Today, if you look at the newspapers, or hear the radio or look at the T.V (wich was created as a way to keep people informated) i think you`ll do it to get some interesting and usefull information, but what do we get? yes, a lot of useless information or even just no information, and instead of it, many hours of "entretaining shows" that make you loose loads of time! for example, the most important news in our newspapers are "Millar won´t be in the match between colo-colo and huachipato" or "Diana Bollocco got very sad with a joke".
But wait, not everything is lost! there is a chance to get really infomated about the things we really care, about trully interesting things, and its called: "Counter information".
It means that some people, organizating themselves and telling the people to support them with articles of their interests or with articles that make your intellect really grow up; creates an instance of distribuiting this information, made by the people itself, and for the people who wants to really get informated, these instances may be a newspaper, a website, or a radio broadcast the interesting thing is you get informated, culturized and also antretained, avoiding what the tv shows or common newspapers really make to you "entretain you to the death".
20/11/08
HARDCORE PUNK “THE HISTORY OF PUNK ROCK”
Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock. The songs are usually short, fast, and loud, covering topics such as politics, personal freedom, social alienation, straight edge, and the hardcore subculture itself
In North America, the music genre that became known as hardcore punk originated in different areas in the early 1980s, with notable centers of activity in California, Washington, DC, Chicago, New York City, Michigan, Vancouver, Toronto and Boston.
The origin of the term hardcore punk is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A. may have helped to popularize the term with the title of their 1981 album, Hardcore '81.[5][6][7] However, until about 1983, the term hardcore was used fairly sparingly, and mainly as a descriptive term. (i.e., a band would be called a "hardcore band" and a concert would be a "hardcore show"). American teenagers who were fans of hardcore punk simply considered themselves fans of punk – although they were not necessarily interested in the original punk rock sound of late 1970s (e.g., Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, or The Damned). In many circles, hardcore was an in-group term, meaning music by people like us, and it included a wide range of sounds, from hyper-speed hardcore to sludgy dirge-rock, and sometimes including arty experimental bands, such as the Stick Men and Flipper.
Since most bands had little access to any means of production, hardcore lauded a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. In most cities the hardcore scene relied on inexpensively-made DIY recordings created on four-track recorders and sold at concerts or by mail. Concerts were promoted by photocopied zines, community radio shows, and affixing posters to walls and telephone poles. Hardcore punk fans adopted a dressed-down style of T-shirts, jeans, and crewcut-style haircuts. While 1977-era punk had used DIY clothing as well, such as torn pants held together with safety pins, the dressed-down style of the 1980s hardcore scene contrasted with the more campy, elaborate and provocative fashion styles of late 1970s punk rockers, which included make-up, elaborate hairdos and avant-garde clothing experiments.
During the same period, there was a parallel development in the United Kingdom of a British form of hardcore punk, which later became known as UK 82.[8] British hardcore bands such as Discharge and Chaos UK took the existing late 1970s punk sound and added the incessant, heavy drumbeats and distorted guitar sound of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) bands such as Motörhead. This led to the development of the thrash metal sound of the 1980s.
"Godfathers" of the genre
Michael Azerrad's book Our Band Could Be Your Life and Steven Blush' documentary film American Hardcore describes three bands -- Black Flag, Bad Brains, and Minor Threat -- as the most important and influential in the genre. Azerrad calls Black Flag the genre’s "godfathers"; credits Bad Brains, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977, with introducing "light speed tempos" to hardcore; and describes Minor Threat as the "definitive" hardcore punk band.
Black Flag, formed by guitarist and songwriter Greg Ginn in Los Angeles in 1976, had a major impact on the Los Angeles scene – and later the wider North American scene – with their raw, confrontational sound and DIY approach. Tours in 1980 and 1981 brought Black Flag in contact with developing hardcore scenes in many parts of North America, and blazed trails followed by other touring bands.[9][10][11]
Bad Brains, formed in Washington, DC in 1977, incorporated elements of heavy metal and reggae, and their early work often emphasized some of the fastest tempos ever heard in rock music.[12] .
Minor Threat, formed in Washington D.C. in 1980, played an aggressive, fast, hardcore punk style directly influenced by Bad Brains. The band was responsible for inspiring the straight edge movement, especially with their song, "Straight Edge".
In North America, the music genre that became known as hardcore punk originated in different areas in the early 1980s, with notable centers of activity in California, Washington, DC, Chicago, New York City, Michigan, Vancouver, Toronto and Boston.
The origin of the term hardcore punk is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A. may have helped to popularize the term with the title of their 1981 album, Hardcore '81.[5][6][7] However, until about 1983, the term hardcore was used fairly sparingly, and mainly as a descriptive term. (i.e., a band would be called a "hardcore band" and a concert would be a "hardcore show"). American teenagers who were fans of hardcore punk simply considered themselves fans of punk – although they were not necessarily interested in the original punk rock sound of late 1970s (e.g., Ramones, Sex Pistols, The Clash, or The Damned). In many circles, hardcore was an in-group term, meaning music by people like us, and it included a wide range of sounds, from hyper-speed hardcore to sludgy dirge-rock, and sometimes including arty experimental bands, such as the Stick Men and Flipper.
