Approaching Oblivion

You can read my interview with Duncan in full by clicking the following link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/approachingoblivion/6959152353/in/set-72157629526416391/lightbox/ Please order the 2nd issue of the AO zine when it is available, sometime in the next few weeks. Thank you. -jake/ao

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Marijuana should be legal. For medicinal & recreational use. It’s a plant. How did a plant become illegal? Well, the illegalization of it came out of fear and misinformation. For centuries, civilizations and cultures throughout the entire world have been using marijuana for both medicinal and recreational use. There have been zero deaths related to this drug in the entire span of human history. Never has anyone overdosed or lashed out in an act of violence due to the effects of marijuana. Many of those who smoke marijuana regularly, believe that the drug promotes methods of positive thinking, higher states of consciousness or understanding and some say it strengthens their spirituality. If marijuana were legalized it would benefit our economy, crime would decrease and the overall well being of our society would be a bit healthier. In 2003 the annual cause of death from something that was alcohol induced (according to drugwarfacts.org) was 23,199. The amount of dea...

.AO-BLOGZINE INTERVIEWS JIM DOMENICI OF THE FAKE BOYS. AO: Hi Jim. For starters, I want to ask what's going on in your world? What is new? JD: Eh, same old shit... I just got home from a years worth of touring, I got married and I just finished writing a new Fake Boys record. Now I'm playing Skyrim and getting ready to do it all over again. 
 AO: What can you tell me about the new Fake Boys album titled Pig Factory ? How does it differ from earlier releases? JD: The biggest difference is that we are a better band all around and I am obviously a better songwriter now then when the band first formed. This record seems to be what the band has been trying to write since day one and it's the record I've been trying to write since I was 14. W e've had to deal with a lot of shit in terms of finding our niche/sound - but we've definitely put all that to rest. The thing that has bothered me most over the past 4 years is the incorrect a...

A man who does not need much of an introduction. If you have been living under a rock, then click here: Henry's Bio Jake/Approaching-Oblivion Blog: You have an incredibly busy year coming up. It seems like you will be on the road for the majority of 2012 (160+ shows). Can you expand on what you will be doing and where you will be going? Henry Rollins: I’ll be doing talking shows. I will be onstage alone, talking about where I have been and what I have seen since I was last on tour. I have been doing shows like these since 1983 and in 2012 I have over 160 shows scheduled. The basic schedule runs like this: January: UK / Europe February: Europe March: USA April: New Zealand / Australia May: Australia / South Africa June: Canada July: TBA August: Europe (Festivals, Edinburgh, etc.) September: USA October: USA November: USA December: USA / TBA AO: Could you give some insight on your upcoming TV series that will be on the National Geographic chann...

We are in contact with HENRY ROLLINS this week - asking a few questions about his plans for 2012 and more. Will be featured in the AO#2.

Ryan O Interview. Got to shoot some Q&A's back and forth with old friend Ryan O'Connor. Best known for being vocalist of the hardcore band Outbreak, Ryan also runs his own record label Think Fast! Records that has been making a lot of moves lately. Enjoy it. APPROACHING OBLIVION/JAKE: When did you first got involved with hardcore? What made you want to get involved? RYAN O'CONNOR : 
I was listening to hardcore and punk in the mid 90’s, when I was really young, but it wasn’t until the late 90’s that I actually became involved. My older brother, who’s actually spent time in and out of Outbreak over the years, was bringing home tapes, CDs, and vinyl for all of the early Victory Records bands - Earth Crisis, Strife, Integrity, Warzone. They were a good segway into other underground bands that I later discovered, like Minor Threat and Descendents. Before all of this I was always into heavy music, even as a really young kid. My brother and I usually shared a bedroom whe...