Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing: your look back at the week in Punknews. I'm Adam White Justin (because it's Adam's Birthday) and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking...

This week we had a cavalcade of interesting news. At the top of the list comes the disturbing news that "Emos" were the target of violence south of the border in Mexico. We'll continue to keep you posted as this bizarre backlash occurs. On the flipside of the coin, we had a debate about the return of "bro-core," perhaps heralded by the success of Pennywise's new album.

In an entirely shocking turn of events the ludicrous notion of FallOutBoy playing a show in Antarctica was thrown out citing "global warming" effects. Whatever Pete, just keep those Nordstrom exclusive DVDs coming my way. I'm sure none of this was just to drum up publicity for the obnoxiously titled ****. FOB's former Island labelmates Thursday have begun the writing and recording process for their next one and in other major label new Be Your Own Pet was censored by Universal for "violent lyrics." While they may have a point I think we could take a journey through their label back catalog to find some more objectionable material. I-Empire anyone?

In the slightly more credible scene, we had Paint it Black blow people's minds with tourmates like Leatherface, Cloak/Dagger and New Mexican Disaster Squad. Crime in Stereo threw out some new tracks and the Offspring are headed to Europe. The Bad Brains also announced some sweet vinyl for fans and we gave away a test pressing of that new Hot Water Music jam. Oh yeah, and Anti-Flag is gearing up for their new album with a stream and a video shoot. They were also hella stoked to hear that Mumia Abu-Jamal's death sentence was overturned.

The Dead Kennedys kept it classy this week, grabbing the vocalist of the Winona Ryders. Speaking of lawsuits and royalties, Billy and the Pumpkins are suing Virgin for something. Hearing millionaires cry is painful. Speaking of, Warner Brothers is braving new waters and asking for a mandatory Internet tax. Weird.

Congratulations to Hawthorne Heights for being able to bounce back and begin performing again this week after the passing of their guitar player.

This week we spoke with the boys from the Loved Ones about their new album and tour. Check it out here. Our Video of the Week helped us say goodbye to the beloved band Planes Mistaken For Stars. Check it out here. The thirty secondish edition of Vinyl File featured updates on the vinyl goings on and gave away some rad stuff. This week also brought new Streaming Music from Pegasuses XL. Get rad.

Click Read More to check out our ongoing contests, new streaming music and more.

Ninja Gun, from Valdosta, Georgia, has joined the ever-swelling Suburban Home family. The band is currently working on the mixing for their upcoming LP Restless Rubes, expected out June 24th. They'll be headed out west this summer in support of the album and we'll bring you those dates when they become available.

You can check out the title track from the album as well as "Eight Miles Out" and "Permanent Press" at their MySpace page

The Flatliners are laying waste to Canada with fellow canucks the Rebel Spell. They'll be journeying north of the 49th parallel after their dates with the Loved Ones and Cobra Skulls.

The band will also be making an appearance at this year's Edgefest.

This is all in support of last year's Fat Wreck debut The Great Awake.

Our friend Ronen Kauffman (of Zombie Apocalype and New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye fame) has posted the latest edition of his his podcast series, Issue Oriented. In this episode, Ronen talks to Lou from Sick of It All and Dallas from God Forbid.

You can check out the latest episode of the show by clicking on the big "Issue Oriented" button on the right side of Punknews.org or by visiting Issue Oriented directly.

Anti-Flag is gearing up to shoot another video with the help of Scrambled Visual and are inviting friends to help out with the process.

They'll be shooting in Glendale, CA, this Wednesday (April 2nd) and you must be at least 15 years old to participate and an ID of some sort. For those who are under 18 you'll need a parent or guardian to accompany you there. The description of the video is "animalistic, blood-thirsty fans at a world war roller derby that Anti-Flag is performing in the center of" and are asking for "painted insane sports fans" to join the fun.

For those that are eligible, email the band (antiflagcasting@gmail.com) your name, age, mobile telephone number, myspace link and email address and they will respond with the pertinent information.

The band's new album The Bright Lights of America is due out this Tuesday and you can stream the whole thing here.

Shook Ones can't slow down and have added yet another split release to their schedule. This one will be with Hour of the Wolf and will be released on No Idea Records. Word has it that the Shookies will be recording after their appearance at this year's Bamboozle Left but no word on the Wolf's recording plans.

Both bands have other splits on the way, the Shookies sharing wax with End of a Year on Runner Up and Hour of the Wolf doing time with Lewd Acts on Think Fast!.

Love Equals Death has posted dates that they will be joining this year's Warped Tour Summer Extravaganza. They'll be on seven dates: three in California, two in the southwest and then through Utah and Colorado. You can see them by clicking Read More.

The band has been joined by Sean Jordon on bass lately, taking the place of Ryan Sinn (Distillers, etc) and Bryan Kelly-Holden on rhythm guitar. The band is expecting to head into the studio in Mid-April to record the followup to Nightmerica.

DIY mastermind Jeff Rosenstock has posted a new Bomb The Music Industry! demo. The track is his first experience with the program Logic and is a previously promised "piano jam."

This is one of the promised "piano jams" although I guess it’s not as slow as I thought. It is pretty long though, huh? Guess we better speed it up when it comes time to really record it, huh? Also, it doesn’t have any of that crazy ranting that was the reason I liked Bomb the Music Industry and also whurrrrz the upstrokes and all the synthesizerz?

You can hear the demo for "Fresh Attitude Young Body" at their MySpace page.

Gearhead Records has signed Reno, Nevada based country act Hellbound Glory. The band's new album Scumbag Country will be released by the label on April 29th. Label head Michelle Haunold discussed the band, an atypical signing for a label famous for garage punk music from bands like New Bomb Turks, the Hellacopters and the Hives. She stated "Some of the long-standing Gearhead fans might be a bit shocked when they hear this release, but when you really break it down, the band and their brand of outlaw country fits right in with the more aggressive punk and rock n' roll that I've released."

The four piece Hellbound Glory formed in 2004 and has toured with acts like Hank III, the Supersuckers, David Allen Coe, Wayne Hancock, Heavy Trash and BR549. They've been playing in support of their self-released debut full length.

A forthcoming DVD titled Fucked Up Weekend will set out to chronicle the current-day Toronto hardcore and punk scene with performances by Fucked Up (of course), Brutal Knights, Career Suicide, Statues, Tranzmitors, Marvelous Darlings, dd/mm/yyyy, Castle Music and others. The release features footage recorded over the weekend of October 19th, 2007 at a number of venues in the city. The release is expected to be available in late April or early May at TO punk shop Hits and Misses or online via Stuck In The City. A limited edition zine will be packaged with the first available copies.

You can check out a trailer by clicking Read More.