music - ideas - dogs - deep sarcasm - global peace - study - debate - art and its potential to incur love among enemies - wifey - "All I know is when I flow, the people be shocked/You don't really want the teacher to come step on your block" - KRS-One
Music
Rice
Movies
FLIGHT FROM DEATH -
SUPERSIZE ME -
P.C.U. - GANGS OF NEW YORK - MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS - MAN IN THE MOON - SPIRITED AWAY
Television
The Daily Show; Top Chef; Intervention; The Office
Books
New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye;
The Tipping Point, Malcom Gladwell ; Watchmen, Alan Moore ; I Won't Learn From You, Herb Kohl ; The Oh Really? Factor, Peter Hart ; Necessary Illusions, Noam Chomsky ; Amusing Ourselves to Death, Neil Postman ; all Karl Marx; magazines: The Economist, Punk Planet, The Nation, Weird NJ
I teach. I write. I laugh. I'm passionate about life. You can get the basics at RonenKauffman.com
Here are some ways I pass my time:
Writing My writing is usually focused on music, culture, and the social sciences. I like big ideas, social justice, and substance.
My new book is called New Brunswick, New Jersey, Goodbye - Bands, Dirty Basements and the Search for Self and is available from Hopeless/SubCity. There is a MySpace page for the book here.
"Awesome wit and a natural aptitude for storytelling... Ronen's delivery is flawless." - AMP Magazine
"Vivid and often hilarious" - Princeton TimeOff
"Smart, funny, and a total breeze" - Pastepunk.com
"This book is hard to put down." - The Big Takeover
Order here and receive a free digital mixtape with over 30 free downloads from bands like Thursday, Bouncing Souls, The Gaslight Anthem and more! (track listing) Powered by DropCards.
Bookmark also included - $12 postage paid
I'm into media; my work has appeared in magazines like Alternative Press, AMP, and Outburn; Over the past 15 years or so I've interviewed some of the most influential people from the world of independent music and culture, from originators like like Mick Jones, John Joseph, and Jesse Michaels to modern icons like Ben Weinman, Geoff Rickly and Tom Gabel. I did the band interviews and wrote the liner notes for Hatebreed's first DVD, Live Dominance. I also have a website at RonenKauffman.com.
Issue Oriented (the podcast) and IssueOriented.com
In 2005 I started this podcast. It exists in a space between music and ideas, and lots of people seem to enjoy it. You can listen a million ways. iTunes users click here! And there's also IssueOriented.com and the show's myspace. Issue Oriented is widely acknowledged as the premiere podcast for fans of punk, hardcore, indie and metal.
Music Though I spend a lot of time writing and thinking about music, I have been known to make a little music of my own. I've sung for a few bands - most recently, Zombie Apocalypse. (Check out my discography and band family tree at BandtoBand.com!)
I am leary of belief, but I do believe in being interdisciplinary.
The Last Bastions work print viewing " this Friday Aug 28th at 9PM at The Court Tavern 21+. The All Age show The Last Bastions "Keep Fighting the Good Fight" official screening Sept 4 &5 @ The New Jersey Film Festival Scott Hall Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ! http://www.njfilmfest.com/
Your book made my brother want to go to school, which is awesome. Maybe now we could find him one that will make him actually want to go to his classes. Thoughts?
hey ronen, if you're free tomorrow night, we've got a sick metal show for ya to review or check out, The End Records presents. more details on our profile
Issue Oriented (the podcast) and IssueOriented.com
