![]() ![]() And because of that, Knockout ended up on my most played-of-the-week list - an underrated fun summer pop-punk album. That led to a fun week of pulling out some of those albums to listen to again. Re-living this time even brought out a few stories I hadn’t heard before, and there were quite a few bands mentioned I hadn’t thought about in years. ![]() I did get Paramore crashing my servers into official history and got to take some fun swings at Tony Brummell. There are a few bands I wish got covered a little more (Yellowcard’s ascension is missing, and there’s not much coverage of the bands that broke into the mainstream right before this era - Blink-182, Green Day, Offspring, MxPx), and somehow all the parts where I’m not swearing were cut. And it does this in a way that is fun to read, informative, and does its best to tell the stories with the words of those that were living in it. It does a great job of capturing the history of the bands that have meant so much to me over those years. If you are interested in this music scene and time period, I highly recommend it. I finally had a few free nights to sit down and give it a full read. The Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo’s Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008 book has been getting a lot of good press and reviews from our little corner of the internet over the past few weeks.Beyond that, I feel like decompressing and turning off my brain for a few days. I need to put together the “best of 2023 (so far)” lists for the website, so I’ll probably tackle that tomorrow. ![]() The plan for the next three days is to have no plan. It was nice to get out of the city for a little. It was a birthday gift, and we had fun drinking beer, playing pool, and wandering around through the gardens. We spent yesterday and last night at a fun, quirky hotel/lodge just out of town. With the Fourth of July on Tuesday, Hannah and I took off Monday from real work to squeeze out a little longer vacation time. If you’d like this newsletter delivered to your inbox each week (it’s free and available to everyone), you can sign up here. There’s also a playlist of ten songs worth your time, and this week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here. This week’s newsletter has thoughts on the Emo book, thoughts on music out this week, and random musings from a long weekend in the sun. ![]()
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