AIDS at 30: Medical Milestones in the Battle Against a Modern Plague (via TIME Healthland)

When the federal government reported on June 5, 1981, that "5 young men, all active homosex...

3. June 2011

What Linkin Park Might Pick Up At Weenie Roast’s Gift Lounge

Linkin Park at KROQ Weenie Roast 2007

In the vivid realms of our imagination, the hip-hop gifting suite is full of Cristal and private jet flights. The country music gifting suite includes a lifetime supply of Miller Lite and a cleaning service run by scantily clad cowgirls. The gifting suite for the rock world is edgier and more casual–booze, items to play your beats through and cool threads. At the KROQ Weenie Roast this year, the Farmer John VIP backstage gift lounge curated by Hype Circle will definitely meet the hardcore demands of our fantasies, although we’ll just have to watch from the sidelines while rock stars and their friends swag it up. In an effort to thank the hardworking musicians who support charities like The Surfrider Foundation, Heal the Bay, and Music for Relief by playing for Weenie Roast, the bands will have a chance to grab a plethora of goodies....

3. June 2011

UNICEF Reports Drop in HIV Infections Among Youth (via TIME Healthland)

12 Percent drop in HIV infections among youth aged 15 to 24 since 2001, according to a new report ...

3. June 2011

FOR YOUR EARS ONLY: Wretches and Kings Remix

At some point in the mid to late 1990s, there was an interesting subcultural shift that moved through the local punk and burgeoning electronic music communities. It came by way of the hardcore scene’s gradual nexus with the Drum N’ Bass arena. What was surprising about the meeting grounds was that this did not exclude hardcore’s straight-edge followers, who have by definition aligned with a drug-free philosophy. So to see straight edge kids having a love affair with rave and drug culture was like witnessing Capulets and Montagues dancing together in forbidden corners....
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3. June 2011