Detroit residents fight back over water shutoff: ‘It’s a life-or-death situation’ – The beleaguered city says a water shutoff is essential to recoup $89m in overdue bills. But the decision has outraged thousands of Detroiters – who have taken matters into their own hands. [The Guardian] 15,000 Detroit homes had their water shut off. You can help where the government won’t. [Huffington Post] Democracy Now – Sharif Abdel Kouddous: Bombed in Their Homes and in the Streets, Where Can Gazans Flee? Rula …
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Common Nobody’s Smiling (Deluxe) stream Common “City To City” (Target bonus track) Common explains why Nobody’s Smiling – Forbes Common freestyles over 5 fingers of death, explains Drake situation & talks Nobody’s Smiling on Sway in the Morning Common feat. Vince Staples ” Kingdom” – Common’s tenth studio album Nobody’s Smiling is a return to his Chicago roots. This is a project that developed over a conversation with his long time producer No I.D. that speaks on Chicago’s out of …
Artist Christopher Burch is getting ready for his latest show, “Oh ye of Little Faith-the legend of Preacher Pinetar” at White Walls, San Francisco. Exhibition opens September 13th. Lately, he’s been posting previews of the show. Peep’em below. We interviewed him last year, here. …
Tommy Ramone, last original member of the Ramones passed away last Friday. [Variety][Splicing Up Eyeballs][The Sydney Morning Herald][PunkNews.org] End Of The Century: The Story of the Ramones (2003) Tommy Ramone of The Ramones talks about The Replacements in the documentary Color Me Obsessed (2011) Classic album covers minus deceased band members. [Dangerous Minds] UK Garage MC Sparks’ friends and family send off funeral clip – UK Garage MC Sparks’ funeral was on July 17th, he passed away of unknown causes on June …
Weird Al Mandatory Fun stream The master parody music maker Weird Al Yankovic is back with his new album Mandatory Fun. The album cover is a parody of old soviet style propaganda posters (reminiscent of Shepard Fairey’s OBEY GIANT designs). On Mandatory Fun Weird Al parodies current hits from 2013-2014 from artists such as Pharrell Williams, Robin Thicke, Iggy Azalea, Lorde and Imagine Dragons, as well as songs imitating the styles of the Pixies, Cat Stevens, Foo Fighters, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Southern Culture on the Skids. In the 90s, rapper Coolio’s hit “Gangsta’s …
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