Since most bands had little access to any means of production, hardcore lauded a do-it-yourself (DIY) approach. In most cities the hardcore scene relied on inexpensively-made DIY recordings created on four-track recorders and sold at concerts or by mail. Concerts were promoted by photocopied zines, community radio shows, and affixing posters to walls and telephone poles. Hardcore punk fans adopted a dressed-down style of T-shirts, jeans, and crewcut-style haircuts. While 1977-era punk had used DIY clothing as well, such as torn pants held together with safety pins, the dressed-down style of the 1980s hardcore scene contrasted with the more campy, elaborate and provocative fashion styles of late 1970s punk rockers, which included make-up, elaborate hairdos and avant-garde clothing experiments.
During the same period, there was a parallel development in the United Kingdom of a British form of hardcore punk, which later became known as UK 82.[8] British hardcore bands such as Discharge and Chaos UK took the existing late 1970s punk sound and added the incessant, heavy drumbeats and distorted guitar sound of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) bands such as Motörhead. This led to the development of the thrash metal sound of the 1980s.
"Godfathers" of the genre
Michael Azerrad's book Our Band Could Be Your Life and Steven Blush' documentary film American Hardcore describes three bands -- Black Flag, Bad Brains, and Minor Threat -- as the most important and influential in the genre. Azerrad calls Black Flag the genre’s "godfathers"; credits Bad Brains, formed in Washington, D.C. in 1977, with introducing "light speed tempos" to hardcore; and describes Minor Threat as the "definitive" hardcore punk band.
Black Flag, formed by guitarist and songwriter Greg Ginn in Los Angeles in 1976, had a major impact on the Los Angeles scene – and later the wider North American scene – with their raw, confrontational sound and DIY approach. Tours in 1980 and 1981 brought Black Flag in contact with developing hardcore scenes in many parts of North America, and blazed trails followed by other touring bands.[9][10][11]
Bad Brains, formed in Washington, DC in 1977, incorporated elements of heavy metal and reggae, and their early work often emphasized some of the fastest tempos ever heard in rock music.[12] .
Minor Threat, formed in Washington D.C. in 1980, played an aggressive, fast, hardcore punk style directly influenced by Bad Brains. The band was responsible for inspiring the straight edge movement, especially with their song, "Straight Edge".
19/11/08
Have you noticed?
Have you noticed that people on the streets or at Metro are getting very separated?
Everyday we can see more frecuently that people is only concetrate in their own worlds, traped in themselves and ceasing to enjoy simple things of their lifes. We can see how people walk faster and faster on the streets because there is no time to breath or look around calmly when they need to do something or a big responsability is pressing them.
Today people is not hearing others around them at Metro, they preffer to put headphones in their ears and stay with themselves and music that they like. Where is the people who used to hum their favorite song everywhere? What happend with the accidental meetings of people just having a nice talking?
Today people is not smiling to others or themeselves, is just living an individual life.
But we can change this just trying to look more around us, searching things that can give us happiness or looking if we are necessary for something or someone anywhere.
Give a smile to the world and remember to be happy giving happiness to others too, not just to yourself.
Everyday we can see more frecuently that people is only concetrate in their own worlds, traped in themselves and ceasing to enjoy simple things of their lifes. We can see how people walk faster and faster on the streets because there is no time to breath or look around calmly when they need to do something or a big responsability is pressing them.
Today people is not hearing others around them at Metro, they preffer to put headphones in their ears and stay with themselves and music that they like. Where is the people who used to hum their favorite song everywhere? What happend with the accidental meetings of people just having a nice talking?
Today people is not smiling to others or themeselves, is just living an individual life.
But we can change this just trying to look more around us, searching things that can give us happiness or looking if we are necessary for something or someone anywhere.
Give a smile to the world and remember to be happy giving happiness to others too, not just to yourself.
17/11/08
Sport and Football
Sport is any activity that is characterized by: a requirement to have a physical or driving, be institutionalized, requiring competition with oneself or with others and have a clearly defined set of rules. As word solo, sport normally refers to activities in which the physical capacity of the competitor is the dominant form to determine the outcome, who wins or loses, so it is also used to include activities where no other external or directly linked to physical athlete are decisive factors, such as mental acuity or equipment. Such is the case, for example, sports mental or motor sport. Sports are entertainment for anyone who performs as he sees it.
The sport popularly known as football, but also called football or soccer is a team sport played between two sets of 11 players each. It is widely regarded as the most popular sport in the world, with about 270 million people involved. It is played on a rectangular grass field, with a target or goal posts on each side of the field. The object is to move a ball across the field to try to locate within the target contrary, an act which is known as a goal. The team scoring more goals after the match that it is the winner. Unlike other codes of football, soccer is played mainly with the feet, except the goalkeeper, who is the only player who can use their hands and arms in certain parts of the field while the ball is in play.
Football is played according to a set of rules, known as the Rules of the Game. The sport is played with a spherical ball, where two teams of eleven players each, ten outfield players and a goalkeeper compete for the same fit into the rival goal, marking a goal.
The sport popularly known as football, but also called football or soccer is a team sport played between two sets of 11 players each. It is widely regarded as the most popular sport in the world, with about 270 million people involved. It is played on a rectangular grass field, with a target or goal posts on each side of the field. The object is to move a ball across the field to try to locate within the target contrary, an act which is known as a goal. The team scoring more goals after the match that it is the winner. Unlike other codes of football, soccer is played mainly with the feet, except the goalkeeper, who is the only player who can use their hands and arms in certain parts of the field while the ball is in play.
Football is played according to a set of rules, known as the Rules of the Game. The sport is played with a spherical ball, where two teams of eleven players each, ten outfield players and a goalkeeper compete for the same fit into the rival goal, marking a goal.
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