my careless contagion

Fugazi's Waiting Room is probably better discussed by this author  (it's short) than by me. I just want talk about what the band meant to me. Since we're talking about waiting, let me say waiting is a useless enterprise by itself. Waiting does absolutely nothing in and of itself. Waiting — combined with other activities — can yield positive results, but problems don't go away on their own. The passing of time does not solve anything except our own existence. Problems require the application of a solution. There.  I saw Fugazi in 1998 (forget where but somewhere in Michigan), and a few days after that saw Bad Religion (in Ann Arbor) for the first time, so Fugazi was my first show. They were from Washington, D.C., and kept their ticket prices low so kids could attend. Hardcore was always for the kids. (I guess you would call this post-hardcore.) Tickets were $5 plus $1 Ticketmaster fee. Whereas Bad Religion was lyrics-driven, I liked Fugazi because it was guitar-driven. I...

She's Kerosene by the Interrupters (a band I know next to nothing about). I do know they're on Hellcat Records, under the Epitaph label, which was started by Brett Gurewitz of Bad Religion fame. Tim Armstrong of Operation Ivy and Rancid (and probably a 100 other projects) directed the video. I don't normally listen to ska, but I did once upon a time. It's more fun than straight-up punk rock or hardcore.  The reason I posted this video is mostly in the lyrics. The girl in question — my type — is embedded there. Years, ago I read something in one of those stupid Life's Little Instruction books that said something to the effect of "Don't date a girl who has more trouble than you." Turns out, it wasn't such a stupid instruction. Lesson learned. Lyrics:  I’m a match, she’s kerosene you know she’s gonna burn down everything she’s an arsonist, in a  past time, and I’ve been burned for the last time It started out like any other morning, th...