tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77946014726796531052011-07-08T09:53:28.931-07:00Musings and Mumblings drawing on 30 odd years of Punk Rock RebellionJonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-8999646840531705552010-03-22T10:15:00.001-07:002010-03-22T10:19:23.172-07:00So life as a Punk Rock Dad is treating me well and young Dylan is doing fine.<div><br /></div><div>Well I'm pleased to announce that I've managed to bag Myself a spot on the TNS stage at Strummercamp this year,looks as though I'll be reading some poetry in between the bands and doing some comparing too.</div><div><br /></div><div>Looks like yet another strong line up for what is one of the best independent festivals in the UK,tickets this year are very limited so get over to www.strummercamp.co.uk and get yours now !</div><div><br /></div><div>And come and have a listen to an Old Punk waxing lyrical about the shit that pisses him off these days and check out some of the best Punk/Ska bands in the UK.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-899964684053170555?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-87646330423487460032010-03-22T10:13:00.000-07:002010-03-22T10:14:33.756-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/S6elW-C34MI/AAAAAAAAAD8/VcsjGbFCIlE/s1600-h/lineup.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/S6elW-C34MI/AAAAAAAAAD8/VcsjGbFCIlE/s320/lineup.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451507687986028738" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-8764633042348746003?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-78830992598151128592010-02-20T09:04:00.000-08:002010-02-20T09:09:56.695-08:00Mentally press select<br /><div>Unconsciously choose a song</div><div>Lyrics buzzing round my head</div><div>As I march against the throng</div><div><br /></div><div>So many lyrics so many tunes</div><div>My synapses are confused</div><div>Why did that one appear now</div><div>Not the one I hoped to choose</div><div><br /></div><div>Halfway through the first verse</div><div>I've no idea what comes next</div><div>Halfway through the middle eight</div><div>It all comes flooding back</div><div><br /></div><div>My setlist seems a waste of time</div><div>Cos my lyrics I didn't bring</div><div>I thought they were all locked inside</div><div>I an't a clue what to sing</div><div><br /></div><div>A moment later clear as mud</div><div>Spurred on by a bass drum thud</div><div>Everything comes rushing back</div><div>The gigs no longer out of whack</div><div><br /></div><div>Jukebox Head what's going on</div><div>Deep inside my brain</div><div>Jukebox Head what's going on</div><div>I'm singing the wrong verse again</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-7883099259815112859?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-91646395701718780642010-02-20T08:55:00.000-08:002010-02-20T09:04:17.310-08:00I was never much one for heroes<div>Putting folk up on a pedestal</div><div>I was never much one for icons</div><div>But one day in my life would see change</div><div><br /></div><div>I jumped in a car with Dave and his dad</div><div>And headed from Norwich to London</div><div>A dark cold night in October '81</div><div>We were on our way to the Lyceum</div><div><br /></div><div>The Clash were playing</div><div>Seven Nights in a row</div><div>We saved pocket money for tickets</div><div>And decided to go</div><div><br /></div><div>Two Young Punks</div><div>With fire in our hearts</div><div>Joe and the boys</div><div>Blew us away from the start</div><div><br /></div><div>A set based heavily on Sandinista</div><div>Sorry Joe,we were too young,we missed ya</div><div>When you played close by out in the sticks</div><div>In those hot summer days of '76</div><div><br /></div><div>So we stood and watched the show</div><div>Mick,Paul,Topper and electric leg Joe</div><div>We finally got to see The Clash</div><div>Worth every penny of hard saved cash</div><div><br /></div><div>This one's for Joe</div><div>And if I dare say so</div><div>On that cold night 29 years ago</div><div>Joe you became a hero</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-9164639570171878064?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-91109535019816593422010-02-20T07:27:00.000-08:002010-02-20T07:32:45.442-08:00Complicit implicit in torture<div>Human rights abused excuses used</div><div>Kept in cages appalling conditions</div><div>Under the cover you call rendition</div><div><br /></div><div>Your cloak and dagger policies</div><div>Dark,wrapped up in secrecy</div><div>Your constant lies,your denial</div><div>Locked away without a trial</div><div><br /></div><div>What better way to force confession</div><div>Electricity,pliers,mind transgression</div><div>Tied,strapped to a waterboard</div><div>A fear of drowning,rest assured</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe there's a better way</div><div>To treat those accused of heinous crimes</div><div>I can't see that abuse and torture</div><div>Has any place in modern times</div><div><br /></div><div>Three fingernails</div><div>Pulled one by one</div><div>Three fingernails</div><div>Our work is done</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-9110953501981659342?