Bamboozle Left Festival review: “Face to Face’s Trever Keith ended his set thus, “This concludes the punk rock portion of the event. Now the boys can put on their sisters’ jeans and poof up their hair.” Plenty of bands here played faster and angrier than Face to Face (and unlike Keith have never had a major-label record deal), so what were his criteria for measuring punkness?” | Source: L.A. Times

“Young@Heart” film review:
“The Clash song is a lusty group cheer, which, interpreted by people of advanced age, could be taken as a stubborn assertion of choosing life over death. “I Wanna Be Sedated,” an extremely catchy song any way you look at it, comes across as an ironic refusal to follow a doctor’s orders and lie back in a medicated haze. Members who suffer from chronic multiple ailments are shown struggling out of sickbeds to attend rehearsals.” | Source: NY Times

Anti-Flag interview: “It does get old having to explain our name means no boundaries, no country, no prejudice and no labels,” said #2. “People think because we’re called Anti-Flag that it means we’re un-American. But it’s the totally opposite.” | Source: Deseret Morning News

Jay Reatard live review: “A performance by the outlandishly prolific 27-year-old from Memphis is sort of like being in a boxing match. Except the rounds seem to never end and there’s no retreating to your corner to catch your breath after a few minutes. Just constant pummeling for about a half-hour. Not even that long, in some cases. The punk-rock onslaught is similar to what the Ramones did 30 years ago and just as timeless. There’s nothing very complicated to his approach: loud, fast, catchy, repeat.” | Source: Washington Post

“Punk Goes Crunk” album review: “When I first looked at the album’s lineup, I thought I would at least be humored by Say Anything’s cover of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s “Baby I Got Your Money,” but even Max Bemis managed to find a way to disappoint me.” | Source: The Recorder

“Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten” film review: “Though he’s obviously starstruck with the transcendence of his late friend (Joe Strummer died of a congenital heart defect in 2002), director Julien Temple literally creates a party – a bonfire-side chat – to celebrate the founder of punk icon The Clash, and invites people who aren’t all there to praise Caesar. (There’s even a clip of David Lee Roth slagging the man for being too serious.)” | Source: Edmonton Sun

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