various artists - Capitol Radio

Wabbit wabbit, dear reader.

I miss playing records on the radio. I miss having ime to play records on the radio. The key here is that I wouldn't necessarily sacrifice the time and energy that it'd take to play records on the radio in 2024; I'm ure I could probably find a once-a-week slot at some left of the dial, 200 watt station around here.

Or maybe that's just ego talking.

The details behind this comp are a bit hazy, and I put it into a box after re-ripping it at 320kbps, so maybe one of my few readers who also lived in Delmarva around the turn of the millenium can fill in the blanks. At the same time I was blasting out punk, hardcore, and ska up near the PA border, there were a few dudes down around DC doing the same. They had much more juice than I; I believe Kent Stax was somehow involved in their show. So when it comes to members of Scream participating in your radio show, they had a 1-nil lead.

This 1999 comp bears their mark. There are a few familiar faces in the liner notes; dudes who you'd see at shows and record stores and the occasional Orioles game. And the bands harken back to an age I find particularly golden. It was a wonderful clash of sub genre; '77 punk next to org-core alongside third wave ska and Dischord post punk, all bounded by Chicago-style pop punk and . 1998 and 1999 were very good times, friends. The wave had just barely started building, and it felt like your friends wouldn't have to starve while they went out on tour.

And that was all a quarter century ago. Fuck, I'm getting old.

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