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-45730725801894111322010-02-20T07:23:00.000-08:002010-02-20T07:27:31.319-08:00We shipped them out in their thousands<div>To the deep cold South Atlantic</div><div>The deaths and pain on both sides</div><div>Pointless,wasteful and frantic</div><div><br /></div><div>We searched far and wide</div><div>For weapons of mass destruction</div><div>But it soon transpired</div><div>They were never under construction</div><div><br /></div><div>Tony and George launched the war on terror</div><div>The special relationship's biggest error</div><div>Lives wasted buried in dust</div><div>Just who were we supposed to trust</div><div><br /></div><div>We battle on in unjust war</div><div>I question what we are fighting for</div><div>For oil for wealth we'll never know</div><div>Or is it a case of 'We told you so'</div><div><br /></div><div>Fallen Hero</div><div>Your glory days are over</div><div>Fallen Hero</div><div>Nobody recognises you</div><div>Just another face in the crowd</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-4573072580189411132?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-4457314051967096812010-02-20T07:17:00.000-08:002010-02-20T07:22:57.122-08:00Define Punk Rock<div>And I'll buy you a beer</div><div><br /></div><div>For over 30 years I've wondered</div><div>What Punk rock is all about</div><div>For over 30 years I've wondered</div><div>Is it all about the scream and shout</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe Elvis and Bill Hailey</div><div>Kicked off Punk Rock</div><div>Maybe Bob Marley and Lee Perry</div><div>Kicked off Punk Rock</div><div>Maybe Afrika Bambaata</div><div>Was pure Punk Rock</div><div>Maybe the Clash and the Pistols</div><div>Were never Punk Rock</div><div><br /></div><div>Maybe the back of a Guttermouth tshirt</div><div>Has defined Punk Rock</div><div>'A loud,fast and deliberately offensive form of Rock music'</div><div>It says in all it's screenprint glory</div><div>I think defining Punk Rock is an ongoing story</div><div>So I'm off to buy myself a beer</div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-445731405196709681?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-76880620527708002572009-12-09T23:25:00.000-08:002009-12-09T23:30:53.799-08:00Well having just spent 10 weeks writing and rehearsing and a fast and furious 4 days recording with my band AFS,we have finished our 4th album,Trash Vegas.<br /><br />Went over to Halifax last night with Carl to be interviewed on the Punk and Disorderly show on Phoenix FM,took along 'Musings and Mumblings' and Steve played 'Mr Policeman' and 'Our Vietnam', yep,Jonny Maveriq on the radio !<br /><br />Well hopefully we'll go over again sometime in the new year to do an acoustic AFS session and a bunch of my poems too.<br /><br />Two days to go til TNS/Bomb Ibiza Punk Rock Karaoke at the Retro Bar in Manchester,it appears I may have talked my self into singing White Riot !<br /><br />Laters Punkers<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-7688062052770800257?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-92224366779609539552009-11-27T09:28:00.001-08:002009-11-27T09:28:43.583-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/SxAMQf0PoOI/AAAAAAAAAD0/FZh1sfu8LQ8/s1600/PARENTALAD.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 100px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/SxAMQf0PoOI/AAAAAAAAAD0/FZh1sfu8LQ8/s320/PARENTALAD.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5408836630030033122" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-9222436677960953955?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-71851934450304263392009-11-11T03:29:00.000-08:002009-11-11T03:34:18.604-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/SvqhL8hqjbI/AAAAAAAAADM/yXqRIz5FgKg/s1600-h/uke.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 203px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/SvqhL8hqjbI/AAAAAAAAADM/yXqRIz5FgKg/s320/uke.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402807929582292402" border="0" /></a><br />Ok folks,get ya butts over to the First Chop Pub in Ramsbottom on Thursday 19th November for a night of Punk Rock - Jonny Maveriq will be musing and mumbling through some Punk Rock poetry and UkePunk will be blasting out some old faves on his Ukelele.<br /><br />The whole thing kicks off around 9.30pm so BE THERE !<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-7185193445030426339?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-37476427878227043262009-10-13T05:19:00.000-07:002009-10-13T05:21:48.267-07:00Well the recording of my 13 track demo went really well over at Voltage Studios in Bradford,big thanks to Tim Walker,so I've been busy printing and cutting sleeves and burning cd's which I'll be giving away free at gigs(when I get some!) and at various venues I attend in Manchester.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-3747642787822704326?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-10306487612429451822009-09-26T07:53:00.001-07:002009-09-26T07:53:29.762-07:00Well latest news in the world of Jonny Maveriq is that I've booked myself into Voltage Studiios in Bradford Mid October to lay down some of these Musings and Mumblings<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-1030648761242945182?