The New America

The New America is the eleventh studio album by punk band Bad Religion. It was released in 2000 and is their last album (to date) on Atlantic Records.

The New America is also Bad Religion's last album with Bobby Schayer on drums. Though not yet credited as a member of the band, then-former and now-current guitarist Brett Gurewitz co-wrote and played guitar on the song "Believe It". The album was re-released by Epitaph Records on September 15, 2008.

Musical style and lyrics

The album marks a departure for the band, as most of the songs are personal, rather than political in nature. Topics range from singer Greg Graffin's recent divorce to his past growing up as a punk kid in the early '80s. As a result of the more personal lyrics, the album is considered to be one of Bad Religion's strongest lyrical efforts.

Production and marketing

The New America was recorded from October to December 1999 at Victor's Barn, Kauai, Hawaii and produced by Todd Rundgren. Rundgren had been one of the musicians Greg Graffin looked up to while growing up. However, working with Rundgren proved to be a disappointment to the band and especially Graffin, because they did not get along well with each other. Graffin however would later write in his book, Anarchy Evolution, that although Todd Rundgren was difficult to work with, they remain friends to this day.

Turn on the Bright Lights

Turn On the Bright Lights is the debut studio album by the American rock band Interpol, released in August 2002. The album was recorded in November 2001 at Tarquin Studios in Connecticut, and was co-produced, mixed and engineered by Peter Katis and Gareth Jones. It was released on August 19, 2002 in the United Kingdom and August 20 in the United States, through independent record label Matador Records. Upon release, the record peaked at number 101 on the UK Albums Chart. It reached number 158 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, as well as spending 73 weeks in the Billboard Independent Albums, peaking at number five.

"PDA", "NYC", "Obstacle 1" and "Say Hello to the Angels" were the singles from Turn On the Bright Lights, and a video was shot for each with the exception of "Say Hello to the Angels".

The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on August 29, 2011 for shipments of 500,000 copies.

A remastered version of the album was released in 2012 to commemorate its tenth anniversary. It featured additional material including demo recordings of several tracks, the bonus songs previously available on international releases and a DVD of live performances and music videos.

The New 52

The New 52 is a 2011 revamp and relaunch by DC Comics of its entire line of ongoing monthly superhero comic books. Following the conclusion of the "Flashpoint" crossover storyline, DC cancelled all of its existing titles and debuted 52 new series in September 2011 with new first issues. Among the series being renumbered are Action Comics and Detective Comics, which had retained their original numbering since the 1930s.

The relaunch included changes to the publishing format; for example, print and digital comics are now released on the same day. New titles were released to bring the number of ongoing monthly series to fifty-two. Various changes were also made to DC's fictional universe to entice new readers, including to DC's internal continuity to make characters more modern and accessible. As well, characters from the former Wildstorm and Vertigo imprint were absorbed into the DC Universe.

The New 52 branding ended after the completion of the "Convergence" storyline in May 2015, although the continuity of the New 52 continued. In June 2015, 24 new titles were launched, alongside 25 returning titles, with several of those receiving new creative teams.

New America

New America may refer to:

  • New America, a fictional island in the The Adventures of Captain Hatteras universe
  • New America (newspaper), an official publication of the Socialist Party of America and later Social Democrats, USA
  • The New America, a Bad Religion full-length album released in 2000
  • New America (organization), formerly New America Foundation, a think tank located in Washington, D.C.
  • See also

  • Porter Stansberry, an American conservative subscription-based investment advisor and the creator of the 2011 online video and infomercial titled "End of America"
  • New America (organization)

    New America, formerly the New America Foundation, is a non-partisan think tank in the United States. It focuses on a range of public policy issues, including national security studies, technology, asset building, health, gender, energy, education, and the economy. The organization is based in Washington, D.C., with additional offices in New York City.

    In 2013, Anne-Marie Slaughter became President of New America, replacing Steve Coll.Google's Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt, is the chairman of the foundation's board of directors.

    History and mission

    New America was founded in 1999 by Ted Halstead, Sherle Schwenninger, Michael Lind and Walter Russell Mead as a non-profit, public policy institute whose stated mission is to "invest in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States". The organization has a staff of over a hundred employees and fellows with offices in Washington, D.C., and New York City.

    The organization continues to "emphasize work that is responsive to the changing conditions and problems of our 21st-century information-age economy" with "big ideas, impartial analysis and pragmatic solutions".Newsweek's Howard Fineman called New America a "hive of state-of-the-art policy entrepreneurship".

    New America (newspaper)

    New America was the weekly newspaper of Socialist Party of America (officially, the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation).

    The initial "prepublication issue" was dated Labor Day 5 September 1960. New America remained the official journal of the Socialist Party after it changed its name to Social Democrats, USA (SDUSA) in December 1972. New America ceased publication in 1985.

    Publication history

    Establishment

    New America was established in the fall of 1960 with a "prepublication issue" dated on September 5, Labor Day. The "special introductory rate" for the weekly publication was $3.00 per year. The official first issue of the publication, "Volume 1, Number 1," was dated October 18, 1960. Based in New York City, it touted itself as the "official publication of the Socialist Party-Social Democratic Federation.

    The initial editor of New America was Michael Harrington, a frequent contributor to Dissent, Commentary, and other political publications. Contributors to the publication during its first year included Civil Rights activist Bayard Rustin, Socialist Party leader and frequent Presidential hopeful Norman Thomas, SP-SDF National Secretary Irwin Suall, anti-war activist David McReynolds, political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset, essayist James Baldwin, political historian Robert J. Alexander, AFL–CIO officer Tom Kahn, and novelist Upton Sinclair, among others. The paper also regularly reprinted cartoons by Jules Feiffer by special permission, material first published in the Village Voice.

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    The New America

    by: Bad Religion

    all those stories that my dad told me,
    they are just a whisper in time
    all those things that never came to be,
    they are just a whisper in time
    a whisper in time, a whisper in time
    things that I can't shake from my mind
    a whisper in time, a whisper in time
    moments that just flicker and die
    (memories that flicker and die)
    all those places I wanted to go,
    they are just a whisper in time
    all those friends who now I do not know,
    they are just a whisper in time
    maps and roads that brought me here today,
    they are just a whisper in time
    circumstances that were explained away,
    they are just a whisper in time
    ...we are messengers of memory,
    just whispers in time




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