Here's part one of our most recently produced podcast. I'll have youtube clips up soon. In the mean time, enjoy this five minute clip on facebook and get excited for our live podcast, Lefty's Last Laugh: Canadian Edition. Henry and Brendan will be broadcasting live in Canada.
Edit: Replaced the Facebook with an actual youtube video
NOFX's "The Decline" is arguably considered some sort of modern day punk rock masterpiece. Basically, it's one 18-minute song that pretty much encapsulates everything NOFX is known for, commenting on the state of the USA in a political and religious sense. Topics it muses on during it's concourse includes gun control, widespread apathy and conditioning, condemning the religious right-wing and anything that ties in with the underlying theme of the countries decline.Released eleven years ago, the message of this song could not be more relevant. I really couldn't agree more that this song is a "modern punk rock masterpiece." When this song was released as a single EP my friends and I, loyal NOFX loving punkers we were, rushed to get it. I don't think a lot of my friends at the time (or still) really understood the significance of the song, or punk rock in general, beyond it being the latest kick-ass release from one of our favorite bands. I'm not really sure if I truly did at the time. But I still listen to NOFX, and many of their contemporaries that my friends and I grew up with because they really defined our generation of disaffected suburban youth.
"On Friday, the Archdiocese of Denver defended its decision to not readmit a local same-sex couple's child into a Catholic school, saying, “Parents living in open discord with Catholic teaching in areas of faith and morals unfortunately choose by their actions to disqualify their children from enrollment.”
Local channel 9NEWS reported that the Sacred Heart Church in Boulder, Colorado recently held a meeting to discuss the situation of a preschool student whose parents are two women. School staff members were told Tuesday that the child would not be allowed to re-enroll. According to the station, certain anonymous staff members reacted negatively and were “disgusted” by the archdiocese's decision."
Archdiocese defends enrollment guidelines for Catholic schools, Catholic News Agency
"Archdiocese spokeswoman Jeanette R. De Melo didn't return calls from the Camera or questions in an e-mail about whether students whose parents are divorced, non-Catholic or used fertility medication also are not allowed to attend the preschool."
GLBT community rallies around lesbian couple rejected from Sacred Heart of Jesus preschool in Boulder-Vanessa Miller, Camera Staff Writer
© Blogger template On The Road by Ourblogtemplates.com 2009
Back to TOP
