Subtle Bluntness

“Hey, Johnny Park!” doesn’t get a lot of respect since it landed on The Colour and the Shape.  That’s “Everlong”‘s album.  Also, “Monkey Wrench,” “Walking After You,” “My Hero,” and (to a lesser extent) “See You.”  Still, it’s kind of grown on me lately and has become one of my favorite Foo tracks.  When I [...]

That LOLdog works on two levels because A) nom nom nom it are my birthday and B) the English Bulldog is the mascot of my high school, where I shall be spending part of my birthday Saturday in the course of celebrating my 10-year high school reunion.  I’m turning 28; not quite the memorable 30th, [...]

When looking for a Feel Good Friday theme today, my first thoughts went to my reunion.  Hell, 10 years ago about this time I was starting my freshman year of college.  I had a quick look at the charts, then came to realize that 1999 was an absolutely horrible year for music.  I mean, it [...]

I’ve got a big weekend of watching (and reviewing) things ahead of me.  Sadly, I’m a little bit behind, but what else is new?  I’ll catch up ASAP.  Among the things I’ll be watching are the detectives of Watchmen, as I picked up the Director’s Cut DVD for myself this week (along with the full [...]

“Hey Ron, are you ever going to post something for Feel Good Friday that isn’t ska?” No, and fuck you for asking, dicktard.  Ska is the best music for feeling good that has ever been invented.  It’s the musical equivalent of Prozac. Lately, I’ve been listening to a lot of Pandora.  The other day I [...]

I’ve apparently been on a 50′s-style punk rock kick lately, considering I’ve been beating the hell out of the hyperactive doo-wop kind of vibe a lot of the horrorpunk bands give off.  It’s only natural I’d get around to Sarah‘s band of the month, Zombina and the Skeletones.  Big fan here, of course; this might [...]

The rockin’est, rock-steady beats!

This is the year of manly livin’ This is way to shake it to the modern beat This is a statement meant for givin’ This is the real meat

I have nothing punchy or useful to add here.  I’ve only seen NOFX once at the Warped Tour in Atlanta (where I also saw Flogging Molly, Five Iron Frenzy, Bad Religion, AFI before they got famous, Anti-Flag after they started to suck, Reel Big Fish, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones before they broke up, Strung Out, [...]