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C4PJ

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 03:07:33 GMT

The Center for Peace & Justice at Prescott College used ROX #95 in their programming.

During Thanksgiving of 2005, fourteen Prescott College students went to New Orleans for a week to help with grassroots community relief. The students participated in food distribution, house-to-house cleanup and salvage operations, and emotional support for beleaguered residents. Before that, several members of the Prescott College community were among the earliest waves of relief assistance in New Orleans and the Gulf region immediately following Hurricane Katrina. Members of the college community have sponsored workshops and forums on the situation in New Orleans, organized musical events and benefit shows, and coordinated logistical support for ongoing relief efforts. The C4PJ sponsored the commemorative event "'The World Will Remember': Two Years and Counting Since Hurricane Katrina" in August 2007; presented the cutting-edge film "BIG EASY TO BIG EMPTY -- The Untold Story of the Drowning of New Orleans" in November 2006; and aired this film plus "ROX-TV: 15 Months After Katrina" on local cable access Channel 13 as part of our PJTV series. Rock on New Orleans!

-- by B

Migration to DreamHost

Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:20:53 GMT

If you're seeing this, it means the migration of rox.com to our new webhost is complete. After four years with midPhase, we are now on DreamHost. There may still be a few bugs here and there, so bear with us.

-- by B

What I learned from this episode...

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:21:56 GMT

ROX #93 taught me one thing.

After Levees fail...there is always room for one more Dinty Moore Beef Stew...

-- by Jeff Elbow

You can get drunk just by watching it...

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:25:24 GMT

ROX #76 has quite possibly become my favorite and most influential episodes that I've ever seen.

This episode proves that ROX isn't only entertaining, but also very incredibly educational.

After watching this episode, you will successfully be able to “WOW” your loser alcoholic friends and co-workers with your EXTENSIVE knowledge of the brewing process.

If you weren't merely satisfied with drinking beer, or in the case that you had a feeling of emptiness that filled your waking life...this episode will fill that abysmal void with the knowledge that ROX has covered all of the bases to convince yourself that large amounts of alcoholic consumption isn't such a bad idea after all.

In fact, after watching this episode you could do what I did and take the next step and start brewing from home.

I personally hold Editor B and Bartender J responsible for the huge amounts of money that I've spent on homebrewing supplies, the arguments with my girlfriend after I've stunk up the house, the late nights of bottling beer, the weight I've gained for drinking my own creation, and the clouded memories of such that happened to me after watching ROX #76.

-- by Jeff Elbow

In which reality hits hard!

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 12:45:57 GMT

�After The Levees Failed� is, like many episodes of ROX, amazing tv!

This time, though, it�s because we see a national catastrophe not through the media�s eyes, but through the eyes of a close friend. Because of that, it hits very hard, especially at the point where we see B�s reaction when he first enters his house. This is �reality tv�, not the crap like �Survivor�!

It affects us because B is our friend; even for those of us who�ve never met him, we know him from all the hours we�ve watched over the years. The B we see isn�t quite the B we�ve grown to know and love, though; we see the effect that Katrina�s devastation has wrought. Katrina has taken a heavy toll on B (and XY, et al), and it shows.

J�s presence in the episode is interesting, to say the least. In a sense, it�s almost buffoonish - with the phone duct-taped to his head, no less - but at the same time, it serves as a metaphor for the idiocy of the government�s impotent response to the catastrophe!

Vitally important episode!!!

-- by Skippy

J + Day = Julian

Wed, 02 May 2007 21:02:51 GMT

What do you say to an old friend who lives on the other side of the country when he reports some good news? In the old days I'd send him a bottle of J&B Scotch. But that doesn't seem like the most appropriate gift for such an event.

Yes, my partner in crime, J of J&B on the ROX, is now a father.

I can't send him a bottle of that crap.

His son, Julian, deserves better.

Julian's mom, Day, deserves better.

Definitely something single malt. Not that I can afford much.

Maybe The Dalmore?

(Originally posted on b.rox)

-- by B

ROX on Wayne's World?

Wed, 02 May 2007 20:36:06 GMT

(Click image to enlarge.)

-- by B

ROX's anarchy recognized in NYC

Tue, 01 May 2007 00:08:29 GMT

Tom Carson of the Village Voice wrote, ROX “did get denounced for 'the overt promotion of anarchy' by the Governor's Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana, an accolade to die for,” apparently a reference to ROX #64. Of course, I read about it here on ROX!
http://www.rox.com/ideas/vv/

-- by Ed

WORD: FEMINAZI (We are feminists...)

Sun, 04 Mar 2007 21:16:28 GMT

Just heard this quote a few days ago:
“If you believe in equality, you're a feminist.”
So face up to it! Welcome to the feminist tribe.
(The quote was attributed when I heard it, but now I've forgotten who said it. All things being equal, though...)

By the way, my “education” in feminism (human rights!) came from the kids' album, “Free To Be You and Me” nice feminism 101.

-- by Ed

Carl Orff - a stroke of Genius

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 11:07:41 GMT

The opening music fits the show perfectly; it's dramatic, pretentious, and fragmented (we never hear the whole piece, just the opening bars) - so it's a perfect fit with ROX.

-- by Mr. Mike

Stop clamoring, already!

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 02:02:10 GMT

Re: ROX #58

Because I know so many people have waited so long for it, here is the photo of Bart I shot when he was videotaping me at the Easter party, which I just found in a box in my parents' basement:

Likewise, here is a link to my small set of photos featuring Rox regulars.

-- by Liza

711 E. Cottage Grover

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:54:44 GMT

A hand-delivered note from "An Anonymous Westside Crank." This was only our second piece of viewer mail that we'd ever received, and the first that was negative. Many more (of both categories) would follow, but the crayon artwork here indicates the general mental level of our correspondents. We never did find out who wrote this!

Menudo Really Works

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:39:49 GMT

This guy from California doesn't drink anymore, but he did say that menudo is a hangover cure that "really works."

Menudo Doesn't Work

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 18:19:21 GMT

Menudo is reputed to be a hangover cure. This gentleman advised us that "it doesn't work, but it tastes damn good."

ROX

C4PJ

Migration to DreamHost

What I learned from this episode...

You can get drunk just by watching it...

In which reality hits *hard!*

J + Day = Julian

ROX on Wayne's World?

ROX's anarchy recognized in NYC

WORD: FEMINAZI (We are feminists...)

Carl Orff - a stroke of Genius

Stop clamoring, already!

711 E. Cottage Grover

Menudo Really Works

Menudo Doesn't Work

In which reality hits hard!