Category Archives: Friday Night Punk

“Leaving Jesusland”

I love lie-beral California edition

Say what you will, I love this state!  Leave your closets behind.

Maybe this’ll help get the taste of Lady Gaga out of your mouth. Wait a minute…. what… eh never mind.

Going back to the old school with some Decsendents. There was a regular video version of “I’m the One” but a like this version better because it’s a little dirty, liiterally. The guys are getting mud thrown at them and Milo seems to love it. I love that guy. He’s probably my favorite dork of all time.

You also get two songs for the price of one with this. BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE! Also included is an educational interview in between the songs.I leanred from it that not only is douche a word that can be used to describe Keith Olberman but it also means shower in German.

A nice catchy little punk/ska song. Unfortunately you’ll never hear from this band again. The lead singer who happened to be author Danielle Steel’s son died of a heroin overdose at the ripe old age of 19. What a shame. Another waste of talent.

The title incorporates a few of my favorite things. Fishing, punk rock, and beer. I saw these guys wih Goldfinger way back when. What a great show. Lot of fun.

Brings back memories of wasting my youth playing Tony Hawk. Enjoy

I finally get to see the bastards in concert edition!

 ”The Sick Bed Of Cúchulaínn”

The Pogues are one of my favorite bands of all time, and I have never been able to see them live.  The lead singer, Shane MacGowan, was long ago kicked out of the Irish punk band he founded for his heavy drinking.  Just think about that for a second.  A little known fact is that Joe Strummer took his place for one tour, and from the videos I’ve seen, he was a great fit (of course, he would be almost anywhere good music is involved).

A few years ago the band reunited, and they are coming to San Diego on Monday.  Needless to say I took Tuesday morning off.  For those of you in Denver, if you are feeling adventurous, they will be playing The Ogden next Friday, so you can experience some real FNP!

As is customary with The Pogues, lyrics below the fold for the uninitiated. 

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Vids after the jump…

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One of my all time favorite movies is Papillion.  Let us not be guilty of the same crime.
Have a great weekend everybody!

Happy Valentine’s Day to all my fellow hopeless romantics out there.

Sorry that it’s not the best quality but the venue brings back some fond memories. I remember the Bouncing Souls back when they were a no name band in the Rutgers bar scene in New Brunswick and CBGB was where I learned to love punk rock. It was the size of the  living room in a nice home and the men’s room hadn’t been cleaned since the Ford administration but the music there was incredible. It WAS punk rock.

I’d send this out to all of the ladies in conclub but since there’s only one Happy Valentine’s Day Mo. Mr Mo is a lucky man. Eh what the hell happy Valentine’s Day to you too Dre even though I don’t swing from that side of the plate I’ll still spread some love especially since I’m usurping FNP.

And a reminder to all of the rest of you TOMORROW’S VALENTINE’S DAY!! Don’t forget how much your better half has to put up with. Go out and get some roses at least.

A little ditty from the Dropkick Murphys called Kiss me I’m S–t Faced.

 Have a great weekend everyone.

One more day edition.

“Where is My Mind”

Happy thoughts. 

Don’t forget to vote tomorrow, everyone.

For Wes-

“Turkish Song of the Damned”

Did I mention that I hate phone-banking, especially for a lost cause (two more frakking days)… NO ON 8! 

It’s going to pass 53-47.  But Zod will keep on trying.  Sorry Dave.

A wacky little concoction of Flogging Molly’s Salty Dog with scenes from Pirates of the Carribean. It mixes rather nicely I think.

PC at home is still down so I’ll wish you all a lovely weekend now since I probably won’tbe checking back in until Monday.

NOFX – The Brews

Happy belated Yom Kippur and a happy even more belated new year to all of our Jewish contributors out there from the Goyem of conclub. Here’s a little comething celebrating your heritage from a couple of my favorite albeit less famous Jewish musicians.

Get well soon Travis edition.

“Stay Together for the Kids” (My favorite Blink 182 song)

Obviously it’s not Friday, but give your thoughts and prayers to my favorite drummer, and to the families of the others involved in the crash.

It’s almost “Game On” time edition.

“Stop!”

It’s not the original video for the song, but I thought it was pretty appropriate.

BTW, this FNP is dedicated to my best pal Maggie, and to TBogg’s buddy Satchmo. Basset pride and all that.

Update: Ugh. This made me lose it.  Frak.

Sorry I’ve been missing edition.

“I Walk Alone”

Sorry I’ve been gone for a while, but for the last two months I’ve been dealing with “doggie-issues”, which culminated in me having the dog I’ve had since college put down last week.  I’ll be back soon, but I haven’t really cared about politics lately.

Update: I decided to check out a few of my moonbat blogs, and TBogg’s going through the same thing (with the same breed).  Sigh.

Chemical Warfare by Dead Kenneys

Jello is a trip. No vid but this was the best sounding studio version I could find.

