Bad Music, Freedom Hating, and Wal-Mart: America At Its Finest

Music That Does Not Deserve Awards

It’s always great when one of our fine weeklies cranks out an awards issue, and then we learn just how sadly out of touch they are. Well The Free Times have their music awards issue cramming newsstands this week and the results, as usual, are, how should I say, interesting. Two reasons to high five the staff though, one being that Machine Go Boom nabbed best indie/underground band, and the other being that there is no mention of Mushroomhead. Keep your speeches short, cause no one gives a shit.

Freedom Haters Beware the Blog!!!

A Kent State prof who was thrown to the wolves after publishing an article about the motivations of a suicide bomber three years ago, is under assault again. Julio Pino, a Muslim convert, was accused by Mike Adams via the blog Townhall.com that he is linked to an extremist Islamic website. As a result of these unfounded comments Pino and the University have been receiving threats and the rest of us, well, we are just reminded that Americans hate Muslims and perspectives of the rest of the world that differ from those given by Fox News. Someone light some sparklers and change the name of french toast, cause we’ve got a serious security breach.

Oh, Wal-Mart, Sometimes I Just Want to Give You a Huge Hug and Never Let Go!

Scene (of all people) go the ever-popular route of bashing mega corporation Wal-Mart, but get this! They’ve got facts and new info! Something doesn’t seem quite right here, but enjoy it while it lasts, people. Seems hillbilly fav Wal-Mart hasn’t been doing so hot the past few years resulting in a massive PR compaign, one that culminated with the announcement that the new Wal-Mart in Steelyard Commons will forgo $10 million in Cleveland tax money. But as Scene (still can’t believe this) points out, shit it ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Just when you thought you couldn’t hate them more.