rationalhardcore times

The new Rationalhardcore Times is at www.rationalhardcore.com

2008-10-08T23:24:00.000-07:00

The new format of rationalhardcore times is at www.rationalhardcore.com

The new version is much more practical, and is also easier on the eyes. Some new articles are posted, and while we may continue to occasionally post on this blog to make announcements, the new site will be the place to go for new content. It is still in the transition stage, so new features and content are forthcoming.

2008-08-14T13:47:00.001-07:00

The Yellow Day Brigade & ABORT SCENE downloadable on iTunes & CD Baby

2008-06-14T14:28:00.000-07:00

ABORT SCENE & The Yellow Day Brigade albums now available for download on CD Baby & iTunes !!

Go to www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com to purchase

(Click on album covers to stream large clips of the songs)

DOWNLOAD FULL ALBUM OR SINGLE SONGS !!

ABORT SCENE: Seeds of the Real Alternative
DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM at cdbaby.com/abortscene for $12.97
DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUAL TRACKS (38!) at iTunes soon!

The Yellow Day Brigade: Taxation is Theft / Stop Kidding Yourself
DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM at cdbaby.com/tydb for $9.97
DOWNLOAD INDIVIDUAL SONGS (39!) at iTunes now!

More download options coming soon!

ABORT SCENE is Digital rationalhardcore & electronic paleolibertarian punk taking over where The Yellow Day Brigade left off, and providing 38 explicit bursts of liberty-driven hardcore to define the real alternative to the leftist/statist corruption of punk & mainstream culture. Lyrically, ABORT SCENE strives to be an antidote to the effects of MDC, Bad Religion, Rage Against The Machine, and other artists spewing leftist views and popularizing criminal agendas. Especially when combined with The Yellow Day Brigade's catalog, ABORT SCENE has a strong bid for the title of most prolific explicitly paleolibertarian music artist. Currently serving as the flagship artist of PhoenixHeart Records.

The Yellow Day Brigade (a.k.a. “The YDB”, 2004-2007) seeks to set the "punks" straight with its brand of rationalhardcore, a genre and movement it essentially founded. A revival of that old-school combination of jackhammer beats and thrashy riffs recalling Bad Brains and Minor Threat presents a shock to the wussy emo-pop-punk and extra-heavy metalcore fans alike. As if a jolt of early eighties hardcore is not enough, The YDB's version also fuses mechanical beats and acid-bath guitar processing for an industrial edge heavily influenced by Big Black. The abrasive sound waves aside, consider the amazement of some punk/hardcore enthusiasts when they discover The Yellow Day Brigade is staunchly against Leftist politics. In creating the rationalhardcore movement, The YDB seeks to create hardcore/punk music and culture steeped in anarcho-capitalist/paleo-libertarian discipline - And it will be done with or without the "mainstream hardcore/punk" empire. After all, isn't secession central to real hardcore/punk? The YDB's 'Stop Kidding Yourself' & 'Taxation is Theft' albums are combined for a total of 39 songs on one audio cd. That's almost 80 minutes of industrialized rationalhardcore thrash and jams. These two albums were meant to be together, and they are front and center in the rationalhardcore movement. A must for libertarians and fans of oldschool hardcore like Bad Brains & Minor Threat!

http://rationalhardcore.blogspot.com

www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com

ABORT SCENE videos from 2008

2008-04-12T10:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some ABORT SCENE videos from 2008. Lyrics included!

Antimulticulturalism song (shown above)

Afraid of Ghosts

University

& Your Money Pays For It

If You Want Peace (Stop The War At Home)

Stop Kidding Yourself

Purchase information for ABORT SCENE albums can be found at www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com.

Performance videos from The Yellow Day Brigade in 2006

2008-04-12T09:57:00.000-07:00

These performances from The Yellow Day Brigade are from 2006, shortly before recording the 'Taxation is Theft' album.

"It" live (shown above)

"T" ("Babylon Falls") live

"Just Wait" live

"Stop Kidding Yourself" live

"No Response" live

"Heartless Bloody Victims" live

Album purchase information for The Yellow Day Brigade can be found at www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com

ABORT SCENE show + 2 Films

2008-02-07T10:08:00.001-08:00

Show Cancelled!

Also see www.Mises.org

New ABORT SCENE album by 2008...

2007-12-14T05:56:00.000-08:00

New ABORT SCENE album by 2008...

A MESSAGE FROM ABORT SCENE:

Hey Conservative Punks and rationalhardcore enthusiasts, I'm happy to announce that the latest songs from ABORT SCENE are recorded and mixed. This album has been completed despite technical difficulties at every point along the way, and the final sound ranges from "mediocre live bootleg" to "decent home studio". Most of my favorites came out pretty good, though, and I think it is musically a hybrid of later Germs and later Clash with liberty-focused Guttermouth/Vandals/Fear/Germs - styled lyrics, a dash of hip-hop, and the YDB - meets - raincloud zero instrumentation you have come to love over the past year or so...

...Speaking of raincloud zero, those of you who have followed PhoenixHeart Records from early on may be aware that it is the electronic music project started back in 1999... There was the 'Static is Pretty' album released on PhoenixHeart in 2003, then a teaser ep called 'Drive' in early '04, but nothing since then. I've obviously been busy programming other music in the meantime. I think you Conservative Punks deserve to dance and enjoy yourselves, so I have placed 5 techno/industrial songs in the vein of raincloud zero at the end of the new ABORT SCENE album. That's 12 lyrical tracks + 5 wordless dancers = 17 total trax. More details on the songs coming soon. I see even more of both types in the near future, as well as some other genres...

-CCMD of ABORT SCENE

"Right to Secede" lyrics by ABORT SCENE

2007-10-28T22:50:00.000-07:00

right to secede

We are individuals Living under duress And fear of the rulers Claiming eminent dominance

You have the right to secede And you are right to secede

The situation’s despicable Voting under duress A single will forced on all Natural Right trumps illegal laws

You have the right to secede And you are right to secede You have the right to secede And you’d be right to secede You have the right to secede Right to secede!

We are individuals Living under duress In fear of the rulers Claiming eminent dominance

The situation’s despicable Voting under duress A single will forced on all Natural Right trumps illegal laws!

(c) ABORT SCENE

(More like this available at the Libertarian Music Archive)

"& Your Money Pays For It" lyrics by ABORT SCENE

2007-10-28T22:46:00.000-07:00

AND YOUR MONEY PAYS FOR IT
‘Womyns Studies’
Feminazi lectures
Hate movement ideology in every hall
Censored speech codes
Designated zones
Lying statistic on the walls
And your money pays for it!
Textbooks lack any connection to truth
‘Advantaged’ and ‘privileged’ are only double-speak
Their dreams can come true, and it seems Orwell knew:
The leftists divide and conquer by hypocrisy!
and your money pays for it!
Your money pays for it!!

