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Pop Rocks: Download This - Why Piracy Is Necessary

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You Live In Australia

I'm using the Land Down Order as an example, when if fact there are many countries who have an equivalent of the Aussies' Classification Review Board, which have kept movies like Baise-Moi and Ken Park from airing and video games such as the Grand Theft Auto series from being released.

You Want To Listen To Certain Music Of Your Youth

I confess: back in the late 90s, I made use of the peer-to-peer service Napster. At the time, I (mostly) limited myself to stuff that wasn't readily available in music stores (online retail sources being largely nonexistent), and it was there I went to satisfy my desire to listen to MDC, the Big Boys, and 7 Seconds. Even now, it's difficult to find a copy of JFA's Valley of the Yakes or Really Red's Teaching You the Fear without paying the equivalent of what a Santa Cruz deck would set you back in 1984.

Your Name is Jean Lafitte

He never attacked an American ship and was instrumental in helping us defeat the British in the Battle of New Orleans. I'd say that warrants a little looting. Beats the hell out those Somali assholes, anyways.

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Peter Vonder Haar writes movie reviews for the Houston Press and the occasional book. The first three novels in the "Clarke & Clarke Mysteries" - Lucky Town, Point Blank, and Empty Sky - are out now.
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