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Ramen Noodle Nation: July 2015
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Notes From The College Industrial Complex: Edu-Debt Springs Eternal. High wire fencing on the playground. High rise housing all around. High rise prices on the high street. High time to pull it all down. White boys kicking in a window. Straight girls watching where they gone. Never trust a copper in a crime car. Just whose side are you on? Tom Robinson Band, "Up Against The Wall". Oh, wait, you mean the "Contract With America? No, I think the other preposition fits better. Still...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: February 2015
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Monday, February 23, 2015. Guest Review (Chairman Ralph): Capital Letters: "Wolf" EP. Wolf EP (Sugar Shack Records). There's an old saying that experience is the best teacher, which definitely characterizes this new EP by Birmingham reggae veterans Capital Letters. The band formed in 1971, and quickly built up a fanbase during its iinitial'70s and '80s heyday (including Britain's late, sorely missed number one DJ, John Peel). Thanks to the recent reissue of its '80s album, Reality. In true roots style, y...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: Life's Little Injustices (Take II): I Feel An Overdraft In Here
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Saturday, November 1, 2014. Life's Little Injustices (Take II): I Feel An Overdraft In Here. A funny thing happened to my bank account last week. Late one night, I decided to check my account online, only to find myself staring down a big, ugly, negative number. How'd. Only yesterday, I'd deposited $100 to cover another bill hovering around the corner. What happened? I thought I was covered! After all, in this economy, most people don't wait that. Long to cash their checks.because they literally can't.
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Ramen Noodle Nation: May 2015
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Property Ownership = Power: A Punk Rock Realty Lesson. Never forget: property ownership is power in America. The STORE CLOSING banner hanging outside my local Dollar General store provided yet another reminder of that particular lesson.if I needed one. At first, I presumed this latest sour development had something to do with the continuing creeping yuppification of our town. Then what's going on? So what happens now? Yeah, I guess.". See the last post). Tucked away in this sprawli...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: 924 Gilman: A Cure For The Cultural Blahs?
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015. 924 Gilman: A Cure For The Cultural Blahs? The blockbuster business model is a crappy approach to commerce. In simple terms, I'm talking about the practice of relying on. Established faces to bring home your box office bacon. For practical reasons, I'll focus on the music side (although this discussion applies to any creative field). The appeal is obvious, from a pure gatekeeping perspective. It's simpler to maximize an entrenched act's. Seismic trend shifts can also wreak havoc.
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Ramen Noodle Nation: June 2015
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Friday, June 12, 2015. Snap Crackle, Pop.There Goes Your Food Budget. Once again, this Evil Science Experiment called "Life" rears its ugly head. Our food stamp allowance has been cut by two-thirds, from roughly $357 to $80, due to a household expense deduction that was erroneously given. whoops, we made a mistake, now it's you who's gotta pay! Heads, you lose, tails you lose. And I experienced a couple years - relatively speaking - of stability on that front. A good portion of the month. As any nutr...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: Peter Tosh: A Lifetime Of Trick Language
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012. Peter Tosh: A Lifetime Of Trick Language. Frequently forgotten, amid all this morbid speculation, is Tosh's keen lyrical wit, and satirical inversions of the English tongue, which he often called “ trick language. And there, in this hole-in-the-wall shop, is where I picked up Equal Rights. And the title track, which is one of Tosh's most enduring anthems (“ I don't want no peace/I want equal rights, and justice. For countless hours – Equal Rights. Spent a lot of serious needl...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: Too Tough To Die: An Homage
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Thursday, January 1, 2015. Too Tough To Die: An Homage. Now that the sands of 2014 have run through the proverbial hourglass. I'd be remiss if I didn't celebrate one of my all-time favorite albums:. Too Tough To Die. What makes Too Tough To Die. Start with the circumstances behind its creation. The pop experiments of End Of The Century. 1980) and Pleasant Dreams. As the cliche goes, however, you often do your finest work with your back against the wall. Determined to recapture their signature intensity, ...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: Notes From The College Industrial Complex: Edu-Debt Springs Eternal
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Wednesday, July 29, 2015. Notes From The College Industrial Complex: Edu-Debt Springs Eternal. High wire fencing on the playground. High rise housing all around. High rise prices on the high street. High time to pull it all down. White boys kicking in a window. Straight girls watching where they gone. Never trust a copper in a crime car. Just whose side are you on? Tom Robinson Band, "Up Against The Wall". Oh, wait, you mean the "Contract With America? No, I think the other preposition fits better. Still...
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Ramen Noodle Nation: Property Ownership = Power: A Punk Rock Realty Lesson
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Tuesday, May 26, 2015. Property Ownership = Power: A Punk Rock Realty Lesson. Never forget: property ownership is power in America. The STORE CLOSING banner hanging outside my local Dollar General store provided yet another reminder of that particular lesson.if I needed one. At first, I presumed this latest sour development had something to do with the continuing creeping yuppification of our town. Then what's going on? So what happens now? Yeah, I guess.". See the last post). Tucked away in this sprawli...