(c) ABORT SCENE

(More like this available at the Libertarian Music Archive)

"University" lyrics by ABORT SCENE

2007-10-28T22:39:00.000-07:00

UNIVERSITY
The University is infested with scum:
Racist, sexist, relativist, statist p.c. bums
And the tide is not turning due to brainwashed alumns
The syllabi terrorize and minds go numb
Fu(k You, University
Fu(k You, University
Fu(k you, University
Demand an alternative!!
Ideologue feminazi
Multiculturalist insanity
P.C. vanity
It’s not worth a degree!
Fu(k You, University
Fu(k You, University
Fu(k You, University
Demand an alternative!!
Demand an alternative!!

(c) ABORT SCENE

(More available at the Libertarian Music Archive)

"Heartless Bloody Victims" lyrics by The Yellow Day Brigade

2007-10-28T22:30:00.000-07:00

“Heartless Bloody Victims”

You’re a one-line cry about the other side You’re a fender-lender lie; multiply to divide You’re the same scam-game that you’ll make them play Harass about selling out, but you’re to blame!

Have you paid your tax today? You’re a pimp, you’re a whore, you’re a “saint”!

Heartless… Bloody… Victims… Try me!

It’s time you knew, time your bullshit’s through “Responsible”? You? Don’t assume what’s true! You lead a group-think, roller-rink mentality That’s why it’s never getting better. Getting better? No, only harder to breathe!

Why do they want to please you? Take a guess, take a guess who’s gonna police you!

Heartless Bloody Victims’ Tyranny!

Tyranny…Tyranny…TYRANNY!

(c) The Yellow Day Brigade

(More available at the Libertarian Music Archive)

"Stop Kidding Yourself" lyrics by The Yellow Day Brigade

2007-10-28T22:27:00.000-07:00

“Stop Kidding Yourself”

Stop kidding yourself…

You like being part of their scheme Another pawn in the game We’re up for grabs, if you haven’t heard And so it seems we’re all just soldiers

Are you ready? They’ll say:

Die On Command – call it a righteous stand Die On Command – wear the official brand Die On Command – the blood soaks your hands

Take a long look at who’s giving the orders. This is not what you want.

You fake it like it is. This is not what you want. You can do better than this. Die for them, and you won’t. You wouldn’t know what to do. You don’t know what to do. We’re all too far-removed. May never do it, THOUGH WE CAN!

(c) The Yellow Day Brigade and ABORT SCENE

(More available at the Libertarian Music Archive)

Stop The Violence lyrics by The Yellow Day Brigade

2007-10-28T22:23:00.001-07:00

Stop The Violence – I denounce aggression, but you display your passion. I speak out against violence and the fear it creates. Those same called “progressive” are an aggressive collective of left-wing statist thieves on a demographic chase. They lay it all to waste! The Left cites “non-violence” but propagates silence as their own hordes pillage with no good defense! I forgive you, since I understand ignorance. Some of us cling to that last shred of innocence… Non-Aggression is the way! Hey! Stop the violence! Stop the violence! Stop the violence!!

(c) The Yellow Day Brigade

(Check out more at the Libertarian Music Archive)

Focus on Restitution - lyrics by The Yellow Day Brigade

2007-10-28T22:16:00.000-07:00

Focus on Restitution – Focus on restitution: What they took; give it back! Not statist incarceration. No, I’m talking tit for tat. You know, that’s how it used to be. They would make the victim whole. But now it’s all state-aggrandizing, propagandizing, dehumanizing effort to take it all! The legal cartel’s pockets swell, opportunity cost in a rotting cell, and for all the talk of “victims” he’s been forgotten! Forgotten! Forgotten! Focus on restitution.

(c) The Yellow Day Brigade

(Check out more at the Libertarian Music Archive)

Check out Music_76

2007-08-09T15:35:00.000-07:00

Check out Music_76 at myspace.com/music_76

They have a great collection of conservative and libertarian band links.

Opening the Door to a Real and Necessary Alternative

2007-05-14T20:12:00.000-07:00

The college campus is a magnet for “crazies” of all types and ages. Unfortunately, so are popular and “alternative” music.

Passionate, idealistic people in music tend to have a romantic view of leftist politics for some reason (ask the leftist marketing department). I think a real alternative is necessary and should be welcomed…

We need more right-oriented, paleoconservative and libertarian artists. I, for one, am helping to provide a platform for them. PhoenixHeart Records & Media started in C-U. Now specializing in paleolibertarian, paleoconservative, and apolitical music/media, it is also publishing the new (maga)zine RATIONALHARDCORE TIMES, maintains a LIBERTARIAN MUSIC ARCHIVE listing existing libertarian bands for fans and other bands to use when making mix cds or setlists, and is the central reference point for the RATIONALHARDCORE (essentially libertarian hardcore) MOVEMENT.

In 2004, CONSERVATIVE PUNK made headlines (and the Daily Show with John Stewart) with its attempt to explain that there have always been “conservative”, “right-wing”, and libertarian people and elements at all levels of the punk scene(s). Contrary to the nastier leftists out there, they weren’t “nazis”. A prominent example, Johnny Ramone (perhaps the most influential punk guitarist?) was a Republican. Sadly, Conservative Punk appears to have declined. We’re still waiting for Counter-Revolution Records…

I know personally that much of what attracted me to punk/hardcore was the implicit libertarian nature of it. (Go online to read Todd A’s article, PUNKROCK=CAPITALISM) Punk has always had a bit of immature confusion about it, and the growing popularity of most things punk has only magnified this confusion to fit the masses. My own growing discontent concerning this has led me to promote a rational approach to understanding what punk is in place of the popular empirical approach. The result, the real and necessary alternative, is the RATIONALHARDCORE MOVEMENT.

Rationalhardcore's 3-part mission: 1) rational approach to what punk/hardcore is (see “A Rational Look at Punk Ideology” – Rationalhardcore Times) 2) rational application of Non-Aggression Axiom in art, music, and action 3) find previous rationalhardcore-consistent art/artists and spread the message

At rationalhardcore times, we will focus primarily on paleoconservative, paleolibertarian, libertarian, conservative(punk?), rationalhardcore, and apolitical artists in our reviews. I have no desire to help the leftist cause or artists promoting leftism. I would also like to address and explore whatever reputations right-oriented groups may have in the punk & indie communities.

