RockMusicReview.com Showcase

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Rock Music Review will host it's monthly showcase in Muncie, IN on February 23, 2007 at Doc's Music Hall. The showcase features four bands, including Muncie-gone-national band Brazil as well as Muncie/Indy favorites Everything, Now!, Arrah and the Ferns, and Hollis Mason.

Brazil will just be getting off their 3-week tour with Wax On Radio and Forgive Durden in support of their recent release on Immortal Records, "The Philosophy of Velocity". The band has called the event "A show that all subsuquent shows shall be forever measured against."

Everything, Now! will be back from their short hiatus and may make this show the release party for their new album. Arrah and the Ferns will also be joining the lineup, in between touring all over the U.S. in support of their Standard Recording release, "Evan is a Vegan".

Hollis Mason is a new band with familiar faces. This three-piece might be recognized as The Dirty Steps, which was all three members of Hollis Mason with Justin North singing and playing guitar. Ryan Lash (drums) and Nic Lee (voice/guitar) were also in The Loud Reeds.

Tickets at the door will be $7, however presale tickets are available for $5 at Village Green Records and online at http://www.rockmusicreview.com/presale. The show starts at 9pm.

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http://www.myspace.com/arrahandtheferns
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By the way, last month's show with Everthus the Deadbeats, The Elms, Maggie Kubley, and The Honeybear Wild was amazing! Thanks everyone for coming out.

End The War!

First, I think it's important to say that "End the War" is just as much a bumper sticker slogan as "Abortion is Murder" and "Support the Troops". It's more difficult of an issue than you can fit into 3 words. You can't just end war, just like abortion isn't always murder and there are numerous ways to support the troops (my favorite of which is to bring them home).

So how do we end this disaster? We obviously can't just disappear from the region, because we would leave the place in chaos. Not to mention, I KNOW that won't happen. Even after the war is 'over', we will still be there to some extent. In the very least, Halliburton will still be there collecting cash for Iraqi oil.

I think it's a very obvious mistake to escalate the war. It's beyond me that Democrats could win the majority of Congress due to the public's discontent with the war in Iraq (at least the media says so) and this Republican administration decides it's a good idea to escalate the war with more troops and more funding.

Not that funding is a terrible thing. Our troops need protection. But perhaps we should be more specific about such funding. Dropping 12$ Billion in cash onto a war zone is not the best option.

Guardian: How the US sent $12bn in cash to Iraq. And watched it vanish

After thousands of deaths and the largest defense budget of all time, the question on my mind is "what for?"

That's the question the media should focus more on, and focus on it honestly.