politics

Political figures, histories, and current events in the whole scope of modern and past politics. Work place politics.

Operation Mindcrime Is Still a Full Album, Not a Playlist
The short version of Queensrÿche is a high voice and a concept. That version is a poster. Operation Mindcrime in 1988 is a full album in the old sense. Start to finish. Scenes. Recurring parts. Songs that only make complete sense when you let the previous one end. Gen X that owned the tape did something a playlist culture keeps unlearning. We finished it.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
Sevendust Never Needed a Scene Permission Slip
The filing cabinet never knew what to do with Sevendust. Too heavy for the polite alternative list. Too melodic for the basement purity test. Too Southern for the magazine version of 90s metal. Too live for the later computer records that tried to replace a kit with a grid. Fine. Home in 1999 and Seasons in 2003 are the documents. They prove a band can live on active rock radio, survive a festival bill, and still sound like five people in a room. They never waited for a scene to write them a permission slip.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
White Zombie Turned Horror Into a Groove
The tidy story says Rob Zombie is a brand that outlived the band. Movies, solo records, the Halloween machine. Fine. That story skips the job White Zombie actually finished. La Sexorcisto got them on the porch. Astro-Creep: 2000 in 1995 put industrial weight in the garage and made horror feel like a groove you could work to. Gen X did not keep those songs because of the makeup. We kept them because the low end told the truth.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
Megadeth Was the Other Road Out of the Same Wreck
The lazy version of this story is a grudge with a soundtrack. Dave Mustaine leaves Metallica. Dave Mustaine builds a second machine. The second machine spends the rest of its life arguing with the first. That version sells documentaries. It undersells Rust in Peace . September 1990. A thrash record that treats precision as a moral position. The other road out of the same wreck was not a sequel. It was a different job.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
Soundgarden Wrote Heavy Music That Could Still Breathe
The short version of Soundgarden is that they were the heavy Seattle band, the Sabbath kids with a better singer, the group that made odd meters feel like weather. That version is not wrong. It is incomplete. Badmotorfinger in 1991 and Superunknown in 1994 are the documents. They prove a metal record can have air in it and still hit like a loaded truck. Cornell’s voice did the obvious work. The band around him did the carpentry.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
Alice in Chains Never Needed the Grunge Label
The polite version of the early 90s says Alice in Chains were a Seattle band, therefore a grunge band, therefore part of the flannel story. That version is useful for television. It is lazy for the tapes. Dirt in 1992 is a heavy record with two voices, drop tuned gravity, and songs that lived in trucks, shops, and night drives long after the costume joke got old. Call it grunge if you need a filing cabinet. The songs do not care.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
Slayer Did Not Write Hits. They Wrote Pressure
Slayer Did Not Write Hits. They Wrote Pressure Reign in Blood, South of Heaven, and the ten minutes that still reset a room
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
Pantera Did Not Soften. They Got Clearer
If you learned heavy music from a shop radio and a cassette that had already been copied twice, Pantera did not arrive as a theory. They arrived as a change in the floor. Cowboys From Hell in 1990 and Vulgar Display of Power in 1992 did not make metal nicer. They made it easier to feel in your chest and harder to fake on a stage. That is the part the tidy history keeps missing. The hair got shorter. The riffs got meaner. The groove got honest.
By Overdrive Records12 days ago in Journal
TUC Unites Against "Super-Rich" Influence as Unions Prepare to Intervene on Political Funding
For years, the question of how political parties are funded has been a source of tension within the labour movement. Some union leaders argued that focusing on donor transparency was a distraction from core workplace issues, while others viewed it as an existential threat to democratic fairness. However, sources indicate that this internal split is healing, with general secretaries from major unions likely to endorse strong language condemning the disproportionate power of the "super-rich" in shaping political outcomes.
By Mark Lim 13 days ago in Journal
Von der Leyen’s State of the Union: A Test of Strategic Autonomy Amidst Rising Threats
Last year, von der Leyen opened her SOTEU with a stark warning: Europe was fighting for its security, values, and ability to determine its own destiny. Twelve months later, that fight has intensified. The address comes in the shadow of the recent Leipzig drone incident, which prompted Germany to shut down a Russian consulate in Bonn and accelerate plans for a protective drone shield. Similar violations in Poland, the Baltic States, and Romania have transformed the abstract threat of Russian aggression into a tangible, daily reality for EU citizens.
By Mark Lim 13 days ago in Journal
High North, Low Attention No More: EU Declares Arctic a "Geopolitical Hotspot"
In a joint statement issued after a high-level meeting on Monday, leaders from Finland, Denmark, Estonia, France, Greece, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, and Sweden labeled the Arctic a "geopolitical hotspot." The group called for the European Union to assume a "more strategic and proactive role" in the region, signaling a major shift in European security policy.
By Mark Lim 13 days ago in Journal
Royston Valentine Calls for Respect in Political Discourse After UMNO Chief’s Remarks
In a detailed statement released on Monday, Valentine stressed that while political debate is a cornerstone of democracy, it must operate within boundaries that respect the diverse religious fabric of Malaysia. “Political discourse should not cross the line into touching on the sanctity and sensitivities of any religion, especially for the sake of strengthening a political argument,” he said.
By Mark Lim 13 days ago in Journal