HARDCORE RULES!

Hello my blog followers (If I have any left). For this post I'm just going to spam some uploads of some excellent hardcore that I've been listening to a lot lately, CHECK IT.

Brain Handle - Smiling/Smiling Again 7" - Iron Lung Records
Ripping hardcore punk from these guys, one of the best EPs of the year.

Aerosols - All 3 7"s - Youth Attack
The Three 7"s from this mysterious band. Spazzy, screamy hardcore, guitarist of Ampere is in this one. Only 200 copys of each 7" were pressed (WTF)

Failures - S/T - Youth Attack/Clean Plate
Brand new LP from a band with members of all your favorite bands. Mark McCoy (Bronson), Will Killingsworth (Orchid, Ampere, etc.) and the drummer of Cancer kids. Also, one of the best LPs of 2008.

Homostupids - Two 7"s
Noisy, drug-induced, electronic?, weird, whatever, hardcore punk. It's good.

Final Draft - S/T 7"
Some ultra-pissed, violent hardcore from these so-cal dudes. Fast and hard. Sick Despise You cover on here too.

In Disgust - Reality Choke - 16oh
WEST. COAST. GRIND. VIOLENCE. One of the best grind/powerviolence bands existing today.

Brain Dead - S/T and Split w/ Rot In Hell
UK PV. It's good. Political lyrics. 90's powerviolence influence with a modern hardcore twist, similar to Sidetracked and Weekend Nachos. They play well.

HATED YOUTH - HARDCORE RULES!
This post wouldn't matter if it wasn't for these guys.

Pershing Square will host a webcast to discuss Target

Pershing Square Capital will host a teleconference and webcast on Wednesday November 19th at 11am EST during which it will present a revised potential transaction for Target Corporation. The revised transaction addresses each of the concerns raised by the Company in response to Pershing Square's October 29th presentation, and incorporates feedback from shareholders, bondholders, and other market participants.

A live audio broadcast of the presentation will also be available by teleconference. The call can be accessed in the United States by dialing 1-888-674-0219 (internationally by dialing 201-604-0489), with the participant access code of "Pershing Square".

Written materials describing the potential transaction will be made available at www.visualwebcaster.com/pstgt following the presentation.

Burned Up, Bled Dry

Hardcore/Grind outfit from Arkansas. Started in 1996, toured and recorded heavily until a 1999 hiatus, then got back together in 2005 and just recently released a split with Arkansas' crusty-sludgy, Deadbird (Ex-Rwake). BUBD is obviously influenced by 90's fastcore, like Despise You, and Capitalist Casualties, only with a darker tone. On the Deadbird split, they have a more modern, melodic hardcore sound Aka: they got old and couldn't play fast anymore ;). They've had two 7" EPs (one on Slap-A-Ham), the recent split with Deadbird, and appear on the famous Bllleeeeaaauuurrrrgghhh! - A Music War compilation. If anyone has more info on this band, please tell me, because I'm interested.


Kill The Body, Kill The Soul
Cloned Slaves, For Slaves
Split w/ Deadbird

Condominium

I want to blog about this amazing local band from here in Minneapolis. They're not named after a house, nor an apartment, not even a house boat...but a fucking Condo. This band rules, they are even better live. This is the most exciting band here currently and I really feel like sharing because they're pretty much 100% under the radar. To my knowledge, they've only hit the road once, to play a handful of dates on the east coast. This band pretty much formed after the breakup of the Formaldehyde Junkies and share members with two other local hardcore bands, Question and Pandamonium. They've self-released two 7" EPs so far; Hello Tomorrow and Pupils. Condominium plays fast; resembling early 80's hardcore. This isn't generic though, Condominium is very versatile in the way they play. You see..there are these wicked melodies underneath all of this fast punk taking from first wave punk and garage punk, complete with some extreme riffage. Watch out for more from these guys.

Both of their 7"s are still available, more info at their blogspot: http://condominium-hellotomorrow.blogspot.com

download here; Hello Tomorrow
download here; Pupils

Kylesa

You've probably heard about this band, but you may not have actually listened to them. Kylesa are one of my favorite bands. Is it because of their raw sludgy tone? Bone chilling riffs? I don't know, but I fucking love it. They're pretty popular and most of you know about them because of all the attention they've received from their latest epic LP, Time Will Fuse Its Worth. Other than TWFIW, Kylesa has had 2 other Full Lengths, an EP, and 2 Splits. All of which are pretty unknown and under appreciated. So, I'm going to upload everything this band has released. Kylesa's sound has changed a lot throughout their existence. Their S/T is more raw and dirty while recently they've moved to a more psychedelic, and progressive sound. Still very heavy non the less. A good portion of their discography is still available at Prank's Distro, and Shirtkiller.com. So buy their stuff now. You're missing out. Kylesa's new LP should be coming out in February, so look out for that too.

