I’m seeing some weird slowness on the forum tonight but nothing looks out of the ordinary on the dashboards. I will be able to take a deeper look tomorrow if it continues, my apologies.
Update: This should now be fixed. A brief post mortem can be found here.
Everyone knows Enema of the State came out on June 1st, 1999. We've celebrated that anniversary for years. But what I forgot about until this year is that Pennywise released Straight Ahead on the exact same day.
Hold onto your promise, you can use it for a crutch
Pennywise - "Alien"
Stand by while all your dreams get trampled in the dust
Leave now before your slick machines begin to rust
Last chance farewell, among us
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The first email I have from Dave Shapiro is from 2008, but I remember talking to him even earlier during his Count the Stars era. Few people shaped the music scene we grew up with as much as he did. Another reminder that no one is promised tomorrow.
R.I.P.
24 years ago? We sure that's right? I was a senior in high school when this dropped. I can picture myself pulling into that parking lot, windows down, blasting this one. I will die on the hill that I think "A Song for Everyone" is a perfect pop-punk song.
All that I have
FenixTX - "A Song for Everyone"
Twenty Six dollars and the keys to a Cadillac
All that I know
Drive all night go anywhere you wanna go
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On May 21st, 2002, Box Car Racer released their one and only album. On that same day Something Corporate dropped Leaving Through the Window. I, for some reason, had forgotten until this year that they both came out on the same day. That's a damn good day of music right there.
This was the album I hit play on as we pulled away from the driveway in a rented van as I headed off to college. I don't know why I specifically remember that.
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I've been on a pretty big Lagwagon kick the past few days. It started on May 16th, and has just continued on through the weekend. Just great skate punk. I think I've come down on thinking Hoss is my favorite of their catalog, but, man, that first five album run is something special.
I am just another fool
Lagwagon - "Violins"
And I have to keep telling myself
That I am just a hypocrite
And I have to keep calling you one
And I forgot to bite my tongue
As my assumption is the mother of all mistakes
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I cannot believe it's been 25 years. There are a handful of albums I remember, vividly, listening to on my morning drive to high school my senior year. This is one of them. An absolute pantheon album of my formative years.
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After all the tears I cried for you
The Ataris - "Car Song"
All the times I tried to let you go
Lay me down under the night
Under the sadness of this life
Darling, take me home
Won’t you take me home?
In love with this song.
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Turnstile, Yellowcard, The Ataris. Top three most anticipated albums for the rest of the year (that I haven’t yet heard).
Listening to The Ataris' new single "Car Song" this morning. (Will be out next week.) And it's getting me a little emotional. The Ataris are one of my favorite bands of all time. The first band I ever saw live (opening for MxPx). The first "advance" CD I was ever given was a burned copy of End is Forever sent to me by Kris's dad. I know Kris has been through a lot over the past few years, but seeing him re-engaged, seemingly in a really good place, and all the stuff he's been sharing on social media lately has me feeling things.
And the song's excellent.
I had an old man moment last night. I was thinking about how working to find bands was fun. Having to scour liner notes. Having to know what websites to look at to see recs. Even with the piracy angle it was fun and still kinda "work" in a sense, and then only a small group on one or two message boards were talking about the band for a couple months. Streaming is awesome, but I do miss that chase and rush. The hunt. The vindication.
Monday's back I see. Volume up.
When things get you down
Home Grown - "Let Go"
Should you look back
Don't turn your head around
And take things one day at a time
Don't plan ahead
For mountains you have yet to climb
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On a Rufio kick this week and I still think their entire catalog is underrated. Great sunny summer fast paced pop-punk music.
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It's just another manic Monday (Ooh-oh)
Relient K - "Manic Monday"
Wish it were Sunday (Ooh-oh)
'Cause that's my fun day (Ooh-oh)
My I-don't-have-to-run day (Ooh)
It's just another manic Monday
But the Relient K version.
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