Vice's Soft Focus talks to Jello Biafra

Posted by aubin on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 8:00 PM (EDT)

Ian Svenonius, host of Vice Records' Soft Focus (and formerly of Nation of Ulysses) took the show on the road down to San Francisco to meet with Jello Biafra.

Check out the video here.

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ChadReligion (May 27, 2009)

The segment Vice did on Alarma!!! and North Korea were pretty cool.

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GunganMustache (May 28, 2009)

The Alarma!!! series was solid. I wish the black metal one had been about more than just Gogoroth and grandparents though.

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Damo (May 27, 2009)

sorry hun.

i never meant to be a mean "unfunny bastard" a few weeks back.

PS - hahahahahaha at the ManUre scum - they were shite. worst they've played all season. barca won by creating only 4 chances but taking 2. fair play but wtf?

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acris (May 27, 2009)

what

what did you say to me?? I don't remember anything.

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

New YOUNG HEARTS, for FREE! (Donate though, yeah?)

http://youngheartsmusic.com/nowhere-kids.php

PS: Really good, for fans of Title Fight, The Loved Ones, Broadway Calls, etc.

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Medley (May 27, 2009)

New season of Soft Focus!?! This is good, good news. Next maybe Ian will write another book; he makes some interesting points in "The Psychic Soviet."

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

Baseball > football > hockey > basketball > golf > bowling > nascar > competitve eating > watching paint dry > curling> soccer

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

To play:

Hockey > nascar > bowling > baseball > football > soccer > basketball > golf > curling > paint drying > competitive eating

To watch:

Hockey > baseball > soccer > nascar > basketball > golf > competitive eating > curling > football > bowling > paint drying

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

I would imagine curling would be semi fun to play, but I could be wrong.

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

I'd rather be shuffleboarding.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

yes. id put lacrosse up there in with hockey in to play
to watch its boring, though.

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mikexdude (May 27, 2009)

u play nascar ?

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

hahaha.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

most southern high schools have teams

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mikexdude (May 27, 2009)

i widdle good

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

No but I drive cars. Vroom!

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thatsyouth (May 27, 2009)

You bastard! Football is the best!

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scorpiondeathlock (May 28, 2009)

football>basketball>hockey>boxing>baseball only if its game 7 of the world series

nascar is only cool when someone crashes and is seriously hurt/killed and soccer is only cool when riots result in someone being seriously hurt/killed

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Cheesetits (May 28, 2009)

Douche.

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Nap (May 28, 2009)

Soccer > volleyball > everything else

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PhillipIck (May 28, 2009)

Drugs & masturbation > Baseball > football > hockey > basketball > golf > bowling > nascar > competitve eating > watching paint dry > curling> soccer

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Hi-ProGlow (May 27, 2009)

Fuck this week.

I need booze.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

goddammit, Blackhawks. i was hoping the series was gonna get good.

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

They played really fucking well this season (playoffs as well) and will most definitly be back in this position in the near future.

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Cheesetits (May 28, 2009)

What a surprise, it's a Red Wings-Penguins Stanley Cup, gag.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

Ryan Young's feelings are really easily hurt.

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acris (May 27, 2009)

did you bash on rancid???

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

I asked him if Epitaph gave them hair irons and wifebeater sunglasses as signing bonuses.

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acris (May 27, 2009)

What did he say in return?

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

Actually that was a joke. He was mad I was starting "rumors" that he was acting like a dick and yelling at passers by at the last Insubordination Fest. I was just reporting what my fiancee told me and he sent me a douchey rant about how he hates "pop punk nerds."

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

Tell him he's not getting in your little club. That'll piss him off.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

You're just mad we don't share Sandwiches demos with you.

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

Nah I just wanted a place to go when I'm avoiding homework. I'd end up giving more than I take, for sure. You're missing out. =)

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

thatll go over well at insubordination fest.

also, people who get mad at internet shit dissapoint me.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

The crowd went nuts for them, too. I don't know what he was on the rag about.

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acris (May 27, 2009)

well yeah, I would be pissed if someone was saying things about me like that on such a public forum, regardless of whether or not it was true. don't say you didn't expect it to happen.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

Own up to shit you do. I totally almost broke kneel's knees jumping on him from a height at a Gaslight show once because I was drunk.

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acris (May 27, 2009)

That's different. That's you being stupid and hurting him on accident. What he's being accused of is belligerent and way more damaging to a reputation than what you did.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

I'm just reporting what my fiancee told me. I'll take her word over anyone elses'.

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acris (May 27, 2009)

I know, but I'm just saying that to insinuate that he's sensitive for being rightfully upset by being accused of this is just wrong. It doesn't matter whether or not he did it.

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

" It doesn't matter whether or not he did it."

lol wat

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acris (May 28, 2009)

in this context. overall, yes.

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

I think context isn't really needed. My opinion. You're still welcome to be my fourth or fifth wife.

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acris (May 28, 2009)

No I mean in the context it doesn't matter whether or not he did the act; you're still spreading a negative story about him on the net.