I know Andre would dispute this edition of FNP as too mainstream but since I learned of Fall Out Boy from him, he has to accept this.  Besides, the song is a classic from 25 years ago.  Enjoy!

Jeremiah Wright Hates Amerika, and Barack HUSSEIN Obama listened to him for twenty years edition

“Methodist Coloring Book”

The insanity goes on and on and on.

It will make no sense to anyone but me edition (aka THE ISRAELIS ARE ON AN AERO-PLANE HOME EDITION!!!!!)

The contract that will not die is over.  We pack up and ship the hardware next week, and these hellish five years of my life are finally done.  I won’t be back until Monday, because I intend to get totally hammered all weekend.

P.S.  If I hear Hebrew any time in the near future, I think my fight-or-flight reflex will kick in.  The IAF officers were great guys, but there is only so much I can take.  Oh, and for the record, Kosher wine is gross.

Dave’s staging a brief comeback this evening. I’ve always preferred the ‘surf punk’ sound.

Agent Orange – Pipeline

Agent Orange – Cry for Help

What’s kind of funny about Agent Orange is that they have a good studio sound and have had a decent following for over twenty years. You go to see them live and it’s like going to band practice. I’ve been to two shows and the first time I got my arm broke by the fifth song so I missed half the concert. I made a great impression on the emergency room staff (not to mention the doctor roused from his comfortable bed to set my arm) at one in the morning. DFV was lucky enough to see me the next night with my hand to shoulder cast. I was helpless, in a lot of pain, and he even had to tie my shoe at one point. I think he helped me self medicate. Oh, but I digress, they sucked live.

I’m not dead edition.

“Hava Nagila” (I’ve never heard of them before, but what the hey)

Sorry for my absence, but “the contract that would not die” is actually coming to a close.  The IAF officers have been in town for a week, and I have two more weeks of testing to perform.  I haven’t had a chance to keep up on current events, so I won’t even try. 

It also turns out that there’s a very real chance that the resident athiest might be the first ConClub member to take a trip to the Holy Land… for two months. 

Lucky me.

I need a drink.

No particular reason edition.

“Soul Doubt”

Andre’s Infidel Babe of the Day edition.

“Hedwig and the Angy Inch”

Mittens, we hardly knew ye edition.

“State of Massachusetts”

Maybe now you can revert to your real self… whatever that may be.

Another song for the man I wasted my vote on after the fold.
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John McCain will probably be your nominee edition.

“The Days of The Phoenix”

Dedicated to the fine folks over at The Corner.  I must admit, watching their collective freak-out has been fun.

My first (and probably only) contribution to Friday Night Punk.  This is the Dropkick Murphys from the movie The Departed.  I think it’s cool.  The movie is great.  Since grandma was from Ireland it must speak to the Irish in me.

Happy fecking Christmas edition.

“Fairytale of New York”

BTW, The BBC (always a ConClub fave) tried to edit out a certain word from The Defiant One’s favorite Christmas song for the first time this year.  Fortunately, they blinked under pressure (including from punk-loving gay folks like me who were far more offended by censorship than the dreaded “other F-word”).

This was actually ‘popular’ at one time, if you can believe it.  Certainly brings back a bit of nostalgia to hear it again.

I Saw Your Mommy by Suicidal Tendencies

An odd vid set to Everything Turns Grey by Agent Orange

Where’s Dave edition

“Drunken Lullabies”

Don’t let the whole “Joy Division” thing keep you from posting, Dave! 

“Uh, Joy Division?” edition

J/K, Dave. :)

Joy Division – Love will tear us apart

Posted purely for the benefit of diversity. After the suicide of their lead singer, this band went on to become New Order. Some people think this song is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Me? I’m not so sure.

I think it’s rather obvious edition.

“If You Love Somebody, Better Set Them On Fire”

This is the best version I could find.

Dedicated to the mf’ers who started several of these fires.  I hope you are well “loved” in prison after they catch you.

Why I handed off to Dave edition

“All These Things”

I just wanted to post some real hard core punk.  Of course, watching this I realize that if I tried to go to a real punk show now, I’d be the out of place, creepy old guy.  Sigh.

Gary Gilmore’s Eyes by The Adverts

As I often say, just for fun.  A little Panic! At the Disco:

You heard it here first.

A little bit different feel this evening.

Death or Glory – by The Clash

Surfer Girl -  by Home Grown

Let’s just say we at Conclub play fast and loose with what is considered ‘punk’ and what is not. What is interesting is that true punk lasted less than a decade (and that’s a stretch) .  The tempo was quickened and it became thrash in America and continued to warp quickly into a variety of genres including ‘speed metal’, ‘death metal’,  ’alternative’ and ‘New Wave’ for example. Yet it’s appeal and the dramatic change it had on culture and the music scene (remember disco?) is undeniable. Bands of the modern era continue to mention it in their songs and admit its influence on their music. As a cultural and societal phenomenon it’s impact (both good and bad) will be felt for some time.

