(On Eden Ahbez's "Nature Boy")

good guys FIF

"So to sum it up, don’t be a fucking idiot and bypass White Metal because you don’t like what they’re saying because guaran-damn-teed you will miss out on some critically great stuff due to blind ignorance and…fear."

RIP Loukanikos (~2004-2014)

"Jak Kerley tells us his personal story of meeting and befriending Erik Petersen, and instantly falling in love with Mischief Brew's music. Rest in peace, Erik!"

Daniel Johnston died today. I like this story about the time Dylan Pyles met him.

24/7 streaming ska music.

Mustard Plug on the PBS Backstage Pass show in 2014.

"for the more lonely children of the revolution, who like their politics with a healthy dose of nihilism that alternately destroys and loves itself and the world."

list of folk punk bands on r/folkpunk

"Almost all of the popular evangelical songs that incorporate the Magnificat stop after the first few verses"

Of course there is the Psalters version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT8VoWX2238

"A 1990s pop hit reveals how the Adams feel about capitalism."

This article by Aaron Lake Smith was one of the first I read on Jacobin, and still one of my favorites.

"There’s that song, the one about getting knocked down and then getting back up again, but their body of work is like an iceberg; the bulk of it is submerged below the surface, difficult to get a hold of."

I came across this old archived vivalavinyl thread. I learned that even people who hated folk punk in 2005 still liked Erik Petersen and Defiance, Ohio.

An album of songs by anarchist prisoner Sean Swain as recorded by various folk punk musicians.

I'm a fan of Mischief Brew and Erik Petersen, and I just discovered this tribute to his life and music. From the video description:

"Opening with Stan Rogers' The Mary Ellen Carter, The Folks Show on 88.5 WXPN invited the friends and family of Erik Petersen of Mischief Brew to the show to play some covers pay tribute to him. Show opens at around the four minute mark. Songs are interspersed with reminiscing, talk of inspirations, and exactly what you'd expect from this kind of thing.

"Hosted by Ian Zolitor; also present are Erik's partner Denise, his brother Chris, bandmate Shawn, and others."

“Elvis was trying to steal the music of the black churches in his songs. So, I decided to steal it back.”