Is this thing on?

Back for another dose of goodness, are we? Today, on the table, I lay down one of my favorite bands. Their blend of ska caught me immediately, and then their later CD's let go of the ska in favor of an indie emo blend hooked me in. I speak of none other than The Impossibles. I don't believe this band got anywhere near the attention they deserved when they were still together. The members have since gone down other musical avenues (most notably Rory and Gabe (lead guitarist and lead vocalists of The Impossibles) in Slowreader.) Anyway, here's a song off of Anthology, in which you can feel the ska backbone, but you can also sense the emo leanings that will be more evident in the next few cds.

Check out there old stuff if you're a fan of third wave ska, it won't dissapoint.

The Impossibles - Priorities Intact
(buy it at Fueled By Ramen Records)

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The election is one week away. Is anyone else completely sick of the political ads, soundbytes played over and over again, etc. that we've been priviliged to for the past five months? Frankly, I just want the whole thing to be over with (as I'm sure most everyone does). I don't want to speak of apocalypse theories, but can this country survive intact another four years of Bush? The only shred of hope I had left after the decision to go to war was that fact that it would assure a trip out of the White House for Bush if it turned out badly for the USA. The war turned out pretty damn bad for everyone involved.... and the our countrie is still split 50/50 on who should lead for another four years. I need a pair of those rose colored glasses that everyone else in our country is wearing.

Whatever happens, it's sure to be interesting and entertaining. And hey, what else could you possibly want?

F OR U spells FUN

Time to travel back through space and time to the beginnings of my musical history. What do we have next? More Ska! Don't tell me you don't like ska. Let the music take you over, shake you up and down, make you move.

Ska appeals to the inner child in all of us. The one that danced around the living room in pajamas and socks on a Tuesday morning with the radio blaring. Who cares what it was playing, as long as it was fast and you could dance. That's the essence of ska. Turn it up loud, let your own hidden inner happiness meet with the happiness of the song and you'll be all set. Who needs emo when you can hava ska?
Enjoy : Mustard Plug - Lolita

Ahh, a nice rolling bass lines, blaring horns, and that wonderful upstroke guitar. What else do you need to dance?

Hello Tomorrow, Goodbye to Yesterday

  Ahh, it feels good to actually get this thing off the ground. My last post was 2 months ago, and since then I've been struggling to get the right layout and feel that I wanted for the site. It's still not perfect, but it'll have to do for now.
  Anyway, enough of the critique on layout and on to the music. We'll go in a total opposite direction from REM to something that should at least start your foot atapping. My musical evolution was an interesting one. REM led me into more alternative acts, and eventually to punk right around when the punk blood starts flowing is supposed to start flowing in a suburban's kids veins. I think it was 8th or 9th grade. The ska revolution was almost over, but its ripples had enough of an effect to cause me to purchase 'Losing Streak' by Less Than Jake. I still believe its one of the best ska-punk records that came out from that era and the rest of their collection isn't so bad either.
  We complete this path down memory lane with a track off of 'Losing Streak', entitled : Sugar in Your Gas Tank.