ISSUE ORIENTED (the podcast)

Check out the latest episode of ISSUE ORIENTED, which features:
- Host Ronen Kauffman talks to JUSTIN SANE of ANTI-FLAG about perspective, the 2008 Presidential race and much more!
- Then Ronen talks to film maker BRENDAN TOLLER up the upcoming documentary, I NEED THAT RECORD! - THE DEATH (OR POSSIBLE SURVIVAL) OF THE INDEPENDENT RECORD STORE. Brendan's movie includes interviews with some pretty impressive people, including IAN MACKAYE (FUGAZI, MINOR THREAT, EMBRACE), MIKE WATT (THE MINUTEMEN, fIREHOSE) and THURSTON MOORE (SONIC YOUTH). Pretty crazy.
Not to mention a new and sparkly installment of Barstool Politics with Mike O. - and the return of Pullman Reports Econo!
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All of our latest videos show up here first. Check out performances from CHUCK RAGAN of HOT WATER MUSIC, and Brooklyn duo THE NEW DRESS - plus clips with MICK JONES (THE CLASH) and TONY JAMES (GENERATION X), LOU KOLLER (SICK OF IT ALL) and more!

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A book by ISSUE ORIENTED host Ronen Kauffman available from Hopeless/SubCity Records.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye is a memoir set against the New Brunswick, NJ punk and hardcore scene of the mid/late 90's. More than just an engaging personal account, it’s a story about personal growth, coming of age, and the real power of punk and hardcore. Gain an insider's look at a truly influential underground movement.

"Awesome wit and a natural aptitude for storytelling... Ronen's delivery is flawless." - AMP Magazine

"High fives to Ronen Kauffman for head stomping all over my pretentious attitude about what good literature should be... this book made me fall in love with punk all over again" - ScenePointBlank.com

"Even the most skeptical reader is unlikely to find anything suspicious about Kauffman's sincere remembrance of what's arguably this decade's most successful DIY movement." - Revolver

"Kauffman succeeds at turning the personal into the universal... proudly sits on my bookshelf alongside Cometbus, Burn Collector, Doris and other classic representations of the "underground scene" as it is." - Punknews.org

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