“We have beat fascism, and we will defeat Ruscism,” said Pavel Kirilenko, governor of the Donetsk region, who arrived with heavily armed guards to lay flowers at the monument.

There was a lot of anticipation for this album, says Lisa Worden, music director of L.A. radio station KROQ-FM. With Green Day now all over MTV and the mainstream, Rancid is the cool band. All the cool kids are wearing Rancid T-shirts.

The train pulled up and disgorged a stream of briefcased commuters.

The tide was too high, and we couldn't get around the rocks.