“Diamonds and Guns” by the Transplants put to video from Resevoir Dogs

A little bit of something for everyone I guess.

I am suffering from withdrawal after handing the mantle to Dave (BTW, you don’t need to call it “Dave Edition” anymore) so the videos of two of my favorite songs from my favorite band (and they’re not even punk)…

“Prison Sex”

and “Ænima“

 Another double dose of FNP for your listening ‘pleasure’.

Agent Orange – I’m Too Young To Die

Black Flag – Nervous Breakdown put to video from Falling Down

Tonights Friday Night Punk is dedicated to perhaps the most famous of second wave Punk bands, the Dead Kennedys. I had the interesting experience of attending a speech/activism presentation by Jello Biagra at CSU with my brother many years ago. Jello had already left DK and billed himself as some sort of ideological/philosophical punk sage for the disenchanted, disenfranchised youth of the Western world. I was expecting some actual deep thought and interesting in-depth sharing of his views. Instead I received awkward poetry reading, a bunch of anti-Christian and anti-Bible rantings (he really hated the Bible Superstore in Ft. Collins for some reason, I can only suppose it was because they sold Bibles) , a shallow vision of an anti-capitalist crypto-anarchist future utopia, none to subtle hints to the audience to engage in acts of sabotage against ‘the system’ and society, and this great quote:

“Wouldn’t it be great if you could just go up to anyone, male or female, and say ‘do you want to have sex’. No? Well, then can we at least be friends ?’ “
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As someone who was never a ‘punker’ nor a serious follower of punk music it is somewhat ironic that I have at least partially inherited FNP for Conclub. What is even more interesting is that I generally mock any musician who is out to try and spread some sort of political/ideological message with their music.  That said I must say that as a genre I like more punk music and bands than just about any type of music. This probably is partially due to the influences of various family and friends. For example my brother was a big DRI fan ‘back in the day’ and my cousin was a devoted follower of the Suicidal Tendencies.  I was a child of the eighties and such groups as Black Flag, Suicidal Tendencies, Violent Femmes, DRI, Dead Kennedys, Agent Orange and a host of lesser known bands were all the rage. The alternative was  such New Wave bands as Depeche Mode or the Heavy Metal Hair Bands or pop singers like Paula Abdul.  As my debut post I’d like to return to one of the classic pioneer punk bands of the late seventies, The Sex Pistols.

Sex Pistols – Anarchy in the UK

And since this is my first FNP edition we’ll make it a double feature. Here’s a song by Suicidal Tendencies that always makes me grin.

Riding off into the sunset edition. 

It turns out that there are some grade-A videos of studio sessions of what many, myself included, consider the greatest punk band of all time recording one of their best albums, “In God We Trust” (via Sadly, No!).

What better way to end the regular feature that was Friday Night Punk?  When I get the urge I will post more mosh-pitting, crowd-diving fun.  Just not every week.  If you want to see more, YouTube has lots of goodies!

And just for good measure, a little Green Day, filmed downtown in my beloved San Diego:

Covering one eye as I type edition.  Sorry it’s the third time I posted them, but I just want to go to bed, and this is what I’m listening to at the moment. :)

I just spent the evening at the going away party for our team’s best programmer, who is the sole individual that understands about 30% of our software.  This pretty much makes me the best programmer we have.  Our company is screwed on so many levels.

This is an insanely early 1977 video of them playing Neon Shuffle. Safe to say they never got this wild again after 1980.

(WordPress was fubar last night) 

“Punk Rock 101″

If I had a nickel for every time I was asked how I could love punk rock with zero tattoos or piercings… well, I’d have about a buck fifty.

(As one) I have to admit the drummer it definitely ‘tight’.

The Exploited Montreal Riot

Not sure if this qualifies as punk or not, but this is one of my favorite bands, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, called Where Have All the Rude Boys Gone. It’s awesome.

“God Save the Queen”

One of the best punk songs ever, so no intro necessary.

I will admit that I am running out of good bands that actually did videos.

“Elvis is Everywhere”

I was digging through my CD collection looking for some Tommy Makem, and came across this CD I hadn’t thought about in, oh, fifteen years or so.

Good times.

“Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie”

It’s Nerd Pride Weekend in San Diego edition.

One of the best weekends in San Diego is when my fellow nerds come from around the globe to attend what is, by far, the biggest comic book convention in the world… Comic-Con!

“Adam’s Song”

It’s Gay Pride Weekend in San Diego edition.

I usually hate it when a punk band does a touchy-feely kind of song, but this one somehow always makes me cringe in a different way.

I still remember being sixteen and wishing I could either change or die.  Thanks to good friends (including my fellow posters here… even Dave), I learned to be happy and proud of who I was.   

