Helen Bach

Jon Bon J, did a very public scolding of Justin Bieber. First off, his fans are young, these are school nights- just because he dropped out doesn’t mean they all have

There is nothing wrong with mankind’s ADHD when it comes to injustice. We’re just trying to pay our bills and not kill our bosses to really spend too much time worrying about rebellious entertainers and their antics. I mean c’mon this week we had terror slashings and tornadoes, some freak Russian broad falls of the radar pretty quick.

I cannot tell you what it is like to look into the eyes of a mother whose son is dead as result of attending a concert by your group, his favorite band. I cannot tell you what it is like to hold her tiny hands as she weeps for her dead boy; to hold those hands in your large hands, the same hands accused of killing her son. I cannot tell you in any words what it’s like to feel that grief for her lost only child

All you need to do is rustle up funds for charity in the most flamboyant way. Earn enough and you win big with all proceeds going to the ‘Unite The United” foundation. The Unite the United Foundation is a nonprofit organization, which was launched by Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman, and donates funds directly to grassroots charities.

Riot Fest 2013 has a lineup that is almost surreal. Brand New, Fall Out Boy……Selector? Bayside, All Time Low..Blondie? Its as if they planned the mother and child reunion right there. Three days at a fair price

Here’s how it works, kids are put on her library list and from the time that child is born to the time he or she is 5 years old, they receive an age-appropriate book once a month – 60 free books per kid.

That being said when you have a borough full of artists and young thought you get a fabulous atmosphere filled with the spirit of adventure and the thought provoking magic that only art can provide.

So what was to be a reasonable crowd at a pretty funky venue will be a mega crap fest that will prove impossible to see the stage and more kids dropping like flys from dehydration than I care to imagine. That’s greed

After nearly 10 years of hermitized demiGod status, Oberst did a burst of shows with all his favorite incarnation, he’s like Barbie. There’s punk Oberst, folksie Oberst, rocker Oberst, poet Oberst and what I witnessed guitar plucking sing a story time Oberst.

Some of the best music came out of the punk scene through the new wave and new romantic phases, hell even goth and hardcore were all born of this decade.

The never ending love circle is as strong as ever and although Morrison is now nothing more than fairy dust his fans are younger, and more tech savvy than the mutton chopped bell bottom originals. So it seems fitting that the marketing machine keep up with the times.

Haven’t the people of Beantown been tortured enough? I mean, look that was a mess. Three dead, lots of injuries but life goes on and that’s the price of living in a democracy.

Television needs to offer up a segment for the underdog. We want to see people that are unfamiliar so we can say we knew them before they made it big. Think of the dollars saved, think of the goodwill careers made! Instead we get the same old people in a different order on a different couch. Oh well, I can dream

I’m so used to writing about Festival failures that its amazing to me that I am writing about a success. Game Changers “Skate and Surf” Festival was to be held at the iPlay complex in Freehold New Jersey. Stoked! Indoor amusement park. I wont like the parking bit confused me. Y

All we need now is a Davy hologram to make it more awful. This is a great example of missed opportunity. A four man Monkees tour would have me screaming like the ‘Beatles just landed, a three man Monkee tour is a meh of an event.

Their hits “Our House” and “Baggy Trousers” were a couple videos that were on constant repeat for the music network, when it played music. See MTV had limited videos in its infancy so you would see the same ones over and over each day (and you were happy to do so!), now of course, there are no music videos

Well, a conversation over Twitter with none other than Alternative Press Editor Jason Pettigrew sparked my interest. He had a grocery list poised for the big day, but since he is a die hard record collector I found that curious. What the hell you can buy records any day its not as if they self destruct. But that’s the hype

Unfortunately the ‘Dont You Want Me Baby” singers The Human League want ‘math’ more than audience. They have pulled out of the tour and now the stage needs a replacement. Already on board are Howard Jones and Andy Bell of Erasure. Yeah, I cant see that filling my lawn let alone a venue of any size.

The low light of the week is Iggy and The Stooges on Colbert. Steve Colbert is going to eat him alive. We all saw how he interacted with Morrissey so his chat with Iggy should be epic. Oh, and I have lost all respect for Mr Pop since his god awful cameo in the John Varvatos edition of luxury car commercial. How un-punk rock.

Kaplan International Colleges, a leading provider of English courses, revealed that 86% of ESL teachers play music during class to enhance lessons and help students improve their understanding of the English language.

The opening Morrissey voice over (and the closing) are cute and hopefully piss Morrissey off so he goes on a little rant and the lyric about the fain flattening his hair. That’s about it. This is a parody song for Morrissey fans but its just not funny enough to stick. Using song snips is well and good but they’re somewhat random. I wanted to love this- I couldn’t

Its pretty absurd how not only addictive these games are but how they are simply part of mainstream life. Name one boy you know between the ages of 11 and 23 who isn’t glued to a screen at least once a week wearing that ridiculous headset and I’ll give you ten bucks.

This is a tricky endeavor .CBGBs is sacred in many peoples eyes. It has been watered down to a trendy t-shirt but for those of us who lined up on that filthy pavement or sat against that wall every Sunday its nearly holy ground.

Now it has sporting arenas belting out the ‘bah bah bahhhh’, from New York to LA as a sign of solidarity. Its a great song- its a pathetic unity tune but hey, we have handled this entire event pathetically.