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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All Or Nothing: A Pennywise Review

Today marks the drop of the new Pennywise album, "All Or Nothing", their first studio album since 2008 and the first album with new lead singer Zoltán Téglás.  For those of you who don't know, I'm not exactly the biggest fan of "brocore", actually I down right detest it, I wanted to give this album a listen.  New singer leads to new sound, maybe?  You can stream the album on The Dying Scene and head out to purchase it wherever you get your records.  

Here you will read my first impressions as I listen to the tracks one by one for the first (and probably only time):

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