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.

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 – 5:36 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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Philip Glass Could Have Been a Shredder

January 26, 2009 – 3:52 PM

You might think from looking at the above headline that I am about to send huge props out to Philip Glass. This is not the case. If you love all things Philip Glass passionately and feel that he is the God Penis Incarnate, I suggest you move on. If you have never experienced Philip Glass, [...]

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Kurt and Barbara, Episode 6: Franklin Drops a Bomb

January 23, 2009 – 4:54 PM

No, this isn’t a bathroom joke. Thanks again to Xtra Normal.

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