S/T
To Walk A Middle Course
Time Will Fuse It's Worth
EP
Split with Cream Abdul Babar
Split with Memento Mori

October's Activist Investments - 76 Companies Targeted

Below is a summary list of investments made by shareholder activists during the month of October. This information was extracted from Hedge Fund Solutions' Catalyst Equity Research Report(TM) - a free in-depth weekly research report on activist investments.

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For additional information on any specific transaction contact Damien Park at 215.325.0514 or dpark@hedgerelations.com

Ticker	Company	Activist Investor
ACTL	Actel Corp	Ramius Capital
AGYS	Agilysys Inc	Ramius Capital
AIG	American International Group	Maurice Greenberg
ALMI.PK	Atlas Mining Co	IBS Capital
ASHW	Ashworth, Inc	Knightspoint
AVGN	Avigen Inc	Biotechnology Value Fund
BBI	Blockbuster Inc	Marlin Sams Fund
BGP	Borders Group	Pershing Square Capital
BRKS	Brooks Automation	Nierenberg Investment Management
BWY	BWAY Holding Company	ValueAct Small Cap
CFW	Cano Petroleum	Carlson Capital
CIM	Chimera Investment Corp	VA Partners
CPWM	Cost Plus Inc	Stephens Investments Holdings
CRC	Chromcraft Revington	Aldebaran Capital
CSCD	Cascade Microtech	RGM Capital
CTZN	Citizens First Bancorp	Financial Edge Fund
CVG	Convergys Corp	Jana Partners
DANKY.OB	Danka Business Systems	DCML LLC
DBD	Diebold Inc	Gamco
DEK	Dekania Corp	Bulldog Investors
DPZ	Dominos	East Peak Partners
ELGX	Endologix Inc	Elliott Associates
EMAG	Emageon	Oliver Press Partners
ENZN	Enzon Pharmaceuticals	DellaCamera Capital Management
EPIC	Epicor Software Corp	Elliott Associates
ESIO	Electro Scientific Industries	Nierenberg Investment Management
ETWC	Etrials Worldwide	Clark Financial Group
F	Ford Motor	Tracinda
GBE	Grubb & Ellis Company	Anthony Thompson
GFF	Griffon Corp	Barington Capital
GFY	Westeren Asset Variable Rate Strategic Fund	Bulldog Investors
GSL	Global Ship Lease	Steel Partners
GYRO	Gyrodyne	Bulldog
ISH	International Shipholding Corporation	Liberty Shipping Group
JAVA	Sun Microsystems	Southeastern Asset Management
LDG	Longs Drug Stores	Advisory Research
LDG	Longs Drug Stores	Pershing Square
LDIS	Leadis Technology Inc	Kettle Hill Capital Management
LEAP	Leap Wireless	Harbinger Capital
LGF	Lions Gate Entertainment Corp	Carl Icahn
LNG	Cheniere Energy	Paulson & Co
LQMT.OB	Liquidmetal Technologies	Wynnefield Capital
LRT	LL&E Royalty Trust	Robert Robotti
MCF	Contango Oil & Gas Co	Sellers Capital
MDZ	MDS Inc	Obrem Capital Management
MGAM	Multimedia Games Inc	Dolphin Limited Partnership
MIM	MI Developments	Farallon Capital Partners
NLCI	Nobel Learning Communities	Wynnefield Capital
NMSS	NMS Communications Corp	Lloyd Miller
OEH	Orient Express Hotels	D.E. Shaw & Co; SAC Capital
PPM	Investment Grade Municipal Income Fund	Western Investment
PVH	Phillips Van Heusen Corp	Blue Harbour Group
PWER	Power One Inc	Bel Fuse Inc
QLTI	QLT Inc.	West Coast Asset Management
RDEN	Elizabeth Arden	Shamrock Activist Value Fund
RHIE	RHI Entertainment	Baupost Group
RUBO	Rubios Restaurant	Kelly Capital
S	Sprint Nextel Corp.	Relational Investors
SNG	Canadian Superior Energy	Steelhead Partners
SUTM.OB	Sun-Times Media	Davidson Kempner Capital
TBAC	Tandy Brands Accessories	NSL Capital Management
TCX	Tucows Inc	Fertilemind Management
TEAM	TechTeam Global	Emancipation Capital
TGT	Target	Pershing Square
TIER	Tier Technologies	Discovery Capital Group
TLGD	Tollgrade Communications	Ramius Capital
TRI	Thomson Reuters	ValueAct Capital
TRIB	Trinity Biotech	Thomas Reidy
TXI	Texas Industries Inc.	NNS Holdings
UAHC	United American Healthcare Corp	Lloyd Miller
UBET	YouBet.com	New World Opportunity Partners
UIS	Unisys Corp	Steel Partners
URI	United Rentals Inc	Faireholme Capital Management
VVTV	ValueVision Media Inc.	Carlo Cannell
WEDC	White Electronic Designs	Wynnefield Capital
WINS	SM&A	Millroad Capital

Posted by Damien Park, Hedge Fund Solutions