The Friday Morning Listen
Published July 09, 2004
Twenty Years of Dischord (Disc 1) - Various Artists
Man, oh man...what with all of the huffin' & puffin' about Michael Moore, the upswing in pre-convention snottiness and the general, uh, spiritlessness of the current discourse (if you can call it that)...this morning I got the feeling that that nasty, sticky, yellowing political wax layer needed to be stripped off.
And off it comes with this collection of raw hardcore anthems.
Plus, it was kinda fun to drive through the well-kept suburbs with my windows rolled down and Minor Threat, Government Issue and State of Alert blaring out...
On the way home it'll be Disc 2, with Fugazi, Jawbox and a whole pile of other family favorites.
(First posted on Mark Is Cranky)
Mark Saleski is a writer and music obsessive based out of the Monadnock region of New Hampshire. On his best day, he hopes to channel the ghosts of Lester Bangs and Jack Kerouac. He spends the hours of 9:32PM to 1:37AM carving out music reviews and essays for Jazz.com, Blogcritics.org and other publications.
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Maybe that was your intent to tie the DC music scene to today's politics?
yea, sort of. it sure didn't hurt.
although to be honest, my first choice was going to be Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables, but i couldn't find the dang thing. one 'o the stepkids musta swiped it.
i loved the Dischord label, and spent a lot of years abusing my ears with stuff from there and SST as well.
i hope all spam marketers are hit with a case of fatal priapism.
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mark,
Yeah, the Dischord label was a great Washington DC label -- ironically enough. Maybe that was your intent to tie the DC music scene to today's politics?
Dischord captured what was called harDCore in the Washington area.
Probably nothing compared to what we'll be seeing in the Fall in terms of "spiritlessness ". ;)
Thrasher