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-61454510513822316342009-09-26T07:52:00.001-07:002009-09-26T07:52:34.675-07:00So,I reached thirteen<br />Thought Me and Punk Rock<br />Were gonna change the world<br />I realised I knew nothing<br /><br />So, I reached sixteen<br />Left school to be an engineer<br />Spent two years on the dole<br />I didn't know anything<br /><br />So,I reached eighteen<br />And now I'm supposed to be a man<br />Wandered round in a ganja mist haze<br />Thought I ought to know something<br /><br />The inbetween years<br />We pretty much ok<br />I bumbled along fron day to day<br />Not really caring about a thing<br /><br />So,I reached thirty<br />Full Fucking Stop. !<br />That was it, My life was over<br />Still I knew very lttle<br /><br />So,I reached forty<br />Anothjer decade passes by<br />It's said that now life begins<br />I'm almost understanding everything<br /><br />So,now I reached forty four and three quarters<br />I have more than I could have imagined<br />I know that life must be lived to the full<br />I guess now that I know something<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-6145451051382231634?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-63693471449005279032009-08-03T00:50:00.000-07:002009-08-03T00:54:29.707-07:00Well it was with great trepidation that I swigged my beer and stepped up to the mic at 7.25pm,curious as to what kind of reception this Old Punk was gonna recieve from the mostly young crowd.<br /><br />I need not have worried,the cheering and clapping followed each poem and I left the stage absolutely buzzing !<br /><br />Can't wait to do it all again soon,bigs thanks to Andy and Bev and the rest of the TNS crew for giving me the opportunity to cut my teeth along with some of the excellent local Punk Rock bands they support.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-6369347144900527903?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-37303607225634738752009-07-28T09:34:00.000-07:002009-07-28T13:59:56.714-07:00<object width="320" height="266" class="BLOG_video_class" id="BLOG_video-624bec4100cdd24d" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/get_player"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="flashvars" 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{parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/SmspJs2xZYI/AAAAAAAAACA/GQvYoV1eHXE/s1600-h/n122478641612_3668.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 283px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_HPOQr4HVnT8/SmspJs2xZYI/AAAAAAAAACA/GQvYoV1eHXE/s320/n122478641612_3668.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362425027951158658" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-6784086722924420567?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-20635883376566947172009-07-25T08:43:00.000-07:002009-07-25T08:45:46.178-07:00Well folks I will be making my debut as Jonny Maveriq - Punk Rock Poet at the Retro Bar on Sackville Street in Manchester on Sunday 2nd August,I'm on first so I expect that'll be fairly early,doors around 6pm I think<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-2063588337656694717?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-35351158323020086622009-05-09T09:46:00.000-07:002009-05-09T09:52:41.984-07:0020 years living in Manchester<br />20 years living in Gunchester<br />20 years living in Creativechester<br />20 years living in Musichcester<br />20 years living in Footballchester<br />20 years living in Skatingchester<br />20 years living in Punkrockchester<br />20 years living in Skachester<br />20 years living in Dubchester<br />20 years living in Artchester<br />20 years living in Drunkenchester<br />And my friends still ask<br />What the fuck did you move to Manchester for<br />I moved here 'cos it's where I wannabechester<br />And here's to 20 more<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-3535115832302008662?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-75099300017538761432009-04-30T12:11:00.000-07:002009-04-30T12:17:31.926-07:00Old Punx never die<br />We just stand at the back<br />Quietly sipping our Pernod and Black<br />But not through a straw<br />Like we did when we were kids<br />'Cos someone told us<br />We'd get pissed more quickly<br /><br />Old Punx never die<br />We just stand at the back<br />Wondering whether it would be worth it<br />Jumping into the pit<br />And getting kicked to shit<br /><br />Old Punx never die<br />We just stand at the back<br />Often bemoaning<br />How Punk just ain't what it used to be<br />Back in the day<br /><br />Old Punx never die<br />So lets not stand at the back<br />Lets get down with the kids<br />With theirr floppy hair<br />And skinny jeans<br />And show 'em whats Punk is really about<br /><br />Old Punx never die<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-7509930001753876143?