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Riding a Pig Home From the Bar

Middlefield, Ohio has a way for drunken patrons to get home instead of driving. I know what you are thinking, small town, pig already mentioned, must be animals, right? Wrong! It’s the cops!!! Turns out those guys don’t have much to do in Middlefield so if you get tanked you can call them up for a lift. Just don’t call shotgun.

I know you are all thinking of moving to Middlefield in order to improve your bar experience, but let’s not forget that pesky little smoking ban, it still applies out there. Or does it!?!?! (Dramatic music here!!!!) Now don’t get too excited you cig packing ruffians, but the state is going to be accepting comments about the new smoking band starting Tuesday. Head over to the PD for info on the upcoming hearing, the rules for the smoking ban, and an article about what will happen if you keep smoking in public places.

Kucinich Gets a Little Weirder, We Get a Little More Entertained

While giving a speech to the Rainbow/PUSH coalition everyone’s favorite vegan politician, Dennis Kucinich, launched into a Negro spiritual to bring home his point about leaving economic despair behind. I know this seems funny enough on its own, but thanks to the power of the information super highway, we’ve got video footage. Make sure you watch when Kucinich finishes with his painful solo, because Jesse Jackson and another man stand up to applaud and you get to see just how teeny tiny little Dennis is. I was pretty sure this was an SNL skit.

Bitter Punk Talks Warped Exhibit

The Warped Tour exhibit opens tonight at the Rock Hall with a show featuring Pennywise, Bad Religion, and The Bouncing Souls. Scene doesn’t seem too happy about this as the article about the opening merely takes pot shots at the skate-punk sound that rose up during the second half of the 80s and early 90s. What’s funny is that author of this article doesn’t quite have his shit straight. He praises bands like The Circle Jerks, The Germs, and Black Flag for their hard living and DIY ethics, yet none of those bands are still living that way today. Greg Hetson, a one-time member of The Circle Jerks, has been in Bad Religion, one of the bands Scene mocks, for years. Pat Smear of The Germs (a band who started performing again with an actor as their deceased singer) went on to play in both Nirvana and The Foo Fighters, two bands who had just a bit of mainstream success. And let’s not forget Henry Rollins of Black Flag, I don’t think he is exactly living the hard life anymore. But yeah, Warped Tour is still a lame corporate beast full of generic radio friendly “punk,” so at least he got something right. You read, you decide.

More New Stuff!!!!

We just dropped a new review on you yesterday and now we’ve got a new column. This one is about THE WORLD TOUR OF BEERS!!!! It is an epic and tragic tale that involves beer and wings, just like most epic and tragic tales do. Read on, and feel the power!