I’m sure the local press will do the usual thing of highlighting a few drag queens and guys in leather on the evening news, but “pride” is still important, if only for the kids who are terrified about being who they are.  Crappy music and all.  (Erasure is the headliner… YUK)

 So, sorry Dave, but:

Update:  I forgot to mention the video includes Travis, aka the best drummer EVAH!   What was I thinking? :)

“American Psycho”

 I really thought I might snap and kill someone this week edition.

Just got in, and let me say Philadelphia SUCKED!

Ok, to be fair, the pit (Bristol) I was stuck in sucked.  Imagine, if you will, you get sent from distant lands to Denver for work and it turns out you end up in Parker… without a car.  The one night I actually went downtown I had a blast.  There’s nothing like cursing the Hertz OftenLost wench (I named her Natasha) as she tells you the wrong directions to the gay bar you were told to visit over and over and over, and just as you feel you are about to rip out the damned thing and fling it through the window, you look up and see Independence Hall.  That kind of humbles you.

By the by, did I mention that Pennsylvania rivals Utah when it comes to liquor laws?  Needless to say, the hotel bar got more of my money then I would like to admit.

Other than that, I haven’t kept up on politics, so I will try to do so shortly.  Did anything interesting happen in my absence? 

 Enough pop punk, how about a little of the hardcore variety!

“Barroom Hero”

Just FYI, I’ll be in Philadelphia for the next week, so light, if any, posting/commenting.

If there’s even a little (pop) punk in you, see FOB the first chance you get.

Oh. My. G-d!  Best show I’ve seen in years.  Of course the “contact high” I had by the time they took the stage might have helped.  A bit.

Update:  Oh yeah, +44 was good, too. 

“Thnks Fr Th Mmrs”

Posted them already, but I’m going to see them in concert on Sunday, so one more night, one more time.

It’ll be bubble-gum punkalicious!

“Hungry Wolf”

Dedicated to my “kids”.

In case you’re curious about my absence, I found out last Friday that one of Bassets has liver cancer (hence no FNP), and today the other had a severe allergic reaction to his vaccines (he’s now fine).  Not caring as much about politics as I usually do.

Other than that, things are great.

Phoning it in, because I apparently have “Walking Pneumonia” (again), edition.  (London Calling)

I feel icky, but this song always makes me happy.

Mary Cheney had a baby edition.  (Liza and Louise)

Hopefully her spawn, being both raised by evil homosexuals and bearing the name “Cheney”, will not turn out to be the anti-Christ. 

The Spanish subtitles are there for good measure, because “Amnesty” rocks!  (I actually think they are Portuguese, but what do I know, I’m just a dumb American) 

“Body of an American” 

Traditional Irish music (complete with accordion and tin whistle), brilliant lyrics, and a lead singer, with the worst teeth on the British Isles, who has never been seen sober in public (even on SNL- notice the cup to his right, which he repeatedly stares at, and picks up at the end of the song)!

How can you go wrong?

Because I think they are even more necessary than usual, the lyrics are after the fold.
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If you want to find a reason to shoot yourself in the head, try typing “Christian Punk” on YouTube and then sit through what you find.

This is my peace offering to Dave, and after a full hour of banging my head on the table, this was the best I could find.  I swear… And DAMN, it sucks!  Maybe I should have gone with some good old “Petra”!

I can’t even tell if this is really Christian, but the whole “this world” and “through grace” thing makes me think so.  But it’s the thought that counts.

Agent Orange – Bloodstains

The only time I ever had a major appendage broken was at an Agent Orange show in Fort Collins, Co at the Starlite.

Lazy Andre edition.  I got off of work late and am off to dinner,  so I don’t want to prowl YouTube.

I just bought Fall Out Boy’s new album (the one including the song featured last week).  While it is incredibly good on its own– I could even see a Grammy nod for Rock Album– it in some odd way reminded me of “Dookie”, the album when Green Day went from hard-core nobodies to mainstream radio fare.  They never were the same.  It was more than ten years until they released another album that felt like the real them.

Update:  After the fold, for Jerry, and dedicated to E… “Good Riddance”!
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Ok, it’s not technically punk, but here’s a side of The Man in Black you have probably not seen before:

Delia’s Gone

And after the fold, he covers a Nine Inch Nails song (his last, and probably best video).
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I know it’s a little early, but I am off to beautiful Kansas City to utterly destroy some mere mortals at darts.  I may comment a bit tomorrow, but you shall not benefit from my nuggets of liberal wisdom again until Monday.

Enjoy your all-conservative weekend, boys!

Ruby Soho

Tim Armstrong is one of the yummiest punk rockers EVAH!

Update: I can’t help myself, I’ve had a crush on him since I was a teen… more Tim after the fold.
 

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The Ramones