On Fire？

MEN want to take us home,” says Han Tian. “They also like our mu- sic.” Being a gay icon is an unlikely privilege of playing bass in heavy metal combo AK47, whose sound has been compared to Rage Against the Machine and Metallica. But seeming alternative seems good enough for some. And in their leather jackets, torn T-shirts and assortment of jewelry,AK47 looks alternative in China. poster boys maybe, but just don’t call them punks. “There’s no power in punk,” says Han. Yet they m…     

Breaking China？

Tag Teams boss Matt Kagler rather exports Chinese bands to the US IF,as visits by Brian Eno and Sonic Youth to the citywould suggest,Beijing has a real scene now,why isn'tTag Team Records signing more bands?"Because     

Does Chevron Matter?

In this article we evaluate whether the Supreme Court's much-discussed decision in Chevron v Natural Resources Defense Council (1984) signaled a lasting difference in how the justices decide administrative law cases, by comparing and testing the predictions of three distinct theories of Supreme Court behavior. The legal model predicts an increase in deference to administrative agencies. This prediction is shared by the jurisprudential regime model, which also predicts that the justices evaluate key case factors differently before and after Chevron . The attitudinal model predicts no change in the justices' behavior as a result of Chevron . Although we find that attitudes matter, the fact that we also find support for the legal and jurisprudential regime models undermines the assertion of the attitudinal model that law cannot explain Supreme Court votes on the merits.     

MICROANOMIE: THE COGNITIVE FOUNDATIONS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANOMIE AND DEVIANCE*

Emile Durkheim and Robert Merton spawned a century of research on the effects of anomie on rule‐breaking behavior. During that time “strain” emerged as the social psychological mechanism producing deviant behavior from the effects of anomie. This research challenges the primacy of the affective strain mechanism, arguing that anomie produces a cognitive state—referred to as microanomie—where self‐enhancing values are higher priority than self‐transcending values. Data from a sample of university students support the association between dominant self‐enhancing values and deviant behavior. These data also demonstrate how the microanomie condition can explain gender differences in offending. A synthesis with the affective strain mechanism is suggested.     

Muma＇s World

Written o for dead, art rockers Muma have a new album in the works.In spring time Teachers are all dead Muma arrives in revelry Smilingly In darkness Continuous dancing steps Give out decadent looks In the whole festival The subsequent thing is up to you …     

King of Rock and Roll

The brains behind the Beijing Pop Festival, Ja- son Magnus talks about getting Sebastian Bach and Placebo to play China's only international rock festival. W E had a thousand security offi cers last year and 600 this year.” That’s progress for Jason Magnus. It’s also a sign of how far government relations can take a rock promoter who has managed to bring some of the biggest names in popular music to a park in the most raref ied district of the Chinese capital for the Beijing Pop Festi…     

Post-Punk for the People

Swedish-Chinese collaboration PK 14 are taking time out to learn photography, write their fourth album, and set a date with the recording studio by the end of year.     

Big as The Beatles,in China

British rockers The Crimea see China,not America,as the place to crack on the road to global domination.