Author Archives: Jose

Joe Knouse is a resident of Brooklyn, NY. He tries to rock on a regular basis and can be frequently seen behind the drum kit for the explosively popular NYC band the Shallow Divers.

No One Is Going To Help Us But Us

February 3, 2009 – 11:55 AM

Long time Jose el Retardo reader Miriam Climenhaga is a dedicated human and painter (check out her work above, and more by clicking here) from the American Breadbasket, and she recently posted an item on her blog art and art like substances about the difficulties one has finding the time and energy to do the [...]

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The Meaning of Rock

February 2, 2009 – 3:44 PM

Anyone who seriously loves rock music would agree that, although theories abound, there is no one way to define the soul of the genre. From the somber crunch of Black Sabbath, to the endless wisdom of Dylan, to the all-encompassing everything which is Zeppelin, the spirit behind rock music is as endlessly complicated as the [...]

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One Thing Leads To Another: Metallic and Killing Joke

January 30, 2009 – 3:38 PM

Don’t listen to what the media tries to tell you. For the most part, punk is pretty much dead. I’d love to see it come back, but you know. There’s a lot of things I’d like to see happen that never will. In my opinion, one of the very last great punk records is, oddly [...]

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Death To Bankers

January 29, 2009 – 3:36 PM

I was once of the opinion that the gargantuan bailout to wall street was a necessary evil in order to save the jobs of so many innocent slobs slugging it out in the trenches of middle management; not to mention all the folks out there shining shoes, spraying tans, waxing BMWs, and cobbling high-heels. And [...]

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