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May 22nd, 2009 | 
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I posted this track over at Punktoronto.com. I can say without doubt that I’m a fan of Propagandhi’s ideas without feeling like I must agree with every thing that they believe in (It wouldn’t be punk rock if we didn’t think for ourselves…dissent intelligently and meaningfully, I say). Check them out: http://propagandhi.com/
However, watching hockey with my little niece has brought up a similar feeling that the band expresses in this song. I know that Coach’s Corner is a comedian routine, but we collectively need to take a moment to talk about what Don Cherry’s exclamations actually mean in the great scheme of things. Read the rest of this entry »
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I miss pay phones. They were a visceral part of the urban landscape while I was growing up. Part political soundboard, part communication device, part toilet: the pay phone was always a punk rock device. It represented a true moment of freedom. When I was younger, I could conveniently be out of quarters or suddenly unable to find these things when I was running around the city after curfew.
The best thing about the original Pay-As-You-Go; meant that moments spent together were never interrupted by something typed by someone else’s thumbs.