Punk Rock and Obama...
The two really have nothing to do with one another... In fact it's not even my intention to connect the the two so if you're looking for some great musing boy are you in the wrong place.
So yesterday I was watching the Kid Dynamite Documentary and it was really good. And personally I'm one of those people that gets a little sappy about nostalgia so seeing some things in the film really hit home. Kid Dynamite was one of those bands that I was really into in the time they were together. I got their first album when I was in Indiana, because I liked the cover. They were a little more pop then hardcore but alot more hardcore than pop, if you follow that then you know exactly what I mean. They just had so much energy, and it got me to thinking about the punk rock I liked in general. I was into all the classics, Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned, Cramps, Ramones, Misfits, Black Flag, Fear, DOA, Dead Kennedys, Effigies, Naked Raygun, etc. etc. But in the nineties none of them were out there making records. The punk bands I liked in the nineties that were actually out at the time well that's a much shorter list. Social Distortion, Rancid, the Queers, Mr. T Experience, Dance Hall Crashers, and face to face. Face to Face I was especially into. Anyone who knew me in highschool knew I really loved that band, and it got me thinking yesterday how did I get into them? I remember me and Jeff starting a band and they were the second song we tried playing, the first was the Greg Kihn band, but that's beside the point. Face to Face was always in the background. My friends loved them, hated them, made fun of me for liking them, or were on the band wagon too. I always liked bands that I could relate to, and I wasn't all into the Lookout bands or Epitaph bands or freaking NoFX who we did try and cover the "Brew" but I can't remember a time in highschool without that first face to face record but I have no idea how I got it or got into them. It's weird something so important to me and I don't know where it came from? The nineties rolled on and a couple more punk bands came in but none of any real importance and then one by one my heroes all all called it quits, except the Queers they still rock and play hundreds of shows a year. But in early 2002 face to face hung it up and I hung up punk rock. It's kinda sad.
In other news Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. It's a very proud feeling that America could elect this man. I personally didn't vote for Obama, but I'm happy to see that so many people could put aside their prejudices and change the world.
The two really have nothing to do with one another... In fact it's not even my intention to connect the the two so if you're looking for some great musing boy are you in the wrong place.
So yesterday I was watching the Kid Dynamite Documentary and it was really good. And personally I'm one of those people that gets a little sappy about nostalgia so seeing some things in the film really hit home. Kid Dynamite was one of those bands that I was really into in the time they were together. I got their first album when I was in Indiana, because I liked the cover. They were a little more pop then hardcore but alot more hardcore than pop, if you follow that then you know exactly what I mean. They just had so much energy, and it got me to thinking about the punk rock I liked in general. I was into all the classics, Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned, Cramps, Ramones, Misfits, Black Flag, Fear, DOA, Dead Kennedys, Effigies, Naked Raygun, etc. etc. But in the nineties none of them were out there making records. The punk bands I liked in the nineties that were actually out at the time well that's a much shorter list. Social Distortion, Rancid, the Queers, Mr. T Experience, Dance Hall Crashers, and face to face. Face to Face I was especially into. Anyone who knew me in highschool knew I really loved that band, and it got me thinking yesterday how did I get into them? I remember me and Jeff starting a band and they were the second song we tried playing, the first was the Greg Kihn band, but that's beside the point. Face to Face was always in the background. My friends loved them, hated them, made fun of me for liking them, or were on the band wagon too. I always liked bands that I could relate to, and I wasn't all into the Lookout bands or Epitaph bands or freaking NoFX who we did try and cover the "Brew" but I can't remember a time in highschool without that first face to face record but I have no idea how I got it or got into them. It's weird something so important to me and I don't know where it came from? The nineties rolled on and a couple more punk bands came in but none of any real importance and then one by one my heroes all all called it quits, except the Queers they still rock and play hundreds of shows a year. But in early 2002 face to face hung it up and I hung up punk rock. It's kinda sad.
In other news Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States. It's a very proud feeling that America could elect this man. I personally didn't vote for Obama, but I'm happy to see that so many people could put aside their prejudices and change the world.
thea:
Thank you. I'm going in tomorrow and wont have contact with the parents so I hope everything in Texas goes okay.