It amazes me how easily people can cast others out of their lives and not seem to think anything of it. This summer I lost a close friend, no reason given for the ending of our friendship just a stoppage of all communication and I am left to wonder why. I never understood why people do this, there are other facotrs in the equation when it comes to a relationship. Yet, it seems to happen to me m...
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After months of waiting I finally got my hands on the new Against Me! album, and needless to say it blew me away. I will have to write an review on it, but right now I am enjoying listening to it for the first time. Its like nothing they have ever put out, and by far the best album I have heard this year. Nothing like an early birthday present for me, gotta say thanks to the boys of Against Me!...
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Hello MOG, thought I would take this time to tell you about my first. I have been on MOG for close to a year, and almost everyone who knows me knows about this site. I have pleaded with people, telling them to just try it out and for the most part I have not had any takers. Then over the weekend I get a message from a friend who finally decided to take the plunge. Alas, I had lost my cherry and...
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Ok, he didn't really leave but he is releasing a solo album on October 28th. Tom Gabel of Against Me! has confirmed details and a release date for his recently unveiled solo project. If you are wondering what this might sound like, go listen to the Against Me! acoustic album, and then mellow it down a few notches.The record is titled Heart Burns and is due out October 28, 2008. Tom promises t...
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On Thursday I had another sweltering day of summer school. I say sweltering because the temperatures here in Minnesota are nearing the mid 90's and the school I am teaching at has no air conditioning what so ever. By the time the kids arrive at 8:30 in the morning I usually have a good sweat going, and the sun has not even really come up yet. Every teacher knows as well that once the heat goes ...
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The past two days have been crazy ones for me. Losing power for almost 24 hours, 200 plus emails from mog, 2 soccer games in 90 degree heat, and the list goes on and on. I am finally caught up, and on a whim went to check an see if Against Me! have updated their web site that has been down for some time. I was happy to see that not only do they have a brand spanking new web site, but they have ...
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Things have a funny way of happening. After having one of the greatest weeks of my life, I got shot down yesterday. While watching the 10 o'clock news I saw that one of my former students was arrested for the murder of another 16 year old kid. Apparently no one knows what it was about, but it was caught on tape by the camera placed inside the metro bus they were both riding. I knew this child w...
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Although present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it. -Winston ChurchillI have had about enough of the crap that seems to be flowing through the veins of MOG. I have been on this page since October, and for the most part have loved every minute of it. There seems to be this debate over "free speech" and people being babies when someone disagrees their po...
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What I am talking about here is a well placed, vulgar word that makes you sit up in your seat when it comes on. Rap music is filled with obscene words a lot of the time, so I will exclude them from the list. What I am talking about is a artist, who for the most part doesn't swear on their album. As you are listening along, bam it hits you and the lyric seems to take on an even bigger importance...
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Here it is Friday, and this week on MOG seems to have been a difficult one for a lot of my fellow moggers. I have read some great posts that deal with everything from bad days to loved ones passing away. I know its tough, and I hope that all of you do what ever you need to in order to get through your ordeals. I just wanted to post a song that reminds me when times are tough not to get to down...
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Love getting news like this, even when I know I might be dead before the weekend hits. Alternative Press has gotten hold of the tracklisting for New Wave, the new album from socio-political punk band Against Me!. The album will come out July 10 on Sire Records, which they signed with in 2005.New Wave tracklisting:1. New Wave2. Up The Cuts3. Thrash Unreal4. White People For Peace5. Stop6. Borne ...
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Just when my hopes were high I got this bit of disturbing news today. Due to what the band describe as 'mixing issues', the Against Me! major label debut 'New Wave' won't be released until at least the summer. I can only hope for a July release to make my birthday that much sweeter. So, for you Against Me! fans out there, here is a video to tide you over.
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Against Me! have posted a live recording of a new track which may appear on the band's major label debut that they worked on with producer Butch Vig in Los Angeles. Against Me! announced on their Myspace on December 29, 2006 that their debut album on Sire will be titled "New Wave" and will be released "in the spring." In case you have not checked these guys out yet, may I suggest you do so. Rar...
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Against Me! protests and documents. But they also ask questions, even about the usefulness of protest or of asking questions about the usefulness of protest.
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So yeah, I cheated on my top 10 bands, but I'll go for real for shizz on this list. Here's the 10 songs released in the Oh-Seven that filled my musical world with shiny moments. And yes, this list is highly subjective. And if you're smart and in touch with your inner Freud, you'll be able to deduce exactly what kind of psycho I am based on my musical interests.1. Iron And Wine - "Resurrectio...
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