I imagine this article may be met with disgust and/or a call for balance. Everyone wants to balance crime and Justice, right?!?!

I believe there is a group of people in the punk/indie scenes that is silently yearning for this, and some of them may not even know it yet.

For more information on PhoenixHeart Records & Media and the Rationalhardcore Movement, visit www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com .

ABORT SCENE - 'Stop The Violence'

2007-05-14T20:10:00.000-07:00

The Industrialized Rationalhardcore project ABORT SCENE (formerly The YDB) has released a cd with 25 songs from 3 eps: ‘College=MTV’ (9 songs in 7.5 minutes, including a Minor Threat cover and a Bad Brains cover), ‘If You Want Peace (Stop The War At Home)’, and a collection of 11 songs culled from The YDB’s 40-song / 80– minute ’rationalhardcore double-album’ to be retained for ABORT SCENE purposes. The new album, called ‘STOP THE VIOLENCE’, is available at C.V. Lloyd’s guitar shop and on
www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com .

Payola is OK

2007-05-14T20:08:00.000-07:00

I hear people in the “indie” scene complain about payola. I think this probably has root in the fact that small bands and labels often do not have the resources to compete in the payola game. Would they if they could? They probably should. There is nothing inherently wrong with paying a radio station to play your music. It is voluntary exchange between two parties. It can be considered the same as advertising. However, payola has wrongly been made illegal.

Major label pop music is notoriously terrible for the most part, and many would rather hear their favorite “indie” artists (often terrible in their own ways) in the place of the majors. Some people (even in high places) try to frame the issue as a matter of competition among artists so the best artist gets played, making payola look like cheating. However, that is not the issue at all. The station is not responsible to listeners to play what they will like. The real issue is the radio station’s bottom line.

Competition occurs behind the scenes (though in many cases quite visibly, given the music press), and it is probably in the best interest of the station to put the best songs (however subjective such a designation may be) in rotation because this will theoretically cause more listeners to tune in. This also can enhance the station’s reputation. These listeners hear the advertisements, which helps the station sell more ads and make more money. The station can also make money by selling advertisement to artists by playing their songs for pay. Again, this is simply voluntary exchange between two parties.

Radio play, whether free or paid, is essentially advertisement. This holds true whether the artist’s goal is to sell more records or to promote some cause.

If a radio listener does not like what he hears, he should listen to a different station, buy his own records, go to work for a station that makes its own playlists and get involved, promote his preferred music online, or some other alternative. If an artist wants to be successful (however he may define success), he can choose another alternative approach besides advertising with radio play.

In March 2007, OpeningBands.com posted the following in its news section under the header “Score One For Indie Labels”:

“The FCC is currently finalizing a settlement with four major broadcasting companies over Payola. As part of the agreement, 4 major broadcast companies would pay $12.5 million in fines and provide 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime for independent record labels and local artists. The four companies tentatively named are: Clear Channel Communications Inc., CBS Radio, Entercom Communications Corp. and Citadel Broadcasting Corp.” (the link to the news story no longer works)

Payola’s wrongful illegality aside, it seems very strange that part of the suggested punishment would include providing 8,400 half-hour segments of free airtime to “independent record labels and local artists”. The criminals who advocate for continued payola illegality have essentially paid for advertisement (play) of independent and local artists with the hijacked airtime of these companies. This is clearly a crime, whereas the original payola was not.

These local and independent artists are not necessarily better, so the already flawed “quality competition among artists for listeners’ benefit” argument can be tossed out completely. You have no rights over a station’s playlists anyway.

It would also be interesting to see which artists are selected for these artificially protected, hijacked airtimes. Would the mainstream “independent” acts on large labels that are “independent” only in name be good candidates? Would these mainstream “independents” create unwanted competition for lesser-known artists? This could very well resemble the joke of nineties “alternative” music: Alternative to what!?!

Independent music fans, the government, and the general public need to carefully consider the injustices of payola illegality and the proposed (false) restitution for such non-crimes.
The following articles have influenced the above article, and provide additional related information (Strongly recommended!):

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/frazier1.html

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rozeff/rozeff46.html

Check out GUTTERMOUTH!!!!!

2007-05-14T20:06:00.001-07:00

Guttermouth’s Anti-PC humor has paved the way for other artists with the clear perspective that there is almost nothing right in the homogenized, mainstream/leftist-friendly “punk” scene(s). Check out their 1995 album, ‘Friendly People’ for a taste of the ardently un-PC !!

Guttermouth's Website

Go to www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com

2007-05-14T20:05:00.000-07:00

Rationalhardcore:
“finally setting the punks straight!”

Go to www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com for:

1) Libertarian Music/Lyrics Archive
2) Virtual Venue for Concert Videos / Music Videos
3) ONLINE STORE for RATIONALHARDCORE albums, libertarian & conservative books, and other media.

SEEKING ARTISTS! SEEKING WRITERS!

Featured rationalhardcore lyrics: "Public Assistance"

2007-05-14T20:04:00.000-07:00

Featured CLASSIC Rationalhardcore Lyrics: “PUBLIC ASSISTANCE” by AGNOSTIC FRONT (Album: ‘Cause For Alarm’):

You spend your life on welfare lines Or looking for handouts Why don’t you go find a job You birth more kids to up your checks So you can buy more drugs Cash in food stamps and get drunk

Uncle Sam takes half my pay So you can live for free I got a family and bills to pay No one hands money to me You can go to school for nothing Got that government grant Get money in advance When you’re sick from shooting up Medicaid pays full portion When little Maria gets knocked up She gets a free abortion

How come it’s minorities who cry Things are too tough On TV with their gold chains Claim they don’t have enough I say make them clean the sewers Don’t take no resistance If they don’t like it go to hell And cut their public assistance

Conservative Punk review: The FlipFloppers

2007-05-14T20:00:00.000-07:00

The FlipFloppers
(Purevolume songs 2-1-07)
www.purevolume.com/theflipfloppers
1. Michael Moron
2. Hanoi John
3. Ballad of Dick Cheney

(Until the Rationalhardcore and Conservative Punk CDs come pouring in, we’ll settle for Purevolume.com accounts that have the feel of a “complete” demo CD. The FlipFloppers are a good example.)

The FlipFloppers offer an oldschool-styled punk/hardcore sound with programmed drums and song titles like “Michael Moron”, “Hanoi John”, & “The Ballad of Dick Cheney”. These Conservative Punks are ‘Crush Kerry Compilation’ alumni, and “Hanoi John” was included on that disc. They deliver their critical messages with a sense of humor, and the metronome that begins each song makes this metallic punk duo all the more endearing.

