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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.


Sound of the Beast, The Complete Headbanging History of Heavy Metal by Ian Christe was released a few years back but its main focus is the bygone era of metal's infancy and the legacy it left.


I seem to have nothing in common with the collective persona known as Vampire Weekend — which continues to be purposely hyped by the music media — and yet I like the group. Their smart, quasi-multicultural American pop rock is electric enough to take a quick liking to. And easy to enjoy from thereon.


My knee-jerk reaction to this question was 'yes, yes, YES!' However, I have not seen the musical, yet. But the great people of Berkeley, California seem to love it — as the musical broke attendance records at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre. Of course, the band is from Berkeley, so, I'm sure that was certainly a factor.


Well, at least it seems questionable to me, as someone who knows art direction.

www.artvinyl.com gave the 2010 award to Muse.

I'm wondering if the award was given more out of biz buzz than true creative effect.

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