And no.

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

Did you send him anything back?

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

I told him to say hi to Mr. Brett (and a friend of mine who's dating Zack) for me.

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TrueBeliever (May 27, 2009)

Where did this happen? E-mail or somewhere public where we can read...?

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

In front of the Recher Theater (aka The Wretched Theatre) last year at Insubordination.

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TrueBeliever (May 27, 2009)

No no no, I know that's where the incident happened. But him calling you out on talking shit about him and telling people what he said?

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

Via e-mail.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

the reproduce the goddamn email, matthew

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TrueBeliever (May 27, 2009)

Ohh. Are they really getting signed to Epitaph or just a rumor you heard?

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Nameless (May 27, 2009)

I thought that rumor started on here?

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

it's for sure.

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Scarysmurf (May 28, 2009)

How do you know its for sure?
I need some sort of proof.

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TrueBeliever (May 28, 2009)

He knows someone who knows someone who slept with someone who bought someone a bagel.

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Scarysmurf (May 28, 2009)

So a bagel is now running Epitaph..
shit makes perfect sense now.

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TrueBeliever (May 28, 2009)

Jews run everything, don't you know.

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jacknife737 (May 28, 2009)

my god........

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

i think he and/or she means the supposed "popunk nerds" comments he sent you.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

He apparently hated the people who attended the festival who cheered on his band.

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

Bash on your (potential) fans.
GREAT fucking idea.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

whatever. im still looking forward to seeing them when they come to CT.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

they get them after they records the mandatory cover of a popular radio top 40 hit.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

With screaming.

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Blackjaw_x (May 27, 2009)

punx are unbashable.

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MattRamone (May 27, 2009)

Unless you're in Government Issue.

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android (May 28, 2009)

10/10

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thatsyouth (May 27, 2009)

This game isn't over but fucking seriously. Nuggets should have been warned they'd have to play the Lakers and their officiating crew. The calls in this 4th quarter have been just god awful. And you can't deny it because they are so well known for it.

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thatsyouth (May 27, 2009)

and it should be noted that I'm not a Nuggets fan. I would just rather see them win than the Lakers. My Spurs got their beat down a long time ago.

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scorpiondeathlock (May 27, 2009)

unfortunately this spells the end of the series. there is absolutely no way the nba will allow the denver nuggets to win a game 7.

the league wants the lakers in the finals and doesnt give a damn about who the better team is, ask chris webber's sacramento kings.

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

This.
Ecspecially because there is no way Lebron is pulling that shit out, so all the Kobe v Lebron hype is down the drain. The NBA wants one of them there.

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thatsyouth (May 28, 2009)

So much this.

I remember that series so well. It had some classic game winning shots. But i'll never forget that feeling I had when I saw the refs continuously fuck the Kings over in that game 7. I wonder what TrueBelievers has to say about all this. Not trying to call him out or talk shit in any way, but do LA fans actually think their refs don't help them out?

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scorpiondeathlock (May 28, 2009)

that kings game was the worst debacle i have ever seen in the history of pro sports.

the kings were CLEARLY a better team the entire series, but the lakers shot over 30 fucking free throws in the 4th quarter alone compared to the kings who had less than 10. fucking embarrassing for the league.

honestly as much as i hate the fucking magic i will root for them against la, because i will never root for the lakers no matter who their players are my entire life based on the favortism of that one game.

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thatsyouth (May 28, 2009)

SO MUCH THIS!

Who's your team though? If it's the Mavericks, just go ahead and don't respond.

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scorpiondeathlock (May 28, 2009)

i have always been a mavs fan, based on their roster though my favorite team is probably the celtics cause im a huge garnett fan.

but i guess technically my team is RELUCTANTLY the thunder, because im stoked oklahoma finally got a team.

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thatsyouth (May 28, 2009)

This conversation is OVER. Chokenovitski! Nah it's alright though. Just as long as you don't talk shit about the unstoppable force aka the greatest power forward to ever live aka motha fuckin Tim Duncan!

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scorpiondeathlock (May 28, 2009)

lol he bores the shit out of me but i dont deny his greatness.

i still think the spurs have a 1-2 year window to make another title run, they just need to bring in some younger more athletic players to surround duncan, ginobli, and parker with.

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TrueBeliever (May 28, 2009)

I think I'm am one lucky dude for winning the state lottery and paying off a coup...I mean, dude, the Lakers are winning fair and square.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

in case you guys were wondering, i finally decided that im gonna organize my dvds by Director.

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lostandclowned (May 27, 2009)

You're a fucking nerd. Die.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

will do, boss

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lostandclowned (May 27, 2009)

Haha. I was gonna take out "die" just now.

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TrueBeliever (May 27, 2009)

Don't know if this was a big thing I missed because I don't see why people would be wondering how your organizing your DVD collection, buuuut, do you seriously know who directed every movie you have off the top of your head. I'm just asking because say one day you want to watch something not directed by a big name director, it'll annoyingly take you a long time to locate that DVD...

