As Canadians, the hardcore punk band Fucked Up are freaked out by the possibility of Sarah Palin becoming a U.S. President in 2012. "She would go after Canada first," joked frontman Damian Abraham. Abraham pointed out that Canada is, after all, standing in the way of The U.S. and Alaska becoming connected territories.
“Everybody’s Scene: The Story of Connecticut’s Anthrax Club,” by Chris Daily (Butter Goose Press, $18): This fall, I was both surprised and proud when I heard that a book about the Anthrax club was being published. My hometown punk/hardcore scene – which happened to coincide with my own formative years - merits a book? Maybe the music and atmosphere were really as great as I remembered them – and my memories weren’t just growing fonder as I grew older.
