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NEWS ABOUT: punk music

punk music stories: 7 news summaries



 Truly Wacky Online Dating Sites 

From vampire lovers to geeks to punk rockers, a site for everyone

Oct 25, 09 10:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - If the matches you’re finding on eHarmony are too vanilla, never fear: There’s a dating site out there for you, and Julie Gerstein of Lemondrop rounds up the quirkiest of the quirky:
  • If you wear a lot of black: Find your “own personal Satan” at
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Internet • marijuana • dating • punk music • online dating • Star Trek • geeks • Ayn Rand • farmers • trends

OBITUARY

Brendan Mullen, Who Gave LA Punk a Stage, Dead at 60

His club, Masque, hosted some of scene's top acts

Oct 12, 09 10:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brendan Mullen, owner of a club that helped launch Los Angeles’ punk-rock scene, died today of a stroke at age 60. Mullen also authored books on the musical movement, Variety notes, including We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of L.A. Punk. The native Scotsman opened the Masque... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • Los Angeles • stroke • punk music • Brendan Mullen • Masque

OBITUARY

 Poet, Punk Rocker 
 Jim Carroll Dead at 60 

Won fame with The Basketball Diaries

Sep 14, 09 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Poet and punk rocker Jim Carroll, 60, died of a heart attack Friday in his Manhattan home, the New York Times reports. Carroll is best known for The Basketball Diaries, a book about his experiences as a heroin-addicted basketball star in a New York City private school. A consummate New... More »

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obituary • poetry • Patti Smith • punk music • beatniks • Jim Carroll

 MoMa Shines Light on 
 NYC's Punk Revolution 

Materials by Patti Smith, Ramones showcase cultural shift

Aug 19, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - New York’s Museum of Modern Art is showcasing the gritty glamour of the city’s 1970s and early ’80s music scene, where punk, New Wave, DIY, and noise rock ruled, Rolling Stone reports. New Yorkers were feeling alienated—the city was bankrupt in 1975; President Ford told it... More »

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entertainment • music • New York City • rock and roll • Museum of Modern Art • Talking Heads • Patti Smith • Gerald Ford • punk music • Ramones • Sonic Youth • exhibition • Jay-ZTV

Music Review

 Breakdown Trumps Even Idiot  


May 15, 09 11:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - After Green Day’s multi-platinum American Idiot, anticipation is off the charts for today’s release of 21st Century Breakdown. And it doesn’t disappoint. Here’s what critics are saying:
  • It’s “so masterful and confident it makes Idiot seem like a warm-up,”
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entertainment • punk music • music review • rock opera • Jay-ZTV • Green Day

Competing With Neo-Nazis for the Youth Vote

German officials fight skinhead music with
a CD of their own

Nov 14, 07 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The government of one East German state is so concerned about the influence of neo-Nazi extremism on the young that it's handing out free CDs of leftist punk music as an antidote. Der Speigel reports that the tactic is borrowed from the far-right NPD party itself, which has been distributing... More »

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Nazi • German • punk music • Neo-Nazi • Landser

Punk Rock Impresario Kristal Dead

NYC club CBGB launched some of movement's top acts

Aug 29, 07 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hilly Kristal, whose iconic club CBGB was the epicenter of American punk rock, died yesterday at 75 after a battle with lung cancer. The New York venue—fully titled CBGB & OMFUG, or "Country, Bluegrass and Blues & Other Music For Uplifting Gourmandisers"—showcased the Ramones, the Talking... More »

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entertainment • television • music • New York City • obituary • club • concert • Talking Heads • Patti Smith • CBGB • punk music • Ramones • Hilly Kristal

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