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Makes sense why they got dropped from the Big D show last week now

 

That is fun. Reminds me of when I was in middle school lol

 

They sound a lot like Less than Jake

 

That was the first band I jumped to for sure, but they overall just reminded me of that LTJ/Mustard Plug 1997-2000 sound lol

Great find, thank you! New band too, excited to see where they go.

 

Buck-O-Nine vocalist Jon Pebsworth suffered a heart attack; GoFundMe launched; shows postponed

 

Damn hope he is ok.

 

Very sad

 

I remember my friend texting me that it was wild that Bosstones were playing Riot Fest in sept because Dicky is anti vax

 

Was going to ask about Kimmel, but looks like he left that too. How stupid.

 

Listen it’s a good joke….

 

The Haymarket affair in Chicago was a labor protest that gave us the standard eight-hour workday. Worldwide, this is celebrated on May Day. Unsurprisingly, the US doesn't officially recognize a holiday celebrating a small victory over capitalism. Instead, they created Labor Day to placate the workers while also white-washing history. The problems laborers face today are just like those in 1886. Today, the income disparity has grown wider and automation is no longer a looming threat has put millions out of work. All of this could be solved by adopting a form of universal basic income. Our song "Labor Day" is a call for that universal basic income. Interestingly, this song was recorded pre-COVID, before UBI was a subject many even knew about. Now, that we've seen the government can absolutely afford to send us stimulus checks, it's become a more mainstream topic. Automation is going to be the greatest economic hurdle of the 21st century. Companies complain about the labor shortage, when 7 million jobs have been lost to automation in the last decade. That number is expected to grow to 80 million jobs in the next five years in the US alone. So, what fucking labor shortage? The problem is a WAGE shortage. The national minimum wage is seven dollars and a fucking quarter. That can hardly get you a gallon of milk and a loaf of bread.

 

Anyone remember this band? Music just got added to streaming because they’re doing a reunion show next month. Very, very nostalgic for me lol, used to see them around all the time in high school.

 

I think I saw them as one of the opening bands for Streetlight at Starland back in 2005? Tour with VooDoo Glow Skulls & MU330.

Edit: Haha I go to their SoundClick and see this, so yup, saw them at that show: "We started as a joke at the Starland Ballroom stop of the Ska is Dead 2 tour, with Mu330 and Streetlight Manifesto."

 

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/04...n4nz55RG5Mj1U2gqLf9Ov7qrUEKsEOIncasAt0IjgeQD0

Dicky was at the beat the mandate rally over the weekend lmao