New America

Above is the new President of the US of A.
Behind him is the Man of Steel.

To US citizens, I hope you voted. I don't give a fuck who you voted for, but if you did. There are millions of people who are still without that honor, so we should take advantage of it like a drunken male/female whore at your friend's booze-filled party. To non-US citizens, uhh, sorry.

I don't think I've discussed the new url yet. After doing this for a few years, I knew I wanted to do more with this site. The new url and banner are just the beginning. I'm writing a new template right now, and will alos expand coverage on *sigh* nerdier topics like comics and movies because, well shit, I am a comic and movie nerd. You will also see a shitload more new bands and artists who I feel need a push, and since MTV and KROQ are focused on playing the same artists that suck over and over again, why not try something refreshing. Change. That's some Obama shit right there!

One more thing to add: there is a new email address to match the new blog url. ivan@blogawayla.com has a nice ring to it. Use that email addy to send what you think I and others will like. If you would like to just say hey or discuss comics and movies, my personal/pro email is located at the very bottom of the web page. Spam me and I'll DDoS attack your ass.


Bad Religion - New America

Kiss on my hand After dark

I'm watching Goodfellas right now, after that it's Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, and Ed Wood. Not very Halloweeny, but fuck I felt like watching 'em. I liked posting some of my favorite Misfits songs yesterday, so tonight I'll be spotlighting some evil, vile, venomous Halloween tunes... oh, and burning crosses on a nigger's lawn, and I want to fuck, I want to fuck the dead. Interesting songs I hope you will enjoy! Happy Halloween!

Christian Death - Romeo’s Distress

TSOL - Code Blue

Ministry - Every Day is Halloween

Dead Kennedys - Halloween

A Misfits Halloween

It's Halloween tomorrow. In a somewhat celebration of the damned, here is just a sampling of what those bastards could do back in their day, when they had Danzig to lead them.

American Nightmare from Legacy of Brutality

Die, Die My Darling from Collection I

Halloween from the unreleased 12 Hits From Hell

If you like what you hear, please take a look at The Misfits store on Amazon.com

OMG! DHC FTW

blink-182 approved.


Dance Hall Crashers - Triple Track from Short Music for Short People

Jerry Finn

On August 21, music producer/mixer Jerry Finn died. After suffering a cerebral hemorrhage in July, Finn was taken off life support on August 9, 2008 after never regaining consciousness. He was 39 years-old.

What Rick Rubin is to Hip-Hop and Hard Rock, Jerry Finn was to Punk Rock. Throughout the 1990's and early 2000's his method redefined the sound of punk, saying that musically it was OK to sound clean and polished and still get their message across to the listener. He mixed Green Day's first major LP Dookie and then followed it with Insomniac. He produced albums with Pennywise, Rancid, MxPx, Alkaline Trio, Tiger Army, AFI, and blink-182.

I came into contact with Mr. Finn almost five years ago through the Morrissey-Solo website. There was an article that was about Morrissey's then-new album being recorded and produced by Jerry Finn. My comment was about what we would expect, and I made the error of saying that Sorrow from The Process of Belief was mixed by Finn. My bad.


Moz
Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:06 AM
From:
Jerry Finn
jerryfinn@mac.com
To:
this_charming_man_13@yahoo.com

Hi,

I was just reading your post on the Morrissey-solo sight and I really
enjoyed it. I wanted to correct one thing though. I didn't mix "
Sorrow " for Bad Religion. I only mixed one track on that album. It
was a tune called " Epiphany " and it was much darker than a majority
of the album.

Glad to see you liked "About Time" I wish they made them like that
still.

Thanks for your time, Jerry Finn

P.S. The new Morrissey album is going to be incredible. The band have
really outdone themselves. Not to worry.


We exchanged more emails after that, but not too many as he kept very busy. A great lad, gone too goddamn soon. His amazing work will never be duplicated, and the man himself is missed greatly.

Below is just a sample of his producing work.

Green Day - Basket Case

Pennywise - It's What You Do With It

Rancid - Journey to the End of the East Bay

Bad Religion - Epiphany

Morrissey - Let Me Kiss You

AFI - Love Like Winter

blink-182 - Not Now

the new bad religion album

In stores July 9th, but I suggest you buy 'Generator' or 'Suffer' instead. Those albums rock hard as heck. "New Maps of Hell" sounds BETTER 'No Substance'. I shit you not.

I really LOVE that Bad Religion are actually trying to sound like Bad Religion again!

Bad Religion - New Dark Ages