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

not really a big thing, i just made a thread about it because i just moved and asked how i should organize them (be cause im anal about that stuff)

and i do know most of the directors of the films. im kind of a film nerd (well not kind of, totally) so i tend to remember things like that.

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TrueBeliever (May 27, 2009)

Oh, that's cool.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

shit. you totally got me

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

Oh, thank god.
I probably wasnt going to sleep without knowing.

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ffwoodycooks (May 27, 2009)

well, thats why im here, to help (actually its because, ironically, i cant sleep)

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

Send me an e-mail. You're up for consideration in the Midnight Society. I mean, DC beardpunx.

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dlangl4 (May 28, 2009)

I'm big on films too but I just do mine by alphabetical order. It's easier for other people, and I know all the directors anyway. Good luck though. That might take forever depending on how many movies you have.

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lostandclowned (May 27, 2009)

Cool interview.

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mikexdude (May 27, 2009)

Interesting interview.

Anyone ever watched Boston Beatdown?

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scientistrock (May 27, 2009)

I'm not allowed to talk about says my straight edge lead singer.

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scientistrock (May 27, 2009)

about it*

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lostandclowned (May 27, 2009)

I saw the trailers years ago.

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ExtraCheesePizza (May 28, 2009)

Bad Luck 13 videos are more fun.

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RAMBUNCTOID (May 28, 2009)

I hate Boston Beatdown, and all of Boston hardcore, although I toured in hardcore bands for years

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TrueBeliever (May 27, 2009)

Good Lakers

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Scarysmurf (May 27, 2009)

Shh

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thatsyouth (May 28, 2009)

I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate Lamar Odom! Not as much as Derek Fisher though. 0.4 seconds and he catches the ball turns around and shoots it? I'll never get over that!

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scorpiondeathlock (May 28, 2009)

terrible fucking calls

1. chauncey billups charge when ariza was clearly not set
2. offense foul on nene 50 feet from the goal
3. holding on billups when odom just clearly threw the ball out of bounds
4. blocking foul on nene that was his 6th, clearly a charge on gasol

etc etc etc

i wish the nba wanted my favorite teams to win.

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TrueBeliever (May 28, 2009)

Eh, I'm not big on Odom either. Although he does his part every once in a while, I really just want him to pass most of the times. But Fisher is a-ok by me.

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

ffwoodyCOCK e-mail me. It's important.

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mikexdude (May 28, 2009)

So it's official? Psh, sellouts. I quit. You guys lost integrity.

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

I'm going to ask for his bio so you guys can judge. I think he's cool. YOU ALL CAN SUCK MY COKE COVERED DICK.

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mikexdude (May 28, 2009)

He IS cool. But so is the rest of the org.

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

He's one of the few non local dudes worthy of our consideration.

I added your lame teenage band on myspace. This is by no means approval.

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mikexdude (May 28, 2009)

We're better than Youth Dekay.

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

So is hitting your nards on a thumbtack.

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Cheesetits (May 28, 2009)

Dare you to try punkmatch.com.

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scientistrock (May 28, 2009)

The ground is no place for an owl.

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mikexdude (May 28, 2009)

My bed is no place for your mother.

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Scarysmurf (May 28, 2009)

I said, "What are you looking for?" He said, "I'm looking for my burrow
owl." I say, "Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick! Everybody knows that a
burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground! Why the hell do you think they
call it a burrow owl, anyway?!"

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MattRamone (May 28, 2009)

The Takers are such a fucking amazing band. Up there with Arms Aloft as the unsing bands of 2009.

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Wentz_Equals_Death (May 28, 2009)

if they don't sing, what kind of band are they

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Scarysmurf (May 28, 2009)

My friend (who happens to be black) decides to put his facebook status as "GNNA B A DAD WOOOOOw" in the little comment box below a guy asks if he could name the baby Gorilla Purple.
Why is this so funny? I laughed for 5 min straight. And the dude is 19, so its not really a laughing matter, but fuck was that funny.
And before all the "UR RACIST" comments stroll in, the guy that said it was black too, so save it.

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mikexdude (May 28, 2009)

My mother was a middle school english teacher and the county curriculum teaches this way of paragraph writing called "R.A.C.E.S." . Every kid every year had to make the joke "THAT'S RACEST!" So stupid and annoying. I am bored and cannot sleep.

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thegimper (May 28, 2009)

So one of the bars I frequent put in a new digital jukebox and it has Streetlight Manifesto!

Hooray for me! Poor every other person in the bar!

Because when I go out I drop a 20 in there and make it Streetlight Night!

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Nerdmilk (May 28, 2009)

Keasby Nights > Keasby Nights

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thegimper (May 28, 2009)

Lol... well played sir, well played.

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Nerdmilk (May 28, 2009)

Good god, Aiden was my band of the moment. Excuse me while I mist my eyes with vinegar.

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ChadReligion (May 28, 2009)

This was from The Pharcyde's soundcheck the other night at The Fillmore.
Pretty fuckin dope

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n47mpKuGA7s