Category: nofx

+ dc comics, James Gunn, jerry siegel, joe shuster, nofx, punk, superhero, superman, Zulu

“Maybe that’s the real punk rock”: Hope and Humanity in James Gunn’s Superman

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Even before James Gunn’s Superman debuted earlier this month, the right-wing, conservative backlash rose up to proclaim that Gunn’s adaptation didn’t adhere Superman’s ideology, calling it “Superwoke.” I do not want to argue about that here because I have written about Superman’s initial appearances before and how he has always pushed back against oppressive systems and championed immigrants. One need only look at Joe … Read More “Maybe that’s the real punk rock”: Hope and Humanity in James Gunn’s Superman

+ b.y.o.b., george w bush, nofx, system of a down, the idiots are taking over, war on terror

“It’s not the right time to be sober”: Revisiting Post-September 11 Protest Songs in the Current

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Usually, I play random playlists on Apple Music, and these playlists typically contain songs I listened to, at least at some point, in the early 2000s. Listening back to these songs, I keep thinking about how the protest songs written in reaction to the invasion of Iraq, government overreach, Islamophobia, and blind patriotism resonate today. Everything from Tool’s “Right in Two” and Glassjaw’s “Radio … Read More “It’s not the right time to be sober”: Revisiting Post-September 11 Protest Songs in the Current

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