Posts tagged Ian Mackaye
Straight Edge Netiquette? Kevin Smith, Mr. Robot, and the Hollywood Reporter

I have had a number of discussions lately online that have me questioning how best we can relate to each other online.

It made me think of a time when I was confronting many of the same issues inside my local punk rock community way back in the day. Is it time for Straight Edge Netiquette?

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Vinyl (HBO) Episode Four: "Record Man's" Christmas Goulet

Okay folks, this was one of those "busy" episodes. The kind of episodes where writers realize that they are already at episode 4 and have yet to develop like 10 of the plot points that they have already introduced in the first three episodes.

This episode (called "The Racket") opens with not one but two ghosts, Otis Blackwell and Richie himself (My suggestion is that "The Racket" in the episode is the game Richie is running on himself).  

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