.ng–section1 { font–size: small; border–bottom: 1px solid #C5C5C5; width: 70%; font–weight: bold; padding: 1em 0 0em 2em; } .ng–section2 { font–size: xx–small; padding: 0 0 2em 3em; } It's Sunday, January 20th, 2008. Welcome to Navel Gazing, your look back at this week in Punknews. Politics ruled this week, but lawsuits came a close second.. Adam is away this weekend, so you'll have to settle for me. Rest assured though, he will be back soon and all will be right in the world. The People Must Have Something Good To Read On A Sunday This week's most popular stories It's surprising, but somehow the combination of Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz and presidential hopeful Barack Obama got your attention. By the same token, the news that former Blink–182 drummer Travis Barker was suing Rockstar Beverages, a big sponsor of tours sent some people to the comments.
As far as other news, people were certainly excited about Against Me!'s new video for "Stop", some hard details about Anti–Flag's second major label album, more music from Rise Against and news on the long–awaited record from Rancid. Though the band has reunited numberous times before, the thought of the Sex Pistols recording new material led to some interesting comments. (Our favorite here)
The signing of H2O to Bridge 9 must have come as some relief to fans who have been waiting for years for a new album from the melodic hardcore band. No Dillinger Four news this week, but their spiritual brothers in Propagandhi look to be reducing their mean–time–between–albums. (Of course, if you miss D4, you can always check out that Arrivals record.)
From the music 'biz side of things, Tom Delonge proposed his solution for life, the universe and everything. (It wasn't 42.) EMI fired some people and floated the idea of sponsored bands, Pepsi presents American Idiot anyone?
On the subject of politics, things are still heating up with neither the Democrats and the Republicans falling in line behind a front runner. If you're in a primary state, do your research and participate. If not, keep up with the news and make an informed decision for November.
The twenty fifth edition of Vinyl File ran this week. That's the silver anniversary for those of you looking to send gifts. You'll need to get in touch with Ben for his ring size.
Check the Punknews Music page to stream all sorts of anticipated new music including the lead track off This Is Hell's new 7" Cripplers and six songs from NOFX's upcoming live album They've Actually Gotten Worse Live.
Win a guitar from Bullet for My Valentine
To celebrate the release of Bullet for My Valentine's new album, Scream Aim Fire on January 29, 2008, the band has put up a pretty snazzy ESP electric guitar. To get your name into the draw, just drop by this page and fill out the appropriate form.
Win a prize pack from Protest The Hero
In exactly two weeks, Protest the Hero will be releasing their next album Fortress. Due out January 29, 2008, the album follows the band's critically acclaimed 2005 album Kezia.
To celebrate the release, the band has provided some prize packages with cool swag and a copy of the new album to three winners. You can enter right here.
Your trusty Punknews staffers and reviewers have all sorts of projects on the go, everything from poorly spelled and oft neglected blogs to big official world domination schemes. Make sure to check out editor and videographer Chris Moran collection of recordings online at Vimeo, editor Justin August's blog Kinder Words, editor Adam White's blog 2:59, and staff reviewer Jesse Raub's webzine Bitter Press.
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