“Michael Moron” is the most intense song of the three, featuring alternating vocals and a heavy metal riff in all transitions. The quick chorus part ends with “Michael Moron has brainwashed you”. Michael Moore is certainly a fitting subject for a punk rock song. “Hanoi John” moves the crosshairs to the next obvious target, this time with more focus on the beat. The pre-chorus pickscrape gets you all geared up for the almost Big Black – reminiscent awkward beat that follows. “Ballad of Dick Cheney” is one of those songs that builds slowly and has little or nothing to offer when you get to the peak. It’s like a crappy waterslide with a long line, or maybe a campus bar. “Ballad” works in the context of the other songs because it is different, but it is nothing special.

The FlipFloppers could move on to other subject matter. Their current approach of telling political celebrities to shut up and go away results in songs with which people can identify, but probably only for as long as it takes to change the channel. Still, I enjoy their songs and I appreciate their fidelity to a 1980s punk rock sound. Conservative punk bands would do well to model themselves after The FlipFloppers when starting out. I would like to hear more from this band soon.

Featured rationalhardcore lyrics

2007-05-14T19:59:00.001-07:00

"Taxation is Theft” (The YDB) - If you pay a tax, I’ll tell you what you do / It’s called involuntary servitude / Don’t try to tell me that it’s necessary / We’ll find a way to do it voluntarily / and in a way that won’t support slavery / They take your property at gunpoint / Freedom’s what you pay! / Taxation Is Theft! Taxation Is Theft!

© 2006 The Yellow Day Brigade
From the album, ‘Taxation is Theft’ - Non-Aggression Records

Rationalhardcore... finally setting the "punks" straight!

2007-05-14T19:57:00.000-07:00

Rationalhardcore is: hardcore music/culture consistent with the Non-Aggression Axiom: "It shall be legal for one to do whatever he chooses so long as he does not aggress (initiate or threaten violence/force) upon another person's life, liberty, or property". Rationalhardcore tends toward paleolibertarianism and anarcho-capitalism.

2007-05-14T19:53:00.000-07:00

Wikipedia says of punk ideology:
[Punk ideology is concerned with the individual's intrinsic right to freedom, and a less restricted lifestyle. Punk ethics espouse the role of personal choice in the development of, and pursuit of, greater freedom. Common punk ethics include a radical rejection of conformity, the DIY (Do It Yourself) ethic, direct action for political change, and not selling out to mainstream interests for personal gain.]

Few people who identify as “punks” would disagree with the above statement, but strangely, just as few are willing to admit libertarianism and pure capitalism are
what allow one to pursue these punk goals. I am talking about the ability to act freely and to do with one’s resources as one chooses.

To add injury to insult, leftist politics actually hinder one’s ability to pursue the stated goals of “punk ideology”. One has less ability to do as he chooses when he and his resources are tied up in forced group goals. One’s hard-earned money is stolen and treated as if it naturally belongs to the government, then is spent on several things that person may actually be against. Not only is this not freedom, but it is slavery toward the creation of worse conditions for the slave. What if this slave was freed and allowed to either keep and save his money or pool it with like-minded individuals as he chooses? It is worth noting in passing that many causes of the leftist/mainstream variety are poorly conceived or even meant to reinforce slavery and prevent freedom. This is where punk ideology’s supposed “radical rejection of conformity” should spark some original thought to analyze and criticize the effects and intentions of such popular causes and forced policies.

DIY, or “Do It Yourself”, is about the creative use of one’s resources. It also means being willing to try to do things in a new way when conforming to the established mainstream pattern is less appealing but perhaps more socially acceptable/expectable.

Anarchy is the absence of rulers/government. True anarchy is pure libertarianism. Many call themselves “anarchists” for dramatic effect, when they are usually variations of radical socialists who would tear down current government for the purpose of placing their preferred coercive government in its place. True anarchy (sometimes called “anarcho-capitalism” or “private property anarchy”) and libertarianism are about making most or all things voluntary. In a true anarchist environment, if one believes in socialism, he may find other socialist volunteers to form a socialist group that does not force itself upon those who want no part in that group’s actions. Others may avoid socialism and government altogether. The point is the voluntary nature of these actions. It all comes down to the Non-Aggression Axiom.

With the libertarian implications of punk ideology’s goals in mind, “selling out” to mainstream interests for personal gain could mean either compromising one’s libertarian approach or, arguably, taking an opportunity for personal gain at the expense of the libertarian cause (which is a cause that promotes true justice). The actions taken by punks themselves can come into play when a voluntary shift in resources can lead to greater liberty for oneself or for others.

Libertarianism and anarcho-capitalism lead to fewer or no government-created “laws”, but it does not mean “might makes right”. Actually, “might makes right” is characteristic of the mob or gang mentality inherent in democratic and/or socialist government. Instances involving trespass upon another person’s life, liberty, or property are still identified. As Butler Schaeffer has noted, most of what people do when interacting in the current state of affairs is an anarchistic expression. In a more libertarian society, we could live much as we do now, but with more freedom and without the excessive rules and unjust force exercised on us by a collective that has the might to do so … a group that happens to call itself the state. Shrinking government and its power gets us closer to that society.

Punk ideology’s goals can only be fulfilled through libertarianism.

Bono wants your money! YOUR VOICE won't help you when they come for your earnings!!

2007-05-14T19:52:00.000-07:00

He’s everywhere, and each time more annoying than the last. Bono and other celebrities have been featured on television commercials where the message is, “We don’t want your money. We want your voice”. They’re lying through their teeth! The voice they want is one that says they can take the money of hard-working Americans and ship it off to far-away causes. That money is theoretically supposed to be used for the benefit of the taxpayers who had it taken from them. Bono and company are trying to cover up their injustice by making it feel like charity. Taxation is theft, and redirection of stolen money is not charity.

Just say NO to Bono!
(We may think of more
reasons next time!!!)

Metallica, Bootleg Demos, and Napster...

2007-05-14T19:51:00.000-07:00

I am tired of people ripping on Metallica for opposing Napster. Metallica gained popularity and success from bootlegging, but it was bootlegging that they encouraged. In albums since their early demo and first record, their promotion emphasis shifted toward direct and retail album/merch sales and away from fan-to-fan bootleg promotion. The bottom line is that there came a time when Metallica was no longer offering its works for free distribution. Fans should have to buy the albums from Metallica. Napster is bootleg distribution without permission. Metallica was right. If they choose to give away some of their works for free, they still have that choice. If you decide to give some of your works away for free, you have that choice.

