Let the dominoes fall

The first time I remember really listening to music I was in 6th grade. Up until that point I was a product of my parents and my favorite music consisted of what my mom currently listened to and what my dad listened to when he was in high school. I still enjoy some of that music, but there is something about when it hits you -- the music you like. You know you like it and nothing is going to stop you from listening.

I remember a girl I went to elementary school with bringing in Green Day's Dookie album to art class one day. I will never forget huddling around the boom box in the back of the classroom and listening to that album in it's entirety. (I don't know what our teacher thought we were doing, but she didn't try to stop us). There was something that just clicked that day, and I didn't know it at the time, but music like that was going to forever become a part of my life.

It was around that time I started buying albums like Green Day, The Offspring, Blink182, Sublime, etc. I remember hiding them from my dad because he once found my Offspring album and made me sell it at a used CD store. I was pissed. It's hilarious to think about now for a few reasons. He would never do something like that today, and he was buying my little brother guitar tab for those very songs when he was the same age as I was when he took the CD away. Anyway...I guess I can't blame my dad...when my 12 year old, first born, daughter starts listening to music about doing drugs, drinking and having sex, she better be hiding those CDs from me, because I don't want to know ;)

Ok, back to my point. It's amazing how punk music has always been a part of my life. There is something about it that just makes sense and it makes me feel like me. I just picked up the new Rancid album (a band I have listened to since I can remember and seen live more times than I can count)...and listening to this album in my car on the way to work this morning made me feel like me. It's easy to get lost in how other people see you, how other people want to see you, etc. Sometimes there is nothing more refreshing then a brand new CD that you can relate to instantly and feel like yourself again.

tags: cd, green day, music, Punk, rancid