Hey, whatever happened to ska? Seriously? Is it really not cool now? Sort of passé? Let me ask you this, would you ditch your ska band to start a faux-art-NYC-post-punk-indie-rock band? I wouldn’t, but then, I wouldn’t be caught dead fronting a ska band in the first place.
There was only one “ska†band I could ever get behind and that was Sublime. And while they were technically classified as a ska band, I like to believe they were able to transcend the genre, rising above skankin’ and whatever else those ska kids did.
I just wanted to remind you all about Sublime, because it’s summertime and the living is easy.
Invariably, the weather grows warm, I role the windows down and drive through the summer evenings listening to 40 Oz. to Freedom or Second Hand Smoke (Sublime’s self-titled has always been a winter album for me but I don’t know why).
So take care this summer, from all of us here, to all of you over there.
Stuff to Sample: From 40 Oz. to Freedom "5446 - Ball and Chain" and from Second Hand Smoke "Doin' Time (Eerie Splendor Remix)"
All Sublime is summertime music. None of it should ever be listened to in the winter (unless you're on a beach somewhere very far from Ohio).
I think I remember playing Super Mario in a apartment complex that was green and red in the middle of winter and listening to Sublime's self titled. I also have visions Dunkin Donuts.
Heute is Dunkin Donut's Tag. Ich mag Donuts. Es schmect gut. Dunkin Donut's Tag gefellt mir sehr gut! Ich mag Coffee zutrinkin. Ich mag mit meinen Holz spielen. Ich mag auch Mushi lecken. Das macht spaB. Ich habe einen Gewahr.....
Wow, that was one hell of a flashback. BTW, the button's look sweet.
I disticntly remember listing to Sublime's self-titled while sitting in Stutz's old, light blue Ford Ranger in the dead of winter at Westland Shopping Center. I have no idea why we were over there, probably going to Boggie Records or something. But ever since then, Sublime has been a winter album.
And thanks for the love on the buttons, they will be appearing soon on your blog.