[ In related news, Dexter Holland of The Offspring and Nitro Records has now come forward and admitted his former pro-Napster stance was wrong. Score one for artists’ property rights! ]

Review of TSOL first EP from 1981

2007-05-14T19:48:00.000-07:00

Jack Grisham, singer/frontman for seminal Southern California Punk/Goth/Hardcore band TSOL (True Sounds Of Liberty), has been known to make statements such as “Thomas Jefferson was punk: He said there should be a revolution every hundred years to insure liberty” … It makes TSOL seem like a perfect libertarian punk band, but there have been TSOL songs (“Property is Theft”, which served as partial inspiration for the proposed replacement “Taxation is Theft” by The YDB) and Grisham campaigns for political office (lost to Arnold Schwarzenhowdyaspellit) that may lead us to a different conclusion. On their self-titled 1981 first release, TSOL is 4 for 5 (or 5 for 6, depending on how you’re counting).
Superficial Love – Property is Theft –No Way Out - Abolish Government / Silent Majority – World War 3
“Superficial Love” is a great opener, which parallels forced conscription and perhaps taxation in the name of “freedom” to a personal relationship or even one-night-stand where one’s only interest in another is sex … labeled as “love”. It’s a powerful metaphor, and the song ends with “President Reagan can shove it!”… We can get into discussions of “The Real Reagan” and “Reagan-bashing as a punk pastime” in a later issue. “Property is Theft” is the oddball socialist song on an anarchist album. While the way in which property comes to be recognized as such can be an issue for debate, the property principle is probably the central building block in anarchist thought. The desperate “No Way Out” is the least interesting song on the album, but it is fast enough a hardcore song to be worth the listen. “Abolish Government / Silent Majority” is two songs pushed together, and it is the crowning achievement of TSOL’s first release. Many great riffs (with a little bit of groove, a little bit of thrash, and little bit of widdly-diddly lead work) and three major movements make up this song, the middle being an upbeat anti-military march speed-rap. A little rough around the edges, but Grisham makes a halfway-decent case for why everyday people (the “silent majority”) should oppose government and the conformist mentalities that allow it to remain standing. “World War 3” says that in the third world war, “we’re the victims”. One to use excessive make-up like an undead new romantic dandy or even wear dresses on stage, Grisham’s trademark faux british accent would turn to more of a theatrical “Edgar Allen Poe” style to express the expected dark poetic messages on later releases. This album was TSOL in their most purely hardcore/punk form. Desperate warnings from alienated youths who might know a thing or two about something. Today’s bands need to learn a thing or two. They did it better in 1981.
The members of TSOL are parting ways (probably for the last time) this winter, but their recent song, “Politics” expresses hatred for politics, rules and regulations”. It seems they may have gotten it right in the end.

Featured rationalhardcore lyrics

2007-05-14T19:47:00.000-07:00

The Y.D.B.’s (now ABORT SCENE's) “Stop The Violence” lyrics (c) – I denounce aggression, but you display your passion. I speak out against violence and the fear it creates. Those same called “progressive” are an aggressive collective of left-wing statist thieves on a demographic chase. They lay it all to waste! The Left cites “non-violence” but propagates silence as their own hordes pillage with no good defense! I forgive you, since I understand ignorance. Some of us cling to that last shred of innocence… Non-Aggression is the way! Hey! Stop the violence! Stop the violence!!”

2007-01-06T12:46:00.000-08:00

Go to www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com for all new updates from rationalhardcore times and rationalhardcore.blogspot.com.

We may update this blog occasionally, but our new magazine (rationalhardcore times) is now scanned and posted at the website above. We were going to be a quarterly magazine, but it looks like it will be published more often. You can support rationalhardcore times by purchasing items on the right side of the magazine page, or by purchasing items at the PhoenixHeart Store. The address you need to remember is www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com .

Thank You!

- rationalhardcore times Staff

RATIONALHARDCORE TIMES and RATIONALHARDCORE / LIBERTARIAN MUSIC ARCHIVE launched!

2006-12-03T13:56:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's been a while since we've had an update on this site. That's because rationalhardcore.blogspot.com has a new print and online magazine: RATIONALHARDCORE TIMES !
http://www.angelfire.com/indie/phoenixheart/rationalhardcoretimes.html

We have also been busy putting together the beginnings of THE RATIONALHARDCORE & LIBERTARIAN MUSIC ARCHIVE at http://www.angelfire.com/indie/phoenixheart/rationalhardcorearchive.html . This is a great resource for bands who want to cover libertarian songs, and it is also a place to get ideas for libertarian mix CDs. Each artist's libertarian songs are posted under the band name, and lyrics are posted as we find them. We will start linking to band websites and other music sources in time. Please submit libertarian songs and artists as you find them... You can email PhoenixHeart, or you can post them in PhoenixHeart Records' forums. http://www.PhoenixHeartRecords.com

It is also worth noting THE YELLOW DAY BRIGADE has released a great new 23-track rationalhardcore album called 'Taxation is Theft'. Check out some of the songs at http://www.angelfire.com/indie/phoenixheart/theyellowdaybrigade.html .

ROCK FOR NON-AGGRESSION! (Yes, this libertarian compilation CD is still in progress! We encourage you to submit your songs to the ARCHIVE linked above, and you can cover some of the songs already listed if you're having writer's block!)

-rationalhardcore times & rationalhardcore.blogspot.com Staff

Foundations of Rationalhardcore

2006-02-24T15:41:00.000-08:00

FOUNDATIONS OF RATIONALHARDCORE

What do you have to be mad about?
- by Cecil Cameron -

Rationalhardcore Is…

Rationalhardcore is a music and a “culture” based on the Non-Aggression Axiom (or an approximation thereof) and influenced/inspired by punk & hardcore music/”culture”. Rationalhardcore is actually hardcore (punk) in its truest form. The Non-Aggression Axiom, which is the foundation of Justice (not concerning Morality), states “It shall be legal for an individual human being to do whatever he chooses, so long as he does not aggress (initiate violence or the threat of violence) against another human being’s life, property, or person”. The logical extensions of this rule do not contradict each other, and are the basis of True Justice.

Private property, including self-ownership, is central to rationalhardcore and the freedom it promotes/protects. One cannot initiate force, but may act in self-defense.

