MRR #440 • January 2020

What’s Left?

• By "Lefty" Hooligan
• On January 31, 2020

The illusion and delusions of right-wing libertarianism.

2019 Year-End Top Tens, Part One

• On January 1, 2020

It’s the end, the end of the decade. But before we get to those top ten lists, it’s time for another round of year-end top tens! As always, we asked MRR shitworkers and friends from across the globe to write about their favorite records from 2019. This was, of course, the year that the print […]

2019 Year-End Top Tens, Part Two

• On January 8, 2020

Another round of 2019 picks from the Maximum extended family.

Top Eleven of 2019 Top Tens

• On January 14, 2020

Haven’t had enough Top Tens? Compiled from all the Year-End Top Ten lists submitted for 2019, here are the most popular (in order): 1) KALEIDOSCOPE — After the Futures… LP (Toxic State / La Vida Es Un Mus) 2) CHRONOPHAGE — Prolog for Tomorrow LP (Cleta-Patra) 3) NEON — 12″ (Square One Again) 4) POBREZA […]

Making Spaces Safer: An Interview with Shawna Potter

• Interview By Caitlin X. Hall
• On January 20, 2020

Shawna Potter is the singer of War on Women, the founder of the Baltimore chapter of Hollaback!, and the author of Making Spaces Safer: A Guide to Giving Harassment the Boot Wherever You Work, Play, and Gather.The guide has tips for people in all roles on scenes, including musicians, show attendees, and bartenders. It also […]

Jos of Seein Red on the Reversal of His Hearing Loss

• Interview By Allan McNaughton
• On January 26, 2020

Jos Houtveen is the bass player of the legendary Dutch hardcore punk bands Seein’ Red and Lärm. In 2011, he had to quit his bands and give up playing music due to serious ear damage due to multiple infections and exposure to noise. Against all the odds, Jos was given the OK to perform again […]

Murray Bowles: In Memoriam

• Interview By Anna Brown
• On January 29, 2020

The Bay Area punk community is devastated by the loss of Murray Bowles, beloved friend and iconic photographer, who passed unexpectedly on December 8, 2019. A ubiquitous and benevolent presence in the Bay Area punk scene for 35 years, Murray touched the lives of countless people through his gentle spirit and unflagging devotion to documenting […]

Firebird Mark Powell

• Review By "Lefty" Hooligan
• On January 23, 2020

For a moment, I thought I’d wandered into the pages of a young adult novel. Then again, there’s more sex and drugs, murder and mayhem in The Hunger Games then there is in Mark Powell’s turgid fiction Firebird. This is a sadly bloodless, oblique effort fashioned as a behind-the-scenes story of recent historical events. Powell’s […]