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-27605421223206240662009-04-22T13:01:00.000-07:002009-04-22T13:07:50.506-07:00Mr Policeman<br />You're dancing on my head<br />Mr Policeman<br />You're beating me to death<br /><br />We've the right to peacful protest<br />But it's around for all to see<br />The sickening sight of<br />Ongoing police brutality<br /><br />Your batons drawn at will<br />Going in for the kill<br />Herding us into corners<br />Did you ever think to warn us<br /><br />Innocent people beaten<br />For all the media to see<br />The Red Tops in the morning<br />Will label it 'Anarchy'<br /><br />The sorrowful deaths of so many<br />Will there ever be an end<br />I can't even photograph you<br />Beating shit out of my friend<br /><br />I don't wanna be another fatality<br />Police brutality<br />It's a reality<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-2760542122320624066?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-48980276503589560642009-04-14T11:23:00.000-07:002009-04-14T11:29:20.047-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">GLOBAL MELTDOWN<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />So the worlds in economic crisis<br />The politicians don't care they're doing ok<br />The bankers are out there in some far off land<br />I believe one's got a pension of 700 grand<br /><br />Those at the top the cream of the crop<br />Get to wallow in luxury and no poverty<br />While us down below are wading in shit<br />Trying to eke out some nornal existance<br /><br />War rages on across foriegn lands<br />Killing one another by their own hands<br />Arms spending increasing to obscene billions<br />While unemployment rises to untold millions<br /><br />What's the solution I've no fucking idea<br />But the rebel kindred spirits gathered here<br />Can all stand together with one true voice<br />And maybe one day we'll make our own choice<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-4898027650358956064?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-72433177689931936142009-04-13T12:03:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:11:25.824-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">SONS AND DAUGHTERS (OF THE PUNK ROCK REVOLUTION)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We are the sons and daughters<br />Of the Punk Rock Revolution<br />We are the sons and daughters<br />Still searching for a solution<br /><br />Blank Generation born in '75<br />The sprirt of rebellion was still alive<br />Fast forward to the summer of '76<br />The Pistols kickin' against the pricks<br /><br />Babylon burned in '79<br />Punk Rock and Dub in perfect time<br />Black and White we did unite<br />Against the Nazis we did fight<br /><br />In '81 we all wore black<br />Discharge screamed FIGHT BACK<br />The Anarcho scene running wild<br />Spawned from the Stooges Punk Rock child<br /><br />Skip a few years to '94<br />We're all listening to Melodicore<br />Offspring Green Day Bad Religion<br />The Old Punk's dreams come to fruition<br /><br />So now we're here all doin' fine<br />Jump around it's skanking time<br />Maybe we'll find our resolution<br />The sons and daughters of the Punk Rock Revolution<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-7243317768993193614?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-64691055620084183852009-04-13T11:56:00.000-07:002009-04-13T12:03:35.931-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">PROTEST SONG<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />How can I write a Protest Song<br />When I've been working for so long<br />All my thoughts are null and void<br />'Cos I ain't never been unemployed<br /><br />Fuck the Government<br />Fuck the Police<br />Fuck Authority<br />And Fuck World Peace<br /><br />How can I write a Protest Song<br />When the World's been dying for so long<br />All these words don't mean shit<br />I love my life and what I've done with it<br /><br />Fuck the Government<br />Fuck the Police<br />Fuck Authority<br />And Fuck World Peace<br /><br />How can I write a Protest Song<br />When I've no idea what's going on<br />I've no idea what it's all about<br />But I still stand here scream and shout<br /><br />Fuck the Government<br />Fuck the Police<br />Fuck Authority<br />And Fuck World Peace<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-6469105562008418385?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-85845353081052542122009-04-13T11:37:00.000-07:002009-04-13T11:43:13.354-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">MEDIA MANIPULATION<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Media Manipulation<br />Took a grip of the Nation<br />You won't be the only person<br />To ever die of cancer<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-8584535308105254212?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794601472679653105.post-71423668856486623902009-04-13T11:30:00.001-07:002009-04-13T11:31:32.258-07:00<div style="text-align: center;">EMO<br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Would someone like to tell me<br />When they have a few months to spare<br />In plain English<br />Without crying<br />What the Fuck Emo is all about ?<br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7794601472679653105-7142366885648662390?l=jonnymaveriq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jonny Maveriqhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15787390548137507988noreply@blogger.com0