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Bomb The Music Industry! announces new album “Vacation” and it will be out July 26th

Bomb The Music Industry have a new album coming out again. The album will be released on Ernest Jenning Record Co. / Really Records and will be available free online. Free is always a good thing! And of course Vinyl and CD through the labels if that’s your sort of thing. Pre-orders are now available for “Vacation” at Really Records here and Ernest Jenning here.
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Release The Sunbird (Zach Rogue) reveal album artwork & tracklisting

Music News

Zach from Rogue Wave’s new project, Release The Sunbird, just unveiled the tracklist and album art for its first full length release Come Back To Us. Come Back To Us is out July 26th, 2011 on Brushfire Records.
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DVD/Blu-Ray Tuesday Roundup (May 31st 2011)

Blu-Ray Reviews

DVD Reviews

Did everyone enjoy their time off from work? I know I did! It’s time for the DVD/Blu-Ray Tuesday Roundup for May 31st 2011. The titles coming out today include: True Blood: The Complete Third Season, Once Upon a Time in the West Blu-Ray, Psych: The Complete Fifth Season, Drive Angry, A Clockwork Orange (Anniversary Edition) Blu-Ray, David Byrne: Ride Rise Roar and more. Each week I’ll list the latest DVD/Blu-Ray releases and point out the ones worth buying. I can’t review everything I get so this serves as a nice guide for what’s coming out each week. Plus, it’s just fun making fun of movies and TV shows!
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The Village Voice to launch 4Knots Music Festival on July 16th 2011

Music News

Running between every borough of New York City and culminating near the South Street Seaport, the East River runs at a speed of 4 knots. The Seaport and Pier 17 have a rich and diverse history as profound to New York City as Wall Street, Central Park or even Times Square. Historically, the lower portion of the East River has been one of the busiest and most important channels in the world. Beginning this summer, there will be a new reason for people to flock to the area, ironically which was once also known as the banks of the Sound River.
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ReadJunk Playlist: September 2010 (Labor Day Playlist)

Articles

Work. Love it or hate it, there’s certainly plenty of songs about it. It’s one theme that is always topical amongst bands & musicians. Pick a genre of music and I’m sure they have a song about working. Well maybe not classical but you get the idea! In honor of Labor Day weekend, we have compiled 80 songs about working, hating work, slacking off on the job, songs about bosses, trying to find a job, trying to leave a job, etc…Pretty much any song that has to deal with work. If I missed a song, be sure to comment down below!
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Carbon Leaf (Barry Privett)

Interviews

It’s no secret that Carbon Leaf is one of my favorite bands. They are a hard-working, independent folk/rock band that never stop touring, and just make incredible music! Their last full-length album “Nothing Rhymes with Woman” has been played on my iPod at least once a day and now they just released a digital EP on their own called “How the West Was One,” which you can order here. The ReadJunk staff (Bryan, Kristen and Matt) decided to send some questions over to frontman Barry Privett to answer, here’s how it went down:
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Troy Keon (author)

Interviews

Troy Keon just released his book on bathroom graffiti & artwork called “A Regular Robert Frost: Bathroom Prose and Graffiti,” available on Two Tone Publishing. It’s an interesting book that’s really good to read on the crapper. ReadJunk.com wanted to learn more about this bathroom dweller, so we sent him a few questions to answer. Most likely he answered these in the bathroom…
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Nicole Steinwedell (The Unit)

Interviews

Actress Nicole Steinwedell starred in the 4th and final season of the excellent TV Series The Unit, which aired on CBS. She played an interesting character called Bridget Sullivan (“Red Cap”), that brought new elements to the show that we didn’t see before. With the final season of the Unit being released on DVD/Blu-Ray this week, along with the awesome Complete Series Gift Set, ReadJunk.com had a chance to send some questions to Nicole. Read her answers below:
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Disney-Marvel Movies We’d Like to See

Articles

Like with most things, ReadJunk.com is a little late in the game with making fun of something. Walt Disney bought Marvel this week for a butt load of money. The buyout spawned a bunch of articles from various movie websites, wondering what type of movies Disney & Marvel would release now. Here are some of the Disney/Marvel movies we’d like to see:
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TV Party Contest (ended)

Contests

Starts: January 20, 2009
Ends: February 10, 2009
Number of Winners: 3
Contest Prizes: 1 TV Party Intolerable Show, 1 TV Party Sale(color) Show, and poster
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Contest Info:
3 people can win 3 prize packages of TV Party! TV Party was a NYC cable access show that aired in late 70s, early 80s. It was live, improvised and hosted by Glenn O’Brien and co-hosted by Chris Stein. The show featured lots of musicians and bands including Mick Jones, Fred Schneider, Debbie Harry, David Byrne, Robert Palmer and lots of other people.