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Monday, August 25, 2008

Mike Gordon 2008 torrents: 2008/08/24

Mike Gordon
2008/08/24
Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival
Presidio Stage @ Lindley Meadow
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco, CA, USA

1 Set show (58:71)

Voices (15:38)
Andelman's Yard (09:07)
Traveled Too Far (18:06)
She Said, She Said (06:31)
(encore break) (02:31)
Meat (07:24)

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Drummer The Boxing Lesson labeled as a narco-terrrorist

The Boxing Lesson

A bit of Marijuana and you are labeled as a terrorist? Only in America, land of the free:

Jake Mitchell, drummer for The Boxing Lesson and most importantly, a dear friend, will be put in Federal jail at the beginning of Sept for some marijuana growing charges. What makes this story unique and what has enraged every single one of our close friends, is that Jake has been branded by our government as a Terrorist under the Patriot Act. In fact, they have thrown the Narco-Terrorist tag on him. What this does legally for a defendant is mind blowing in terms of the new laws waged against them. If you are branded a terrorist, your wife doesn't get spousal protections and will go to jail. If you are branded a terrorist, each party involved in the crime gets full responsibility for the scope of the crime. Then there are strict sentencing minimums. And remember we are talking about Marijuana here.

It is obvious from anyone who has ever met, hung out with and gotten to know Jake Mitchell that he is anything but a terrorist. This incorrect and unfair branding on our own US citizen and friend, Jake Mitchell, is a disgrace and this has caused untypical hardships on his life. He has sold his house, lost his cars, and his freedom. We are asking our friends in the media, in bands, in t-shirt screen shops and really, anyone who can help, to send the message of his story to the public eye. We know there was a crime involved but branding him a terrorist has set unfair sentencing guidelines on a person who is anything but a terrorist.

Before Uncle Sam's cronies pack him off to jail, go see The Boxing Lesson:

08/27 Austin, TX, Emo's Lounge 101x Homegrown Live show w/ Frontier Brothers
08/28 Austin, TX, Carousel Lounge (Monkey Wrench Benefit)

Want to help with his legal bills? Paypal accepted at freejakemitchell@gmail.com

MP3: The Boxing Lesson - Hanging with the Wrong Crowd

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HCTF review of Wild Streaks & Windy Days.

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Yuppie Pricks: Balls

photo: Darin Murano

Punk is all about being loud, angry and poor, right? Wrong. The Yuppie Pricks is an Austin, TX band whose parents were in the upper tax bracket. No wonder they come up with song titles like Frat Cars and Fuck You, I'm Rich. Their previous album was released on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label and they still sound like a lot like the Dead Kennedys with a rock back beat and highly political and funny lyrics.

Balls is album to be played at top volume to scare the shit out of the dorks down the hall. Housed in a sleeve that is a belated answer to the Black Crowes' Amorica it deserves top billing on this year's list of best punk albums. Punk is not dead, it just changed its wardrobe.

Yuppie Pricks:
Trevor Middleton: vocals
Deuce Hollingsworth: guitar
Preston Hetherington: guitar
Ricky the Intern: bass
Nigel Smythen-Wesson: drums