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FTW Rise Of The Anarchy March by Russ Lippitt

Russ Lippitt – FTW Rise Of The Anarchy March – 2010 by Ravenhawk Books

WE ARE HUMANS, NOT ROBOTS.

It’s gonna be hard to fight the system, the people, the old mentality but it’s worth trying, because if you give up, how can you look yourself in the mirror? We’re somewhere in 2059 and media corporations have the ultimate power while doing everything to manipulate the people, the politicians fight for absolute control and the entire world is full of hatred, malice and selfishness. In this terrible context we get to know the young soldier Doyle, an optimist hero, a fighter who tries to live free. In fact, the main subject of this novel is Freedom, in all its beauty. Despite all the obstacles, Doyle tries to stop the hatred, the thrist for power that makes everyone forget about the common sense and the humanity. For those who own the power, the world is a beautiful place, with wonderful spots where you can spend your holidays in the sun, without any worries.

For “the others”, the world is a real nightmare, where they are living without joyfulness and where the hope of freedom is shattered and the concept of “dream” doesn’t exist.

FTW Rise Of The Anarchy March doesn’t show you a colourful and beautiful world, it shows the exact opposite, the ugly part of the world, where everyday is lived as if it were the last. A book worth reading and which will certainly give you a little optimism and some backbone. If you have read “Lion’s Share” and met Billy, you are surely going to love this book.

The horrors of war, the greed and the hatred, the new world order and obedience are not only a sequences of words, they do exist in reality. What would you do if you should wake up one morning and fight for what you believe in? Could you do it?

Russ Lippitt was born in 1977 in New Jersey and began writing since High School, finding refuge in the world of books. Among his influences you can find writers like Charles Bukowski and Howard Zinn. He lives in LA now, where he’s working on some interesting projects that we’re anxiously waiting to see.

Epilogue

Don’t walk away from the problems. It dosen’t matter if you take a step to the left or to the right; only the direction away from each other matters and divided we fall, divided we fail…

Russ Lippitt – photo by: Dave Deluxe


mptyzine Interviews

Interviu: Brutti E Ignoranti

I-am ascultat pe baieti acum ceva timp si mi-au placut foarte mult, acum doua saptamani m-au intrebat daca nu vreau sa facem un interviu…oi in purul stil al anilor ’80 cu ceva influente de punk, enjoy!

Scarbit de asa zisa scena de la noi si de anumite personaje care nu isi mai incap in piele, care ma tot fut la cap cu trupele lor “experimentale”, satul de acele enciclopedii muzicale de wikipedia cu cd-urile in mp3. HAI SICTIR, ascultati aici o trupa care va da peste nas.

Oi!How are you guys?
I answer with a sentence of one of our songs “We are always sick but we never go to hospital, our only medicine is draught beer”

For the ones that haven’t seen you on MTV..tell us a few words about you.
As our name says we are four ugly and ignorant men, we live in the suburbs of Milan, we like drinking liters of  beer and doing nothing from dawn to sunset, we hate working class and all the rethoric about working class skinheads, working makes us sick and if we can make money in other ways with some swindles or something similar we avoid to work

Alla Faccia Vostra album has been launched by Pull The Trigger Records,how do you feel about having an album already?Have you got enough money for a trip to Hoolywood?
No, our cd has been coproduced by many small labels and not just PTT Records, we found money for recording by swindling people selling them sugar and telling them it was cocaine (this really happened) and stealing amplifiers in recording halls (this is also true)…so if one day we will make enough money with a big swindle you may see us playing at hollywood….we tought about cheating a insurance by cutting a leg of one of us with a chainsaw so he would have taken disability money for life and a refund of thousands and thousands of euros, but the napolitans masters of swindles already tried it and one went to prison and the other back to our Creator….they are our idols anyway!!! The only solution we have left is putting our mothers or sisters on the road…..

I know many oi/punk bands from Italy.You have a powerful scene out there.Tell me please a few words about what’s happening in Milan
As Guastafeste, a historical punk/oi! band from Milan sang, Milano is very nice if you want to kill yourself….scene in Milan has completely whored, there are only nazis on the streets now, in the last years they grew so much to become hundreds and hundreds, life here has become really hard, but we try to carry on among troubles and problems anyway….never surrender!!

Do you prepare something for the near future?
You can count on that….a new work we are finishing these days is going to come out very soon, it will be a big surprise for everyone, stay tuned!

Your sound is the classic oi from the 80’s combined with a bit of punk..which were the bands that influenced you?
Well, we can say all the punk and oi bands from the 80’s, english ones most of all, it’s usless to quote them again because you altrady know them…anyway what inspires us the most are punk and oi! bands from the 80’s, rough angry and with fun attitude

Klasse Kriminale or Los Fastidios?
Neither one nor the other…NFR and Billy Boy

I saw that for the moment you haven’t got any concerts…
The reason why we are not playing around is because, as I told you before, we are working on a very big release which will come out in a very short time….

Do you know anything about the romanian punk scene?A band for example?
To be true I know nothing about romanian scene even because we never had the pleasure to visit your land…maybe one day we will play there, we would like to, so if someone wants to set us a gig he can contact us!

Thank you for the interview.If you want to add a final word please do.
If some wet pussy wants to contact us for a brimstone and fire night with us she can contact us at oyr myspace http://www.myspace.com/bruttieignoranti , no transexual please

thanks to Brutti E Ignoranti, Pull The Trigger Records

mptyzine Promo, Promos, Reviews

Mediatrocity-Your Destruction Will Not Be Televised

I already told you about these guys  in one of my previous numbers.Now they are back with their first album: Your Destruction Will Not Be Televised.The album has 10 songs and 2 demo versions in addition. 13 songs that makes you jump and raise your fist in the air, and makes you wanna destroy everything…
Punk combined with pleasant ska elements and metal made in UK make this album be one with a strong socio-political message.
The band  pulls an alarm signal about the harmful effect that the media has on society.A message against the ones that control the information and show  what they want us to believe.
The guys started a series of covers after Ramones by the nickname of Rock’Em To Russia,and after some shows they began to write their own songs,somewhere in early 2009 in Norwich ( UK).
If Leftover Crack, Anti Flag, Bad Religion tell you something,then Mediatrocity will leave you with a good impression.A debut album that deserves all your attention. And remember…TURN OFF YOUR TV AND GO TO A PUNK ROCK SHOW!
You call them heroes??? think again!

more about on new number-out soon!

mptyzine Concerts, Promo, Promos

NEW GIGS

UZOMI (crossover/thrash -Brazilia)

STUCK IN A RUT (hc/punk-Romania)

15 noiembrie 2010 in Irish and Music Pub din Cluj Napoca de la ora 21.00 / bilet 8 lei

UZOMI (crossover/thrash-Brazilia)

IMPURITA (hcmetal/hip hop-Serbia)

live at ATELIER DIY-Timisoara

18 noiembrie de la ora 21.00

CZOSNEK (hc/punk-Polonia)

HGW (punk/crust-Polonia)

12 noiembrie 2010 in ATELIER DIY-Timisoara de la ora 21.00