Category Archives: Relevant Commentary on Modern Issues

Is Portland’s alternative brand deteriorating?

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I have always heard that Portland is the perfect alternative city . It’s not like Brooklyn cuz u don’t have too many inauthentic transplants moving there and accidentally ‘corrupting the scene’ since they are ‘alternative immigrants’ who need 5-10 years to learn ‘the way of life.’ It seems like a [...]

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A group of animal loving alts protesting Michael Vick’s release from ‘the slammer.’

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Recently, an NFL quarterback named ‘Michael Vick’ went to jail because he had a huge dogfighting operation in his backyard. From what I understand, he would train pitbulls to fight at high stakes, underground, illegal dog fights. The dogs that were not ‘tough enough’ were drowned, hung, and electrocuted. Somehow, [...]

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Is ‘The Pope’ the next relevant buzz band?

I read today at the Daily Swarm that the Pope ’signed’ to interscope records to ‘drop’ an album. He is apparently going 2 sing + recite some shit, and they are gonna ‘garageband’ that shit over choirs singing epic bangers. I feel excited about this, because it shows that you don’t have to [...]

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Not sure if I will honor Memorial Day because I don’t believe in War, Government, & Violence

Yall. I went in 2 work 2day. Not sure if I believe in the Memorial Day holiday. I know that freedom isn’t free, but I think that there are other ways to resolve international conflicts without guns, violence, and weapons of mass destruction.
Maybe I’m a dreamer/idealist, but today is just really hard [...]

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