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A conflict as old as punk itself
1+ hour, 56+ min ago (133+ words) Rax King on Crass She most recently wrote for Hell World about reading Milton Mayer’s 1955 book They Thought They Were Free: The Germans 1933-1945 in the age of ICE. Please also check out her books Sloppy Or: Doing It All Wrong,…...
Behind the bravado there was a pair of sad eyes
1+ week, 3+ day ago (1466+ words) The heat has finally broken in Massachusetts. It is dry and gorgeous this morning. It will never be that hot and gross out again. Mark it down. I didn't really pay attention to what was going on in D.C. last night....
A memory of a photo rather than my life as it happened
2+ week, 23+ hour ago (233+ words) That is just some guy that's not me I love it how a few times a year we all gather around the computer to find out which of our constitutional rights we no longer have. A tradition like none other!...
My Favorite Band: The Sheila Divine
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (2092+ words) MY NEW BOOK 'WE HAD IT COMING' IS AVAILABLE NOW This piece was originally published at Flaming Hydra. I saw my first real rock concert in 1993. It was at an air force base somewhere in Rhode Island. The opening band…...
All my teenage feelings
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (1069+ words) On American Football's LP4 Today's feature is about the career of and the new album by everyone's favorite emo legends American Football. Koczwara previously wrote for Hell World about the fears of being a parent raising children in the age of…...
One of the beautiful things music can do
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1642+ words) Teaching music inside San Quentin Every California correctional institute exists under the long shadow of Alcatraz. And thanks to Johnny Cash, Folsom State Prison is part of the global vocabulary too. Then there's the relatively-recently-renamed San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, about…...
The best of Hell World 2025
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1518+ words) I heard you like to read buddy so have I got a treat for you: writing. The perfect exchange in such a scenario. So here they are. The best pieces written by the Hell World contributors in 2025. Thank you as…...