So what do you have to be mad about? Consider your concerns within the frame of the Non-Aggression Axiom, and this will become clear. You cannot justly force others to do things, but you may encourage them to voluntarily do things. Individuals exist, and “groups” are only abbreviations of several people with one or more similar trait(s). All actions must be understood in terms of individual voluntary human actions. In cases where voluntary actions were not allowed (involuntary actions were forced), crime has been done. The ability to persuade becomes key, as force is not a legitimate choice.

That much of punk was anti-culture is directly related to the imperfection of human beings and the cultures they create. Rationalhardcore seeks to understand and present this truth as it is. Relativism is wrong, and only serves as a temporary excuse for those who are confused. Whatever culture or situation one is born into, Right is Right and Wrong is Wrong. Those that appear to be “Grey Areas” require discriminating minds to dissect and analyze from a truly principled (Just and Moral) point of view.

With all of the above given, it should be clear that the only things for which one can work are those respecting the principles outlined above. Things like forced monetary redistribution, forced employment/benefits, imaginary “rights” not tied to the Non-Aggression Axiom, et cetera cannot be tolerated because they amount to a mockery of Justice. Morally right/wrong actions can be encouraged/discouraged by voluntary action(s). Persuasive communication with respect for the Non-Aggression Axiom allows individuals to decide for themselves what individual human actions they will exercise.

Media and culture steeped in leftist/socialist/statist thought do not deserve to exist. Their worth is small or negative, as they cause people to stray from the Truth. Violence/Force is their mantra. They essentially encourage guns to be put to the heads of individuals, with the purpose of forcing those individuals to involuntarily do what others want. It is a system of duress. Music and art that have some qualities outside of “political” relevance can be appreciated for those properties, but it must be understood their negative political properties cancel out any worth they would have had in sum. They usually reinforce some form of institutional theft, which is injustice in itself. Other injustices and immoralities are encouraged when institutional theft is reinforced. If excellence is a goal of art, then such attempts have failed. Their preservation causes others to fail, and the cycle continues. A healthy alternative to such “art” and media must be maintained.

The real hardcore alternative to the leftist/socialist/statist “art” described above is rationalhardcore with strong fidelity to the Non-Aggression Axiom. Music/Art/Media inspired by such rationalhardcore can likewise be seen as an excellent alternative. Musical tastes, methods, and combinations are like many streams running from the rationalhardcore spring. While the rationalhardcore spring is clean, the filth of the leftist/socialist/statist/(mainstream) source pollutes all that runs from it. Punk and Hardcore are regularly (mis)understood to be based in the leftist/socialist/statist traditions, but any artists who believed or preached such things were confused (like many in society) and not representative of the Excellence or Purity for which Hardcore truly strives. Therefore, such a person is not representative of hardcore (in its purest form).

Non-Aggression Records LINK

PhoenixHeartRecords.com

YDB Records releases ABORT SCENE ep

2005-11-17T17:10:00.000-08:00

YDB Records has released ABORT SCENE's 3-song (acoustic) rationalhardcore ep. Think old Circle Jerks, Black Flag, etc.
Story here: http://phoenixheartpress.blogspot.com/2005/11/abort-scene-ep-released.html

PUNK ROCK = CAPITALISM

2005-11-12T19:48:00.000-08:00

http://todd-a.com/?p=297#more-297

Todd A. has republished his famous essay on PUNK ROCK = CAPITALISM at a new address: http://todd-a.com/?p=297#more-297

This is one of the best articles on the subject. Not to be missed!

"Media Blitz" by The Germs is rationalhardcore-consistent.

2005-10-13T17:42:00.000-07:00

http://www.suburbias.com/punk/germs/ly/lymedia.htm

MEDIA BLITZ
( 1:30 )
I've got television
I've got supervision
No decisons for you
Media blitz-media Blitz
Immediate hits-we rule

Don't steal your eyes off the TV screen
Can you realize we're what we've seen
Take an injection from the mad machine

Don't read the papers read between the lines
We're vision rapers and we seed the signs
You'll play your part in the master mind

We feed the science
We deal in riots
We play by ideal time
We're a gov'ment fix
All social convicts
Watch the idle rhymes

Chorus

Bleed your heart out-that's all it's worth
Before you ever start-we planned it first
Forget the truth-accept your curse

Another rationalhardcore-consistent TSOL song: "Superficial Love"

2005-10-13T17:35:00.000-07:00

www.truesoundsofliberty.com

"Superficial Love"

Superficial love only for a f**k
But love is incest and it's only for a f**k
To the guys provided free
Peace time, war time, come to get me

All die for this land some over seas
I live for the summons, to serve my country
Army, Navy, Air Force or jail
But that's the American way what it is to be free
If that's what they call freedom it's not for me

rationalhardcore-consistent lyrics: TSOL - "Abolish Government / Silent Majority"

2005-10-13T17:05:00.000-07:00

www.truesoundsofliberty.com

Abolish Government/Silent Majority
T.s.o.l. (Tsol / Weathered Statues)

Abolish government
There's nothing to it
Forget about God [sic!]
He's not here to see [sic!]
We live by our system
Our perfect mold
People serving people who are poor and old
Lives are spent on the ladder of success
Looking for nothing in this
In this worthless mess
President's a name
President's a label
The highest man on the government table

America Land of the free Free to the power of the people in uniform

People are so blind they just can't see
Send your son to bootcamp Send him off to war
If he comes back he'll be dead and nothing more
Struggle for a land, for a country, for a freedom
All you mindless people looking for someone to lead them

Wake up to the same old s#!t
Live your life to suit their fit
Some people they don't like your hair
Policemen they just don't care
Snipers that want to be
Rifle sites are aimed at me
Wake up silent majority

The government they don't want us here
You folks can't feel that fear
You can walk the streets today
You can walk in your own way
People think that I'm crazy These people just can't see
Wake up silent majority

Live your life
Day by day
Doing everything
That they say
Silent majority
Promote freedom
Let it be heard
Don't forget that its only a word
Silent Majority
When you gunna wake up?

An Old-School "rationalhardcore-consistent" example: The Germs' "Communist Eyes"

2005-10-13T16:40:00.000-07:00

http://www.suburbias.com/punk/germs/ly/lycommunist.htm

COMMUNIST EYES
( 2:13 )
I'm looking through Communist eyes
I'm seeing planes in bloodshot skies
I see the flag of a working people
Who conceal the lies in the stars and sickle
It's a double edge

Communist eyes-- c'mon inside
I can't ever find the way out
Communist eyes-- lost inside
I never get a day out

I'm looking through communist eyes
All I see is an old man's alibi
There's a world outside but I'm unaware
I open my books but the pages stare
It's a double edge

Communist eyes-- all so blind
I can't even play the game now
I'm living through Communist times
I wave my flag and hold my head high
I can feel the glory of my comrades in masses
But I'm waiting for the day when this madness passes

It's a double edge...

