Fight Against the Plutocrats: A Punk Music Blog
This blog reviews punk music releases or re-releases. The author (Dirk) also includes a "wanted list" of albums he's looking for/suggesting. I like that he provides information to order copies of the music being reviewed. The author's profile says that he hails from the Netherlands, so his blog includes a wide range of punk music in various forms, not just the British and American manifestations already familiar to most fans. He provides links to his other blog, (Cities on Flame with Rock and Roll) and there we learn that Dirk recently died of cancer. His parents have been updating a separate memorial blog for him with videos of the funeral and other home movies.
At War: Notes from the Front Lines
This blog, published via the NY Times website has up-to-the-minute information about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The blog is compiled by a team of NY Times reporters, photographers and interpreters on the ground in the Middle East. Additionally, they follow news from Pakistan and "other areas of conflict in the post-9/11 era."It's important that Americans don't lose focus on our government's involvement in the Middle East. It is too easy to become complacent, and that is a far greater risk to society than physical violence can ever be. One cannot question authority without the knowledge to speak with it.
As far as format is concerned, I like that it includes sidebars of reader commentary and suggestions for further reading. It also has that glossy, professional look to it that makes it easy to jump from feature to feature.
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