EPISODE 90: HOCKEY ARE #@$%ING DEAD

Your move, St. Louis Blues.

This week we don our black veils, not in honor of the new Stanley Cup champion L.A. Kings, but because the crushing melancholy of the off-season has officially crept upon us. Just kidding, this week we discuss what possible impact the original sunbelt franchise winning a Cup might have on hockey in California. Also, we discuss tinfoil hat-wearing fans, certain writers who love nothing more than to rain on hockey's parade, L.A. punk rock, AND America. No guest this week so it's just Peter and I rambling on.

Music Featured This Week:

(The Intro was) Coup D'etat by The Circle Jerks

New Dark Ages by Bad Religion

Devil's Dance Floor by Flogging Molly

Rise Above by Black Flag

I'm Not A Punk by Descendents

Why You Should Be Cheering For The Kings

I'm going to assume that if you are reading this blog, you are a fan of punk and hockey. I am also going to assume that, like most of us, your favorite team is no longer competing for the cup.

So who do you cheer for?

Let me suggest that if you love punk rock and are a hockey fan, perhaps the Kings are the team you should bandwagon until the cup is handed out.

The Kings have been cultivating a bit of a punk rock culture for some time now. It's sort of expected though.

Southern Califorina has always been a stronghold for punk and we have established that obviously punk and hockey are related. The Kings have been around since before the punk movement began and as one of the only hockey outlets in the region, it's expected punks into hockey would gravitate towards the team.

And some prolific punks have.

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Against Me!'s Tom Gabel Opens Up About Being Transgender To Rolling Stone

Tom Gabel will now be referred to as Laura Jane Grace from now on.  

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#StayNegi: Good Riddance To Green Day

Doing research for that last post took me back to my childhood: some good music was listened to, some terrible music was listened to and lots had changed since the break of all those bands.  Nirvana lost their lead singer, which lead to a new band and a political career, Pearl Jam got clean, Alice in Chains lost their lead singer, Soundgarden happened, in reality, the 90s happened.   With the 90s came the boom of Fat Wreck Chords, Lookout! Records, Asian Man Records, and more with this huge push for this poppy punk sound. A break out star of that punk scene was Green Day, and holy shit how far have they fallen? 

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The Beastie Boys, Peaches, Bleach, and How I Got Into Punk

Death is a fact of life.  And over the past few days you've probably read countless obituaries, tributes, and memorials to Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beasties Boys.  This isn't one of them.  Despite that this is the first celebrity death that has had any kind of impact on me, there is nothing I can say that hasn't been said before.  There are far more eloquent writers out there catpuring this, I suggest you read them.  Rather, this is a reflection on a musical journey that brings you to the Stay Negi Monster you see before you.

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