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Jeremy started a messageboard (http://needleandtwine.com/) where people from in/around New England can talk about all kinds of shit. It also lists shows happening around Boston. Check it out, if you want.

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This thing is tonight. If you're in Boston and don't go... I dunno... you stink.

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In Defense Of Outrage: A Response

We’re pretty sure that, by now, you’ve heard about the female crowdsurfer who planted an unwanted kiss on vocalist Parker Cannon during The Story So Far’s show in Houston last week. In fact, we know that you’ve heard about it, because an astounding number of you liked, reblogged and shared our news post on the story.

Yesterday, we published a piece from Editor-in-Chief Erik van Rheenen titled In Defense Of Boundaries, which addressed the unspoken contract between band and fan. But working on that piece got us wondering — why is it that this particular story has blown up the way it has? What does the overwhelming interest we’ve seen in this story tell us about our scene?

We don’t think there’s a single answer to that question — it’s the result of many factors. But one of those factors sticks out like a sore thumb. Today, in the next piece in our In Defense Of… series, senior Staff Writer Jesse Richman asks why we’re so outraged… or more pointedly, why are we only getting outraged now?

Related Stories: In Defense Of Boundaries  Never Do This At A Show, Ever

by Jesse Richman, edited by Erik van Rheenen

Let me preface this by making one thing clear: Erik van Rheenen is 100 percent right. (So are most of our readers, judging from the feedback to both his In Defense Of Boundaries piece and our original news post on the incident). It’s unequivocally not OK to kiss someone without their consent, whether it’s in a private room or on a stage in front of hundreds of people. But what is it about this particular incident that has it racking up an astounding 1,600+ likes and reblogs on our site? Why did it generate 800 comments in a thread on AbsolutePunk? Or, to break out of our own bubble for a bit, why did a similar (if more salacious) on-stage assault of rapper Danny Brown earlier this year spawn a thousand thinkpieces? Why is it that a quick peck on Parker Cannon’s lips generates twice the buzz as a story about New Years Day’s Ash Costello being repeatedly sexually assaulted by a member of Blood On The Dance Floor? Why is it that, when Mariel Loveland of Candy Hearts details her own experiences with ingrained sexism in the scene, not only does it barely register a blip on the radar, but inevitably draws the sort of commenters who insist on proving her point via their own cluelessly sexist feedback? And why is it that it never stops, even when you’re Hayley Williams, Queen of the Punk Universe? (Or Florence Welch, or Lady Gaga?) Why is it that when the drummer for Bellwether is accused of sexual assault, so much of the Internet leaps to his defense, or calls for prudence, as though false rape accusations aren’t astoundingly rare? I’ve never been a teenage girl, but I imagine coming forward as a rape victim doesn’t win you any popularity contests in high school, and takes roughly a metric fuckton of courage. Why is it that we have no qualms calling Cannon’s assailant a “bitch,” a “fucking slut,” and a “fangirl” (because only female fans do fucked-up things, right?), as if her actions, wrong as they were, give us some kind of free pass to say shit we know is deeply awful?

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coming up in a few weeks.

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Last show of 2013!

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Apple the cat, STUCK in the blinds like an idiot, followed by her "world's cutest cat" impression.

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It is sometimes an appropriate response to reality to go insane.

Philip K. Dick

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Showcase Showdown - Merry Christmas, I Fucked Your Snowman

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Toxic Narcotic - Drink

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Visit Original Link

Shambles is a four-piece pop punk band out of Boston that sit somewhere between The Weakerthans and MxPx. Earlier this year, the band released their second EP, Move Away, a quick showcase of the band’s tight and infectious style that avoids genre cliches and puts a refreshing spin on turn of the millennium pop punk.

Pulleys & Promises is the anthemic lead track from the EP that spotlights lead singer Rob Spearin’s engaging croon and the band’s knack for melody. 

Straight forward but straight up good.

