Rock County gets grant to combat terrorism By KATHLEEN OSTRANDER Special to the Journal Sentinel Friday, June 16, 2000 Janesville -- Rock County is receiving a $12,500 federal grant to help combat domestic terrorism. The funding comes from federal...

Byline: MARK A. PERIGARD War comics may be relics of the past, best found in the back-issue bins at comic book conventions, but DC Comics is about to gamble with a hard-hitting graphic novel that questions the morality of killing in wartime....

Armed with guitars, amps and attitude, they rocked the casbah, fought the law and hijacked a train in vain. The Clash were more than a four-piece band. They were rock 'n' roll revolutionaries. And now, 30 years after...

Combat Rock—a misnomer; it ought to be Combat Fatigue, or maybe Burn Ward—really is every bit as chilling a portrait of the artist's failure in the midst of cultural hara-kiri as [Sly and the Family Stone's] There's a Riot Going On, with the difference that no one involved seems to have realized it. Maybe not just punk but everything it spawned has turned into a lurchingly ugly sick joke where the party favor everybody sits down on itsn't a fart-cushion but a junk n...

"Combat Rock" is a fairly logical successor to "Sandinista!"…, but it's leaner and more concentrated—still eclectic, not very electric. Lots of layers. Because of their sloppiness, The Clash frequently manage to persuade the listener that they can't write tunes any more and don't give a toss. This isn't true—the music here is varied and mostly works. Their attitude and subject matter remains ambiguous, though, often delivering attr...