Posted in Music Review, tagged 3OH!3, african americans, Arthur Crudup, B.B. King, big band, billboard, black man, black people, bo diddley, bring it on home, classical, elvis, eminem, emo, fall out boy, gangster rap, guitar, hits, improvisation, It's An Arms Race, jazz, Led Zeppelin, Metro Station, pop rock, punk, roadhouse blues, robert johnson, rock, Rufus Thomas, shaman's blues, Sonny Boy Williamson II, stoned, symphonies, The Doors, the rolling stones, This Ain't A Scene, top 40, trippy, vanilla ice, whole lotta love, Willie Dixon on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Come On, People — By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
(The Stetson University Reporter online version can be seen here.)
Bo Diddley died over the summer and the world kept turning. No one forgot how to play guitar. No one forgot how to write a song or sing a note. No one really seemed to care. Why should [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged 98 Degrees, Back Street Boys, bad music, Chuck Klosterman, Dream Theater, Elitism, Fugazi, Genghis Tron, good music, Joe Satrianni, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Les Claypool, LFO, Mike Portnoy, N'Sync, old people, On Letting Go, Prog Rock, Rush, Sex Pistols, Steve Vai, Terry Bozio, The #12 Looks Like You, The Clash, The Doors, The Ramones, The Who, too many tags on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This piece is another music debate piece I ran in Stetson University’s The Reporter and was originally as “On Letting Go: Part II — Cleaning Out Your Music Collection.” The version ran in newspaper can be seen here and the piece arguing against me can be seen here.
“Get rid of bad music now.”
By: Paul G. [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged disney, emo, folk, gallows, hannah montanna, hardcore, indie, johnny rotten, jonas brothers, kevin devine, Metalcore, minor threat, never mind the bollocks, new york city, nine inch nails, operation ivy, punk, punk is dead, punk is not dead, Radiohead, screamo, Sex Pistols, sid vicious, The Ramones on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a piece that ran as a debate column Stetson University’s The Reporter, here’s my piece and here is the piece that argued against me.
“Punk hasn’t died, it just reinvents itself.”
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
Punk is alive, but punk has been reborn. Those who think punk is nothing unless it’s raw, gritty, vomit inducing, [...]
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Posted in Concert, Music Review, tagged Against Me, alesana, all time low, Anberlin, anthony green, backbooth, Chiodos, club firestone, cobra starship, concerts, DeLand, divinci's, downtown disney, escape the fate, every avenue, finch, Florida, forever the sickest kids, from first to last, future of the left, gaslight anthem, good old war, hardrock live, house of blues, I-4, kevin devine, mayday parade, our last night, p.o.s., person l, Portugal. The Man, saosin, scary kids scaring kids, silverstein, sing it loud, Stetson, straylight run, ted leo & the pharmacists, the devil wears prada, the maine, the social, there for tomorrow, tickets, underoath, upcoming shows on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
To view the version that ran in Stetson University’s The Reporter click HERE
Get Out of DeLand: Mosh The Fat Off Of Your Ass.
A guide for new concertgoers
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
Step One: Know Where To Go.
Yes, contrary to popular belief, you should seek out a good venue before you seek out a good band. The [...]
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Posted in Concert, Life, Music Review, tagged emo, Circa Survive, Dance Gavin Dance, Dead Poetic, Chiodos, Brand New, Evergreen Terrace, culture, cove reber, ace enders, alesana, alexisonfire, all time low, anthony green, arnold swarchenegger, as cities burn, as i lay dying, ash ketchum, audience of one, austrian death machine, band merch, blessthefall, blink-182, blowing chunks, bombast, brack cantrell, cd, charizard, chris conely, chris roetter, christian chaotic metalcore, chuck closterman, cinematic sunrise, city & colour, consume, craig owens, craog mabbitt, cute is what we aim for, dallas green, drop dead gorgeous, ebay, electronic grindcore, emarosa, epiphany, escape the fate, fads, fargo rock city, fifth grade, five minute ride, from first to last, frontman, fuse, good charlotte, grace period, green day, high and driving, hit the lights, i can make a mess like nobody's business, ignored by ap.net on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pokemon Cards: “I Choose You, Screamo Frontman”
By: Paul G. Atkinson IV
We all played Pokemon. Well all my friends did. I mean, it was fifth grade; Yo-Yos had just been banned from school – even during recess! – apparently someone had used one as a weapon, but anyway I digress, basically: we needed a new fad, [...]
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Part V – A Brief And Half-Assed Ending To It All:
“Losing all hope is freedom”
“The things you own start to own you.”
Go watch Fight Club, just don’t take it – or all the shit I said – too seriously or you’ll end up in some underground network of chaos and might find yourself nearly castrated, [...]
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Posted in Life, tagged bad, benefits, good, hate, Horatio Alger, jobs, Life, No Excuses!, probably lots of spelling errors, the american dream on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part IV – Your Job:
My parents talk about things like company loyalty and job security. In reality all that talk is simply bullshit, simply a handful of excuses to con honest hardworking Americans into getting stuck in the same dead end job track from the now until the end of eternity or until the point [...]
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Posted in Life, tagged anger, boredom, detachment, disappointment, lies, love, No Excuses!, restlessness, sadness on September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Part III – Relationships:
This is where my useful advice starts to dwindle. Still, I’ve been fucked over enough times to figure out some of the basics of this stupid game.
Never think that there is no escape. No matter what!
If you are not married you can simply walk away. Do not fucking complicate this. Do not [...]
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Intermission – Tips & Tricks:
The following is a small handful of useful tips and tricks that can be used to help you let go of most anything you don’t need.
1.) If you hate it, give it up. Money is not an exception to hang on.
2.) If it smells bad, clean it. If that doesn’t work [...]
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Posted in Music Review, tagged 98 Degrees, Back Street Boys, bad music, Chuck Klosterman, Dream Theater, Elitism, Fugazi, Genghis Tron, good music, Joe Satrianni, KISS, Led Zeppelin, Les Claypool, LFO, Mike Portnoy, N'Sync, old people, On Letting Go, Prog Rock, Rush, Sex Pistols, Steve Vai, Terry Bozio, The #12 Looks Like You, The Clash, The Doors, The Ramones, The Who, too many tags on September 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Part II – Music:
“Respect your elders.”
This is a notion far too often misinterpreted. Respect for your elders does not simple mean respect the past, respect what is old, and what has simply existed before you. What was supposed to be said here was: “Respect the wise.”
A lot of old people are wise.
But, a lot of [...]
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