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1. How did you get into 29?
Germ Attak
Found them on MySpace through my record label Wardead Records.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Disfear
I don't remember.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
Agent Orange
"take the time to waste a thousand years
touch the face and wipe away the tears
speak the truth and break the heart that bleeds
stab the back and bite the hand that feeds"

4. How did you get into 49?
The Toy Dolls
My friend told me about them on highschool.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Guttermouth
Eat Your Face, Teri Yakimoto, and The Album Formerly Known... I need to get more.

6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Ekkaia
Sombras del Progreso.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad?
The Faint
No.

8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Beastie Boys
The Move.

9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Spazz
The Complete And Utter Eradication...

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
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Yeah... I hate doing those best of whatever year lists; i can never remember what came out that year or not. The end of the decade has, however, let me realize how many awesome records came out in the last ten years. fuck putting them in order, and whittling it down to 10 or even 50, I'm no good at that. Just be happy they are alphabetized by artist.

Many of these records are basically what made me who I am today. I tried to keep it at one album per artist, though I think there is 1 or 2 exceptions to that rule. Oh yeah I also chose to leave out collections and reissues, only stuff that has been recorded between 2000 and 2009. enjoy.

Against Me! - Reinventing Axl Rose
This record really helped energize a whole scene into being creative and energetic again. Say what you want about them now, but this record is still fresh and fun and uplifting to me every time I put it on. When this came out they sounded like they could take over the world, but few people actually expected them too. …

1. How did you get into 29? (Wolfbrigade)
I was talking to this swedish girl about Asta Kask, and she told me to check out Wolfbrigade since someone from Asta Kask played there.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Against Me!)
Shit, I don't remember, but it has to be from "Is Reinventing Axl Rose" album.

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? (Boikot)
Penadas Por La Ley.

4. What is your favorite album by 46? (A//Political)
Planting The Seeds Of Revolution.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Leftover Crack)
Fuck World Trade, Mediocre Generica, and their split with Citizen Fish.

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Stiff Little Fingers)
Suspect Device.

7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Blitz)
Not really.

8. What is your favorite album by 15? (The Toy Dolls)
Dig That Groove Baby.

9. What is your favorite song by 4? (Spazz)
The Complete And Utter Eradication Of All Generic Pop Punk.

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October 25, 2007

Sick Of It All - pushed too far
Zeke - on the run
youth brigade - you don't understand
Suicidal Tendencies - possessed
7 Seconds - spread
Anthrax - got the time
Circle Jerks - group sex
G.B.H. - city baby attacked by rats
Functional Blackouts - tick tick tick tick
Jellyroll Rockheads - kenji mind is green mind
MC5 - high school
Operation Ivy - healthy body sick mind
The Dils - class war
The Skulls - incomplete suicide
The Replacements - beer for breakfast
Minutemen - little man with a gun in his hand
Limp Wrist - punk ass queers
Husker Du - celebrated summer
From Ashes Rise - nightmares
Really Red - lockjaw
Rikk Agnew - yur 2 late
Megadeth - peace sells
MDC - radioactive chocolate
The Hives - abra cadaver
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THRASHCORE - таинственная, но крайне популярная в последнее время разновидность хардкора.
В последние годы ярлык "thrashcore" лепят на себя все кому не лень, однако, по словам гуру (нет, не великого Борис Борисыча Гребенщикова, а таких скромных и ни на что не претендующих деятелей, как Max Ward и Felix Havoc) эта волшебная музыка зародилась в середине 80-х усилиями европейских команд, обслушавшихся американских легенд хардкора во главе с Suicidal Tendencies, Dri, SSD и Siege и вознамерившихся играть так же, только еще быстрее, грязнее и безумнее, а также старательно перенявших в несколько гипертрофированном виде стиль одежды американских хардкорщиков, как то (всегда мечтал использовать этот элегантный оборот): клетчатые рубашки, бейсболки с заломленными козырьками и банданы.
Затем знамя thrashcore было подхвачено угнетателями индейцев и вскоре эта захватывающая и невероятно изящная музыка заполонила весь хардкор-мир от Швеции до Японии.
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the general purpose of doing this is not to flaunt my collection (i know at least 3 people with a far more superior collection)...in fact, i don't even know why i'm doing this. but i encourage everyone with a decent collection to do the same, simply 'cos having a vinyl collection at all is cool...

7"
*Ace Cannon - "Summer Time" b/w "Hoe Down Rock"
*Arcade Fire - "Keep the Car Running" b/w "Broken Window"
*Arctic Monkeys - "When the Sun Goes Down" b/w "Settle for a Draw"
*Art Brut - "Good Weekend" b/w "Every Other Weekend"
*The Boy Least Likely To - "Hugging My Grudge" b/w "Oddballs"
*Charles Bronson - "Charles Bronson"
*The Flaming Lips - "The W.A.N.D." b/w "You Gotta Hold On"
*The Flaming Lips - "Yeah Yeah Yeah Song" b/w "Why Does It End?"
*Gorillaz - "Feel Good Inc." b/w "68 State"
*Holy Molar - "Holy Molar"
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Take top 20 most played bands and find how many listeners they have.

1. Crass - 17,348
2. The Aquabats - 34,732
3. Dead Kennedys - 93,109
4. Leftover Crack - 14,734
5. Streetlight Manifesto - 24,437
6. ORANGE RANGE - 29,406
7. The Filaments - 1,087
8. Gogol Bordello - 39,837
9. The Adicts - 14,604
10. Krigshot - 1,315
11. Black Flag - 56,068
12. Pekinska Patka - 338
13. The Toasters - 16,435
14. Choking Victim - 19,864
15. Agent Orange - 13,846
16. Capitalist Casualties - 2,171
17. Against All Authority - 14,314
18. Blitz - 8,010
19. Jellyroll Rockheads - 434
20. The Varukers - 4,945
Total: 407,034

Divide by 20.

Average: 20,351.7

Divide by the number of Radiohead listeners.

Radiohead - 533,922

20351.7/533922 = 0.038117~

Multiply by 100 and round, if necessary.

0.038117~ x 100 = 3.8%

surprising? i thought not.

Okay, hopefully 2007 will work out a lot better for me musically than 2006 did. Don't get me wrong, 2006 was okay, it saw the release of the long-awaited HvsD EP, but since I've been in Japan I've been slacking. I have all kinds of songs and music written, I just need to record it all. And I want to start like 3 bands.

Bands from Japan that you need to check out:

Gauze - Probably the best thrash band in the world.
Jellyroll Rockheads - The first reason I used "probably" in the preceeding line.
Mind of Asian - The second reason I used "probably."
The Futures - Insane, fast, loud.