HUGE* Ministry fan here! I’ve been hooked ever since a co-worker introduced me in the late 1980s to the industrial metal genre found on Twitch and The Land of Rape and Honey. Releases pleasing to my mind, body, and wespirit followed later, too. During the Presidency of George W. Bush aka “Shrub” (thanks to muckraker …
“Fossil fuel combustion has increased at an exponential rate over the last 100 years” reads the first line of a report with the subject line, “Release of Fossil CO2 and the Possibility of Catastrophic Climate Change.” This was known in the Carter administration. Governmental reports have existed in every administration since then with compelling warnings …
I have never seen Jello Biafra perform, witnessed one fantastic performance by The Melvins years ago, and have communed with Ministry at least nine times. Mr. Biafra and The Melvins once collaborated on Never Breathe What You Can’t See, released by Alternative Tentacles, which is Mr. Biafra’s recording label. On this recording, the musicians used …
I think the stress of these days-whether stemming from management at work, seeing complete moronic citizens in public who believe they are invincible from the pandemic (or that it has passed them), to, of course, having a President who embarasses the country on a daily basis. I have worked at home for over three months …
INDUSTRIΛL ΛCCIDENT from Wax Trax! Films on Vimeo. According to pitchfork.com, “a documentary about the influential Chicago label and store Wax Trax! Records has been announced. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT was directed by Julia Nash—daughter of Wax Trax! co-founder Jim Nash and owner of Wax Trax! Films—and it features interviews with Steve Albini, Trent Reznor, Dave Grohl, Ian …
In Paris, at the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918, aggressor Germany waived the white flag to end the Great War. The Treaty of Versailles would be signed months later. Over 16 million soldiers and civilians were killed in the first war that relied on modern technology such as …
As an opponent of the militarization of American society, I always oppose the Pentagon’s continuous bloated budget and wasteful spending. In December 2014, the Wall Street Journal reported that in 2013, “the Pentagon’s top 85 major-defense acquisition programs experienced overruns of nearly $411 billion.” According to the same WSJ article, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter …
According to the liner notes of Black Box, WaxTrax! Records moved from Colorado to a storefront on Chicago’s North Lincoln Avenue in 1978 after being “fueled by the punk revolution.” WaxTrax! issued its second single in 1981, featuring Divine of Pink Flamingos and Polyester fame. Also, in 1981, the record store and recording studio released …
“Seeing Ministry live is comparable to being on a battle field, and that’s the closest I ever want get to going to war,” says Gail in The Worley Gig.