Asian Man

Ok I couldn't help it. I just stumbled upon this one. Operation Ivy was the kingpin, they were my bag of gold, they made it all ok.

The Crowd

Wrenched into the world, deanaesthetized
Blurry images fiht their way through halfway opened eyes
Awakened by alarm fifteen minutes of hygeine
Twenty minutes of eating thirty seconds to the door
I looked outside I looked into the eyes
Of the impersonal mob I've seen a thousand times before
Feeling under covers like books on a shelf
If we're scared of one another

Must be scared of ourself
More than just another crowd
We need a gathering instead

Drink drink in the badland liquid bread for the poor
Another member of the crowd goes down to drown at the liquor store
Choose your escape in the heartland
Of product and demand when you feel like a wasp in the swarm
You gotta get away anyway that you can

Thanks Pete

I do not remember the first time I heard my first ska song but pretty sure I was hooked instantly. My friend, Pete was posting Skankin' Pickle lyrics on his FB today, which is rad because to my knowledge no one really listens to ska anymore. Or do they? Skankin' Pickle was one of my favorite bands during high school. Their sound was refreshing because it wasn't just punk or just ska, it was a combination of sounds just like the album title "skafunkrastapunk" stated.

I was fortunate to see Pickle in concert a couple times before they broke up. I even got meet and shake hands with Mike Park (HUGE big deal for me back then) at an outdoor ska festival. Mike Park was/is the man. I could write an entire blog/novel on my obsession with all things Mike Park but for now enjoy the music. I remember buying the Green Album on cassette from the local Wherehouse music store. The tape was on repeat in the Blazer, side A to side B, flip it.

These songs are freaking classic...