them as what they are: the armed enforcers of the status quo. The police exist to protect that status quo and to protect the rights of the powerful (for those who want more info about [...]
Read Bob's Column | No Comments Yet »Karen: SITUATIONS I’VE CRIED IN, WHICH NO ONE HAS CRIED BEFORE
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It’s not that i’m super emotional. In fact, I always thought i was less emotional than other girls. Or maybe I was just really good at hiding it. Maybe I had a tough childhood that had hardened me to the point of having no feelings. Whatever it is, it’s out the window now. I find [...]
Read Karen's Column | 2 Comments »Marlee: THE ART OF TUESDAYS AND WEAK KNEES
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august flew in and she said, this is yours. all of my days. take them and brew me and and steep my leaves. september will follow and so will my breeze. now ice those weak knees. and with each new sunrise i fight harder to be better and put my pants on faster. i won’t [...]
Read Marlee's Column | 2 Comments »Claire: ELEANOR RIGBY DIED IN A CHURCH AND WAS BURIED ALONG WITH HER NAME
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Between the ages of 19 and 21 I wrote 5 issues of a zine I called Eleanor Rigby that was typed on a typewriter and cut and pasted and copied and was mostly just given out at shows and left around town or given to strangers. I used to write a lot. Mostly personal [...]
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the other night i was standing against a wall at a fabulous party thrown at bartertown diner and a pretty girl-angel named marlee came up to me and told me i need to stop bullshitting, take 3 minutes out of my day, and start writing my fucking columns again. she was right. if not for [...]
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