Totally Punk Rock, but You'd Never Know It

Sometimes I forget just how awesome punk is, but then I dig up one of my old records. The first sorta-kinda punk I was exposed to was, naturally, Green Day, because it was played on main stream radio. After I fell in love with that band, my mom introduced me to The Ramones, and from them I moved on to their modern counterparts The Riverdales. After the Riverdales, I had a lot of discovery to do... and I still do. I'm not sure what it is about punk, but aside from opera it's the only music that really makes me want to go to a show, although I certainly don't fit in to that scene any more; I think it's that it's just so fun, vibrant, and in-the-moment. I've been going through my flooded-out CDs little by little and rediscovering some albums I haven't even thought about in years, so getting this iPod is turning out to be a deeply rewarding experience on an almost a spiritual level.

Tomorrow morning we're heading out for Dragon Con! I picked up Girls of Riyadh to read on the drive up to Atlanta.