Friday December 12, 2003

Sunday November 30, 2003

* Friday – December 12

That’s right we’re back and with one hell of a show. We got a line-up of the best of the best of Ohio Punk for you. The show will kick off down at Bernies around 10 with a killer line-up: Legbone, The Indigents, A Planet for Texas, and Children of Reagan. It doesn’t get much better than this so head down and enjoy the mayhem.

* Mullets & Alcoholics
Hussieskunk.com has put together one hell of a compilation, Mullets & Alcoholics, due out form SFL Records in early December. This is not a comp to miss featuring 34 bands: A Planet For Texas, Blank Fight, Double S, Bullet Treatment, Rise And Shine, Back Door Barbie, Pressure, Blitzkid, Estrume’n’tal, The Narcoleptics x5, I Voted For Kodos, Centsless, Concrete Trampoline, Lame Ducks, For Daylight, The Jackalopes, The Indigents, Children Of Reagan, Large Marge, International Businessmen, Guy Incognito, Downtrodn, The Uppertanks, Lazy American Workers, Millions Of Dead Cops, The Facials, The Honkeys, Nothing Less, My Dad Joe, The Matter, Rockin’ Ryan And The Real Goners, Save Yourself, Bad Habit, US Chaos. The comp will be available from all the bands and Hussieskunk in early December. I think the cost will be around 5 bucks. Can’t get a much better deal than that.

* Goodbye Girlush Figure
After five years the girls have called it quits. Girlush Figure was one of our favorite bands and one of our favorite bands to play shows with and we’re damn sorry to see them end. Good luck to all of you: Squeky, Pigpen, Rita Mae, and former member Sticklet. We are sorry to see you girls go.

* Upcoming Shows (check shows page for more):

Friday December 12
Location: Bernies
Time: 10pm
Line-up: Children of Reagan, Legbone, A Planet for Texas, The Indigents

We are currently booking more so keep checking back…

* You hate us…
Who gives a fuck. To all the nazi skins, national socialists, blood and honor skins, rednecks, angst ridden hot topic skate kids, and asshole harder-core-than-thou kids… THANK YOU for all your death threats, and random typing… it warms our old hearts to see you care so much about us. Coming soon we’ll be adding special features to help you express your hatred of us so keep checking back.

* New Shows Coming Soon
We’re getting ready to start up the booking machine again so expect updates on the show front soon. As of now we’ll be back from our short break on December 12th down at Bernies with Legbone, A Planet for Texas, and another band or two.

* New MP3s now available
We just put up some new studio mp3s that have not been available for a while. You can find them from the Sounds link or directly here.

* T-Shirts are finally here.
After 5 years we finally broke down and got some T-shirts and they fucking kick ass. Professionally screen printing… 2 colors on black shirts… sporting the Reagangram logo. We have M, L, XL, and XXL. They are going for only 10 bucks a piece. Either order them from us here (shipping is only 2.50 any in the US… email us for international rates), or catch up with us at a show and one is yours. We’ll even throw in some stickers and other stuff.

* Stuff to do not yet on the menu
We are constantly adding new parts and things to our site, but it takes us a while to get around to actually adding buttons and stuff for you to get to them. Check out all the parts of the site that are hidden from normal view:

– Children of Reagan Review Everything (new and improved)
– Show Journal
– Reviews of Children of Reagan
– Other Junk

Take a moment and let us know you were here, what you think, what you think of us, anything you want by Signing the Guest Book.

SUPPORT YOUR SCENE

4 Fists of Punk Friday December 8, 2000 – 9:30 p.m.

Sunday December 3, 2000

4 Fists of Punk
Friday December 8, 2000 – 9:30 p.m.
Ruby Tuesday (1978 N Summit St)

Columbus, OH
$4 – 21 and Up

All Punk – All Night
Featuring (In Order of Appearance):

The Indigents (Newcomerstown Ska/Punk)
12 Oz. Rebels (Columbus Punk Rock and Roll)
Children of Reagan (Columbus Old School)
The Bedrockers (Columbus Punk Rock)

This is the first Columbus Punk Initiative show so COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SCENE

Children of Reagan News

Make no plans for December 8, 2000 expect to see the best punk show to hit Columbus in months. Children of Reagan, 12 Oz. Rebels, The Indigents, and The Bedrockers giving you a full force 4-fist slap of adrenaline heavy muther-fucking punk. The show is at Ruby Tuesday (1978 N Summit Ave – down by the OSU Campus) and will start at 9:30 p.m. 21 and Up.

COLUMBUS PUNK – We have decided to start doing our part in restoring the scene here in Columbus and to break down the barriers.. no more elite punk rock bullshit. There are other groups in the area doing the same… Groups like Addition13 and Decade Vintage Clothing have set up D.I.Y. all ages show spaces in the city and are booking national, regional, and local bands in some of the local clubs, we have decided to join their ranks. The Columbus Punk Initiative has a goal to take over the local clubs and fill them with punk shows featuring bands from where ever we can find them. Our first attack is on Ruby Tuesday, better known for its Hippie shows, on Friday 12.8.2000 we have brought together four of the best punk bands in Ohio each displaying a different type of punk. More information on the movement and the scene is coming soon. If you want involved let me know at brian@childrenofreagan.com.

COME OUT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SCENE.

