It's Sunday January 21st, 2007. This weekend marks the 9th annual punk Rock Bowling tournament, so while Adam, Brian, Justin, and Chris are in Vegas presumably smashing pins (or smashing empty cans of PBR on their foreheads) and representing the .Org, I, Meg, have accepted the challenge of wrapping up the week in "punk, ska, hardcore, emo, metal and indie" news. The people must have something good to read on a Sunday In an unsurprising move, the week's most talked about story involved the killing of a patron at a hardcore show in Asbury Park earlier this week. "America's Finest News Source" the Onion posted their picks for the worst band names of 2006 and a lot of you chimed in with the names they forgot. The dates for this year's Warped Tour were posted and headliner Bad Religion confirmed July 10th as the release date for their upcoming full-length. Both Thrice and Say Anything discussed their future releases. While Thrice is almost halfway through the writing and recording of the ambitious quadruple release Elements, Say Anything are in the rehearsal and pre-production stages of In Defense of the Genre. The Clash fans rejoiced at the announcement of a major Joe Strummer biography being in the works. Despite only being four dates, Canadian Propagandhi fans were excited about the few opportunities to see the band on their "turf." Finally, Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello mentioned the possibility of a reunion in a recent interview. Our Video Of The Week featured an audio interview with Tomas Kalnoky of Streetlight Manifesto. We also brought you a new album stream of Tera Melos' new full length Drugs To the Dear Youth. Justin has continued his new years resolution by keeping up with the MP3 of the Week feature and spotlighting Smoke Or Fire. Finally, Brian caught up with Hot Rod Circuit in an interview you can check out here. Click Read More to see this week's streaming music, contests and other highlights.
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