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There is a line in the song Stay Positive by the Hold Steady that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”

I’m old enough that this is happening now.

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures.

Ugh, Mustard Plug. 

I’ve never really liked this band, even during the ska years or living in Grand Rapids, it couldn’t make a dent in that distaste. But this damn song,  goddamn this song. So catching and upbeat. It's perfect. Listen to it and not get it stuck in your head. 

There is a line in this song that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”  I’m old enough that this is happening now. 

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures. 

A little too close to home as of late.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Saturday, 8:20 at 8 Seconds.

Normal Tim Barry performances are just Tim, or sometimes Tim and Josh Small, last year at Fest, he played with 4 piece brass band.

Tim will bring it

There is a line in the song Stay Positive by the Hold Steady that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”

I’m old enough that this is happening now. 

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures.

Early New Testament. If you’ve never shouted along with this song, I have nothing for you. 

Punknews.org album of 2011. Get stoked. Or get “meh, ” it's punknews.

I’m pretty sure the dudes in this band are paying royalties to Rivers Cuomo. Some songs on this record are so damn Weezer-ish (Beach Community, Famous Friend), good first 2 albums Weezer, but still Weezer. 

This song is from their first full-length, “Joyce Manor.” Overall, I have to be in the right mood for the album, punky Weezer isn’t where my head is at most days, and dude’s voice can wear on me pretty quick. However, I love the hell out of the track I posted, Constant Headache. I have yet to get tired of it at all. 

With all said, they put on a great show, and you should see them every chance you get. 

Photo by Alvin Carrillo

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Saturday, 11:30 at the Florida Theater of Gainesville

Ted Leo never disappoints live. Well he has never disappointed me anyway. I haven’t seen him live since like 2007, and would like to fix that.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Saturday, 7:20 at 8 Seconds.

Last year I caught the last few songs of there set at 8 Seconds, the entire place was packed. It wasn’t that full for Frank Turner, Torche or anyone else I saw that weekend. Just jammed full of stinky folk punx/crust kids.  Then as soon as the band finished, 80% of the place cleared out.

Smelly kids or not, they’re a fun band.

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There is a line in the song Stay Positive by the Hold Steady that goes “There’s gonna come a time when the true scene leaders forget where they differ and get big picture ‘cause the kids at the shows, they’ll have kids of their own and the sing-along songs will be our scriptures.”

I’m old enough that this is happening now. 

In light of that, I’m going to spend the rest of the year highlighting our scriptures.

New Testament.

Not all of these are going to be super fun jams, but that doesn’t mean they are not sing-along songs. I love this song, and depending on my mood, it can get to me pretty hard.

I’ll admit that “This Year” is probably the more obvious choice, but if I’m making this whole thing pseudo-religious, This Year is a Sunday School song.

There will probably be more Mountain Goats in this series. 

Pop punk with a slight emo touch that I love as much now as I did 15 years ago. They were a favorite local band for years.

Backstory: Three high school kids in 1995/1996 start a Queers/Mr. T Experience/ a million other bands rip-off band. They write 41 songs in about four years, release one ten-song cassette, play shows constantly, and become their own band. Decide that pop-punk isn’t cool anymore, change their name to Hunter Rose, and get more emo/mathy. Then they break up.

2008, two guys decided to get the band back together. They recruit three other guys and start writing new songs. They play some shows, and in 2009, they record a new album, then promptly stop being a band. In 2012, a favorite local venue closes so they have a reunion show and released a cassette of the material they had recorded three years earlier. They’ll probably break up/just stop playing again, but who knows.

This song is from their just-released album called “This is About Us.” Buy it here for super cheap.

And here is everything the original line up did between 1996-1999, for free.

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Saturday, 10:30 at the Florida Theater of Gainesville

Be at this or lose at life. 

All posts in October will be from bands playing Fest 10 in Gainesville, Florida. Everything will be posted in the order that they are playing. 

Saturday, 6:30 at 8 Seconds.

Every time I’ve seen B&T, they’ve been awesome. Last year’s hardcore cover set(s) were great. 

However, if you caught them at the pre-fest show at 1982, go see the Riot Before at the Double Down.