News from the Front Lines of the War on Rights

“Get a License to Talk Law”

Some one told me once that it was great to live in the United States, because at least we have the Freedom of Speech. I call BULLSHIT on that. Freedom to speech? Let’s look at the scoreboard on that… how can we have freedom of speech and have the force that protects our freedoms protesting it. From major media events like the Fraternal Order of Pigs pressuring Ice-T to remove the Body Count song “Cop Killer” to the smaller events that barely make news its all the same. Now Medina, a suburb of Seattle Washington, actually went so far as to pass a law requiring a a permit and a criminal background check to distribute printed information, discuss religious or political beliefs, or seek charitable contributions in the area. Once again they are hiding behind the ever-popular we must protect our children and elderly and to do so we must give up our rights to defend this law. The law has already been challenged in court, but this could lead to a dangerous precedence – a system where only the non-criminals (remember most civil rights leaders where arrested and charged, therefore, criminals in the eyes of the law) can speak freely and then only with a permit. So the government decide they don’t want the queer community to speak, don’t want civil rights leaders to speak, don’t want an opposing political party to speak… easy no permit, no permit = criminal offense, criminal offense = no chance at a future permit. I end where I start – FREE SPEECH IN THE UNITED STATES… BULLSHIT!

Related Articles:

* WA Court Bars Enforcement of Medina’s “Get a License to Talk” Law
* ACLU Challenges “Get a License to Talk” Law

Other Cool Current Stuff on the Web

COPWATCH
Anyone who has seen Children of Reagan probably have heard me start off P.I.G. with “as a friend of mine used to say: Not All Cops are Pigs, but All Cops have a little pig in them”. This group gets with that means. It doesn’t mean that all cops are bad, in fact most of them aren’t. What it does mean is that since all cops are human they have the potential to fuck up and go bad. This group is about citizens policing the police and that helps keep the little pig in all cops from turning them into a full fledge oinker. Check this page out and support CopWatch. Get involved. Even its one rally a year, just telling a friend, even the smallest thing can help.

Fighting Police Abuse
This manual from the ACLU is a must read by everyone. It details what you can do as a community or organization to help fight police brutality.

Police Bust Card
We have been handing these out at shows and feel that everyone should be familiar with the information on this pocket guide to getting arrested. Download this, print it, read it, memorize it, and carry it. Protect yourself from becoming the next victim of policy abuse.

November 3, 2000 – Taste Like Chicken” Name-Change BASH!

Friday November 3, 2000

The Official “Taste Like Chicken” Name-Change BASH!. 4 Bands for 4 Bucks with ALL PROCEEDS going to The Mark Sandman Music Education Fund. The show kicks off at 8pm. Includes: Covered Peters, Sounds of O.Y.y., Second Hand Porn, Children of Reagan.

come out early – we are playing at 8:30 pm

Schedule of Events for the Show:

8-8:30pm – Tastes Like Chicken introduction
8:30- 10:00pm – Children of Reagan
10- 11:30pm – Sounds of O.Y.y.
11:30- 12:30pm – 2nd Hand Porn
12:30- Close – Covered Peters

The Mark Sandman Music Education Fund is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting innovative and creative approaches to music education for children by giving them an opportunity to explore their creative potential in music through mentor programs, lectures, recording workshops, and music lessons. The Fund was created to honor the life and work of musician Mark Sandman, singer and 2-string slide bass player of the band Morphine. For more info: Mark Sandman Music Fund * P.O. Box 382085 Cambridge, MA 02238-9998

More News

• Pictures from our 10/13/2000 show at Ruby Tuesday is up in the Images section
• New MP3s have been added to the MP3 sounds page
• New Featured Song on the main Sounds Page
• New Real Audio has been added to the Real Audio Sounds page

October 10, 2000 News – Friday the 13th of October

Tuesday October 10, 2000

Friday the 13th of October
Its Covered Peters, Sounds of O.Y.y., Children of Reagan, and Second Hand Porn at Ruby Tuesday’s on the corner of Summit and 19th by the OSU Campus in Columbus, OH. 4 bands for less than the price of a 6-pack…

Upcoming shows:
Friday, October 13 – Shocktober 13th at Ruby Tuesday’s

• with Covered Peters,
• Sounds of O.Y.y.
• Second Hand Porn

October 8, 2000 News

Sunday October 8, 2000

• Upcoming shows:
  • Friday, October 13 – Ruby Tuesday’s (confirmed)
  • Friday, November 3 – Ruby Tuesday’s (confirmed)

  See the Shows page for details.

• Our move is complete. The site is now hosted on a different web host. The new host gives up 1100% more space so expect a lot more sound, video, and pictures coming soon.
• All the features are back up and working except the Message Board. A guest list is coming soon, but the message board is forever gone – it really sucked anyway.
• Expect Phase 2 of the site redesign coming soon.
• We are still working on the DAM CD, but we added a bunch of demo stuff. New artwork is coming, but the sounds are all there.
• The first issue of the Children of Reagan newsletter is almost ready to go. If you have already signed up for our mailing list then you should be receiving it soon, if not sign-up below.
• Just added a bunch of new songs to the sounds page including a copy of the long sought after Bust A Move.
• We now have cloth patches available. They are DIY so you know what to expect. T-Shirts, vinyl stickers, 7-inches, and more new songs coming soon.