Comparing/Contrasting "Classical Straight-Edge" and "Modern Straight-Edge"

2005-09-16T14:43:00.000-07:00

PhoenixHeart Press has published an article discussing how the straight-edge movement has changed into something unintended by its originator Ian MacKaye and Minor Threat. Most important in this is the violence and group-think gang mentality that seems to have enveloped it. This seems to have everything to do with our concerns here. The article discerns between the original "Classical Straight-Edge" and "Modern Straight-Edge". Take a look!

http://phoenixheartpress.blogspot.com/2005/09/classical-straight-edge-versus-modern.html

Articles on Libertarianism, Anarchy, and The State

2005-09-14T15:19:00.000-07:00

For all the talk here about anarchy and such, it would be good to provide some articles. Here is a growing list of articles on the general topic from PhoenixHeart Media's collection. You can browse by TITLE. Those with titles including "anarchy" or "vertical spectrum" are highly recommended, as well as anything by Murray Rothbard. You can always find more like this by way of the links to the right of the page! http://phoenixheartmediatopics.blogspot.com/2005/05/libertarianism-anarchy-state-anti.html

The Yellow Day Brigade's 'Stop Kidding Yourself' - a true rationalhardcore document

2005-09-09T10:30:00.000-07:00

The Yellow Day Brigade is "industrialized" rationalhardcore with a great deal of "old school" influence in its sound. 3 mp3s ("It", "No Response", and "Heartless Bloody Victims") are currently available at its website for YDB Records, http://ydbrecords.blogspot.com/

The album has 18 songs, and YDB Records has more Libertarian/Paleoconservative music on the way. 'Stop Kidding Yourself' could be considered the first "official" rationalhardcore album (though there were bits of what we call rationalhardcore throughout most of the history of hc music), and we hope to see more like it.

Antipolitical, yada yada, punk=capitalism=anarchy

2005-07-12T14:24:00.000-07:00

Yes, this site (and the Rational Hardcore Movement) is in fact antipolitical. The "Right-Anarchy" at the top end of the vertical "political" spectrum is by nature antipolitical. Generally, politics is about making decisions for other people, under the assumption that the state should be able to force people to do things. Therefore to support the belief that it shouldn't be able to do so is to be antipolitical.

We want government and politics out of our lives. Politics could be ignored if not for the consequences it forces upon us. To be libertarian or anarchist is to step in the right direction. We seek to clarify what REAL "ANARCHY" is and is not.

In talking about "rational hardcore", we are clarifying what real hardcore punk logically implies. This rational hardcore base can be inspiration for those that do not deal exclusively with the nature of rational hardcore itself. As previously stated, we want to live our lives without governmental/political intervention. It is really a matter of getting the assumptions straightened out, which we have shown to be necessary. We hope you find our site interesting and educational. Perhaps it will even move you to join or support the Rational Hardcore Movement in some capacity. Thank You.

http://todd-a.com/?p=297#more-297 PUNK ROCK = CAPITALISM by Todd A. (highly recommended)

Cecil Cameron on the Rational Hardcore Movement

2005-06-17T08:58:00.000-07:00

The Logical Implications of Real Hardcore Punk – misunderstood by the majority of the masses wearing its mark
- by Cecil Cameron

Why have I abandoned much of the current local/regional/national “scene” of “indie” and “punk” music? Simply because it is not what it claims to be, and does not aim for what it should be striving for. The masses’ lack of understanding of “punk” and “indie” have finally come to define the genre, approach, and movement, despite true hardcore punk’s role as (ideally) a voice of Reason in the face of alienation. After the original punk, often seen as fake and image-conscious, was bought out and sold with skinny ties by major record labels, the strongly DIY hardcore punk (later truncated to “hardcore”) was created as a purer version of punk that was so loud, fast, and noisy that no major would ever be interested in it. This is largely an attempt to retain autonomy (though the music certainly rocks).

In the year 2005, “hardcore” is the base of many major labels’ trendy marketing approaches, despite the shiny products marketed and sold under the name. This amounts to a sort of bait-and-switch at the level of the major label: the trendy “punk” kids have been told by those with “cred” that they should respect “hardcore”, so the majors use the name to appease the trendies, who don’t know the difference. Nevermind the fact that real “cred” is many separations away, if not nonexistent.

The real hardcore punks, particularly those who have followed its capitalist/libertarian/anarchist logical implications, are now alienated by those claiming indie/hardcore/punk “status”. This alienation has not been recognized because the signs of punk have been co-opted by the masses. The weakness of punk/DIY has been that anyone can do it, and when projected onto the masses, the Truth is alienated beyond the point of recognition. This is parallel to “democracy” as the tyranny of the many (wrong) over the few (right). The lone voice of truth is drowned out by those wearing its mark.

The “liberal” (socialist) media companies that love to dumb down the public to make room for leftist agendas have succeeded in doing just that by taking the bite out of “punk”, a phenomenon that has been largely confused and unrefined since its beginnings. Punk exists because there was confusion, and individuals rose up to show that they had a voice and could make their own media (DIY). However, the environment of confusion that often haunts the human condition affected the punk movement against the efforts of the best and brightest to use reason to show just why “everything sucks”. “Punk” continued on as it does today with a confused sense of self, but this confusion is now exacerbated by the mass-level integration of “punk” and its popular reactions to world events. Today, the popular mass “punk” movement is in bed with (extreme) leftism.

The very human condition is sometimes said to be most purely communicated in the hardcore experience. The rush and energy of the music gives a sense of mowing all the bullsh!t down and burning it behind, toward connection with a feeling of Truth. The major downfall in this appears to be that the effect is a feeling of Truth, not the thought of Truth.

Note that leftists often rely on feelings of mass democracy (this is inherently deceptive), whereas the libertarian/right uses rational thought as its prime tool. Truth, it turns out, entails capitalism and a yearning for Anarchy. The rational explanation of what is described here is provided by the body of thought expressed in this website’s accompanying articles and sponsored links. Essays, articles, and books can elaborate beyond the scope of songs and bumper stickers, while clearly laying the ground work for a more thoroughly explicit depiction of Truth. There will be no coercion; no use of aggressive, violent force. The only proper use of violence is defense of life and property. There will be a call for voluntary choices in the place of statist duress. I invite you to break from the socialist hive. Join me in this effort to clarify the path of the individual – the path of Truth.

