28 Days, 28 Shows

i love hardcore punk so much. friday night my sister, kellogg and myself went to the first unitarian church to see the explosion and modern life is war. it was my first time at the church and i really liked the place. but anyway i didnt have much interest in modern life is war, but as soon as they took the stage i was sucked into the mass power machine that is their music. squeezed my way up front, screamed random syllables pretending i knew the lyrcs (everyone else did), and hoped to god their vocalist didnt give me the mic. well that is until they played "nervous breakdown" by black flag, which i welcomed the mic with my raised fist and got it on two occasions. their sound is really original and great which is saying something. we went to wawa after their set, causing us to miss the panic reunion. no biggie. the explosion were pretty excellent, just great anthemic straightforward boston punk. i got backhanded in the eye once, got the mic five times (+) and my sister was really enjoying herself.

reasons why i love hardcore punk

• it's simple
• it's original
• it's angry
• it's anti-commercial
• most hardcore punk bands would not go to starbucks
• they practice what they preach
• they preach good things
• they are not afraid
• minor threat
• black flag
• rites of spring
• descendents
• husker du

fuck starbucks, dude. fuck people who say they hate someone then THEN they go and hang out with them all the time then complain to you some more about how much they hate them.