Smart Cops - Cominciare A Vivere 7"

Italian hardcore attack!
With members from La Piovra and Ohuzaru (the sound is more similar to the Piovra's hardcore than the fast thrash of the later).

"Second EP by Italy's Smart Cops, and if you loved their first EP as much as I did, you'll be pleased to know they've only gotten better at their concoction of garage-y punk and 80-style hardcore. Even better, this time they've given us a concept record about a cop who "finds himself" by becoming addicted to heroin!"

"(...) The final blow to the skull of good taste this week comes courtesy of Italy’s Smart Cops, with their Cominciare a Vivere EP on Sorry State Records. Formed from the ashes of hardcore behemoths La Piovra and Ohuzaru, the Cops are less abrasive (and screamy) than either of those outfits, and have mastered the fine art of writing a decent hook. The follow up to their self-titled EP, Cominciare a Vivere tells the tale of a woebegoten officer of the law that, in an attempt to find himself, become addicted to heroin. All of this is delivered at a rocket-fire pace in an abrasive-yet-tuneful ’80s hardcore style that should please fans of Negative Approach or gutter trash punk rock in general." The TripWire

Negative Approach?? Nah...More like Circle Jerks, DK and alikes (they cover a few songs, "Beverly Hills" and "Holiday In Cambodia")


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Oz

I just loved this show. It aired a while ago in a local cable tv station and it sure turned out being one of my favourite tv shows of all time.
It shows how brutal can be life in prison, their groups, their struggles and the way to solve problems: violence and killing. Great cast of actors, sure add some extra flavour to the show.

"Oz is the nickname for the Oswald State Correctional Facility, formerly Oswald State Penitentiary, a maximum-security prison (level 4) at an undisclosed location. Many of the plot arcs are set in Emerald City ("Em City"), an experimental unit of the prison in which the unit manager attempts to emphasize rehabilitation and learning responsibility during incarceration. Emerald City is an extremely controlled environment where there are a controlled number of members of each racial and social group."


Too bad they haven't released them yet here in Portugal, let's hope some day they'll do.
Meanwhile i'm grabbing the DVDRips.

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Ramming Speed

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If you like crossover/thrash in the vein of Municipal Waste, SSS, etc check this.

Coke Bust - Lines In The Sand

Good folks at B Music put up the last record by DC's Coke Bust about a week ago, but i've just gave it a good listen today.

You should know them by now, if you don't check it. Fast stuff, ala Heresy.



"After a 7" and demo, Washington, DC's reigning masters of thrashing hardcore have finally hit the studio to record a full-length of no holds barred, old-school hardcore punk, bringing intelligence to straight edge hardcore that is played at lightning speed, channeling the spirits of bands like SSD, Deep Wound and Youth Of Today."

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The White War: Life And Death on the Italian Front , 1915-1919

Just received this through the mail.
Looks interesting, let's hope it's more reader-friendly than the ones we're "obliged" to read in university about the First World War (Furet...).


The White War: Life And Death on the Italian Front , 1915-1919
By Mark Thompson



"The Western Front dominates our memories of the First World War. Yet a million and half men died in North East Italy in a war that need never have happened, when Italy declared war on the Habsburg Empire in May 1915. Led by General Luigi Cadorna, the most ruthless of all the Great War commanders, waves of Italian conscripts were sent charging up the limestone hills north of Trieste to be massacred by troops fighting to save their homelands. This is a great, tragic military history of a war that gave birth to fascism. Mussolini fought in these trenches, but so did many of the greatest modernist writers in Italian and German - Ungaretti, Gadda, Musil, Hemingway. It is through these accounts that Mark Thompson, with great skill and empathy, brings to life this forgotten conflict."

How Bruce Lee Changed The World

Just finished watching the HDTV-Rip of the History Channel's documentary on the life and influence of Bruce Lee. From his movies, his philosophy, his fighting moves and theories about the human movement and finally, his death.
Very interesting to see how his work influenced not only fighters, but musicians, bodybuilders, actors and moviemakers. It also points out the only recent embrace of Bruce Lee by China, and the memorial they're now doing to their "most famous son".

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Dave Chappelle

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True Hollywood Stories - Prince
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Epic shit.

Where is Dave at? Damn, after he got back to Africa for that "mental purification" he's gone m.i.a.
Fuck, we miss his stuff. Comedy Central hasn't come up with something as good as Chappelle's Show since the show ended, even Daily Show is getting less funnier since Bush went out.
At least Stephen Colbert's show is always a blast.