Free Download: Move Away EP 

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This is a song from our first EP, which, like our new one, is free at http://shamblesmusic.bandcamp.com

She stopped and said, "I've taken a lot today."  Let's count our losses like we've counted our years apart  My eyes sink deep, tack on more misery  Another spiral into the depths of her, the depths of her  Cold heart, got my tongue stuck to it  All her body parts are showing signs of age  I've got a sneaking suspicion  There's more to this equation  Than another five years apart.  She stopped and said, "I've taken a lot today."  Let's count our losses like we've counted our years apart  My eyes sink deep, tack on more misery  Another spiral into the depths of her  Cold heart, got my tongue stuck to it  All her body parts are showing signs of age  I've got a sneaking suspicion  There's more to this equation  Than another five years apart.  In the process of burning all my bridges  I'll never trust another beating heart  Could be a politician with the bullshit you’ve been dishing  To give you the attention you want.  But all I want is this pain  In my head to go away.  I don’t ever want to fall, la-lal,  Lal-lal in love again  It breaks my heart knowing you’re alive  Cold heart, got my tongue stuck to it  All her body parts are showing signs of age  I've got a sneaking suspicion  There's more to this equation  Than another five years apart.  In the process of burning all my bridges  I'll never trust another beating heart  Could be a politician with the bullshit you’ve been dishing  To give you the attention you want.

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Jeremy's Top 5 Favorite Records of 2013

Okay, first, let me admit that the scope of new music I have listened to this year is pretty small-- I guess it's time to admit that as I get a little older I've lost a lot of the ambition to listen to anything and everything I can. However, there were definitely at least 5 records that came out in 2013 that I absolutely think everyone should listen to.

5. Canadian Rifle - Deep Ends

Canadian Rifle is a band from Chicago that has put out a couple of things over a long span of time and has somehow stayed way under the radar in spite of being fucking awesome. It's a lot like Leatherface, so if you like gruff vocals then this is your new favorite record.

<a href="http://dirtcultrecords.bandcamp.com/album/deep-ends" data-mce-href="http://dirtcultrecords.bandcamp.com/album/deep-ends">Deep Ends by Canadian Rifle</a>

4. Save Ends - Warm Hearts, Cold Hands

Save Ends has always held a special place in my heart: friends, fellow nerds and the band Shambles played our first show with (and about a billion others after). Their first full length did not disappoint and has been pretty much a staple for me for months.

<a href="http://tinyengines.bandcamp.com/album/warm-hearts-cold-hands" data-mce-href="http://tinyengines.bandcamp.com/album/warm-hearts-cold-hands">Warm Hearts, Cold Hands by Save Ends</a>

3. The Murderburgers - These Are Only Problems

I first heard The Murderburgers when they opened for Dear Landlord at Subterranean in Chicago and at the time I had never heard of them. Luckily for me, they are as insanely good live as they are on record and I've loved them ever since. I actually JUST got a chance to listen to this new one and it's already solidified itself in my top list.

https://soundcloud.com/punknews/another-way-out-of-here

2. Ghost Thrower - Ghost Thrower

This band has been around for a few years and has gone through several EPs, a billion members and has come out of it to put out one of the best records of the year in 2013. Their two songs on a split with Foreign Tongues at the end of the last year were amazing and the full length is just as good. Favorite song: "Lemons", which sounds like what Saves The Day might have become as they got older and more bitter if they hadn't become, well, kind of... lame.

<a href="http://ghostthrower.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-thrower" data-mce-href="http://ghostthrower.bandcamp.com/album/ghost-thrower">Ghost Thrower by Ghost Thrower</a>

1. Superchunk - I Hate Music

I feel like there isn't much that can or needs to be said about Superchunk. They're just the best band and somehow have managed to continue putting out amazing stuff even 20+ years after they started. This album has everything, from the poppiest, funnest songs (FOH) to straight up hardcore punk (Staying Home). Doesn't hurt that they cover SSD when they play Boston.

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"The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.”

Howard Zinn