Cecil Cameron discusses youth, naive disinterest, and punk

2005-06-17T08:54:00.000-07:00

Naïve Disinterest & Nihilism
Roles in the development of “punk” youths into adulthood
- by Cecil Cameron

The idea was to leave behind the problems of mainstream society as unnecessary baggage. “If you’ve got a problem, the problem is you!”-Sex Pistols. To the youth, not yet immersed in the world of adult issues, the chance to shrug it all off seems very inviting.

These issues seem “stupid” to the youth, and we often find this to be accurate as we get older. Naïve disinterest and nihilism can be an initially legit response. A “golden rule” approach to situations is allowed to thrive in most cases for the youth, before government coercion and idiotic “adult” issues raise their heads and prevent this approach by the introduction of coercion and conflict. A youth who sees this “adult” world threatening his future will react in a way that allows him the comfort level he requires. This may very well include the disinterest and nihilism that have long been part of real punk (corrupting hippie elements have increasingly invaded much of the punk base, and these elements must be diagnosed and treated as such). This is all tied together with overflowing naivety.

The youth wants a clean slate. And such a youth may be right in many ways, though he does not yet appreciate the extent to which he is – because he has not experienced the full shock of taking on and living within adult mainstream society. He is innocent and naïve, he does not like excessive rules, seeks to be an individual despite the trends and so-called “group identities” he is (perhaps unhappily) bound to, and he may have some undeveloped interest in Anarchy (the absence of government/rulers, though often falsely associated with chaotic violence and suffering). He may actually harbor many strikingly intelligent thoughts that simply need developing.

This naïve youth will ultimately find his life is affected by government coercion in increasing ways as he steps further from the protective shell of youth. Government coercion forces the youth to become involved, effectively eliminating his old strategy as a choice. This amounts to a personal injustice (resulting from greater, more widespread coercive injustice), against the principles of the golden rule. If his pure initial reactions are retained, he will find himself increasingly drawn to the Conservative (in the real, original sense of the word – see Murray Rothbard’s ‘Life and Death of the Old Right’), Libertarian, and perhaps Anarchist bodies of thought. His individualist mindset, dislike for excessive rules, and interest in “Anarchy” are buds from which a complex but elegantly organized rose of a Paleolibertarian or Paleoconservative theorist may bloom…

…Unless, of course, he is distracted and led astray by others with sick, selfish, and ultimately confused motives toward the path where one becomes a (socialist) “liberal”. These intellectual sirens beckon, and many fall prey, but some can eventually “right” their ways… The leftism that has taken over the “punk” movement has turned it into something that real punk is not, but that is a topic for another discussion. By now, it should be clear we are dealing with an individual and his relationship with society. The hope for him and those in a similar predicament lies in creating a world conducive to the promotion of paleolibertarian thought.

And so, naïve disinterest and nihilism are replaced with vigilance, active interest, and wisdom … on The Right!

Robert Jones says don't be a mohawked hippie

2005-06-16T19:05:00.000-07:00

Robert Jones is vaguely "on the right", without dropping many hints of his specific beliefs. He does give some good points ...

His last question is:
To those who ask "How can conservatism be punk?", I reply: "What could be more punk than conservatism?"

The answer is "PaleoConservatives, Libertarians, and Anarchists".
Enjoy. http://www.conservativepunk.com/ColumnItem.asp?reviewId=18

Michale Graves on leftist warping of "punk"

2005-06-16T18:45:00.000-07:00

Michale Graves could almost be considered a CONSERVATIVE in the original, true sense of the word. Here he does what a Conservative would do: Say what punk rock IS NOT. He speaks more of the leftist corrupting of America. He does not appear to be in a position to go into talk of libertarianism and anarchy, but he does a good job of touching the surface of some real problems. Thank you, Mr. Graves.

http://www.conservativepunk.com/ColumnItem.asp?reviewId=4

Pat Kim is a Libertarian Punk

2005-06-16T18:33:00.000-07:00

Pat Kim makes a few mistakes in this article, such as confusing the government (the state) with the country (a geographical place). He also calls government a necessary evil. It is actually an unnecessary evil. He also calls himself a "hawk" and supports war in some cases... We truly appreciate his efforts, though. Some good points that many punks need to hear. Thanks Pat !!

http://www.conservativepunk.com/ColumnItem.asp?reviewId=1

Dave Smalley on Punk Rock & Gonzo Conservatives

2005-06-16T18:22:00.000-07:00

Dave Smalley may give a little too much credit to the "ideological diversity" idea, but he's arguing in the direction of small government... and this can be extended toward Anarchy (in which ideological diversity can be more acceptable given respect for an anarchist base).

http://www.conservativepunk.com/ColumnItem.asp?reviewId=8

Punk Rock = CAPITALISM by Todd A.

2005-06-16T17:58:00.000-07:00

That's right. If you don't agree, I dare you to read this article. And if you do agree, ooh, I dare you too!

http://todd-a.com/?p=297#more-297

This is one of the best articles on the subject. Thanks Todd A. !!

Rational Hardcore

2005-06-06T12:11:00.000-07:00

Sick of mind-numbing emotional appeals in hc/punk music? Tired of the mainstream appeals of so-called "emo" and related genres as of late? Do you like the original hardcore music and the original hardcore approach? Do you recognize the need for tight, clear rational thought in music as well as in society in general?

The socialistic nature of today's "punk rock"/"hardcore" (or is it "pop?" ... whatever you call that stuff) needs to be called out and eliminated. When one boils it all down with reality in mind, hardcore/punk is really about Anarchy (libertarian, capitalist, anti-state). As is the reality of society itself. Hardcore/punk has sometimes been said to be a clear expression of the human condition. This expression can be emotional or rational. The emotional should be treated as such, thoroughly digested without any immediate action. However, emotional hype in society tends toward misguided legislation (often socialist and statist, far from the right-anarchist ideal).

The complexities of hardcore/punk, politics, society, etc are too many to be discussed at once, but we will publish articles and link to sources that explain these things. An understanding of Rothbardian Anarchy and "Right-Libertarian" thought are essential for clear understanding of these things. Such a vantage point will put the media, government, etc in proper perspective.

rationalhardcore.blogspot.com is here to serve these needs.

here are some good links for now...

www.lewrockwell.com News/Opinions/Blog etc on mostly Right-Libertarian thought, dedicated to Murray Rothbard
www.mises.org Ludwig von Mises Institute... Similar content to above link, but heavier reading. Check out the media section.
http://ydbrecords.blogspot.com Libertarian/Conservative record label. Home of The Yellow Day Brigade (Libertarian/Christian industrialized hardcore) and others.

More coming soon.