Okay, so I’m not much of a punk purist and was never much of a juvenile delinquent, but I did spend serious amount of time in detention for my variations in class-clownery.
So it is with this spirit that I am inaugurating the return of MixTape Fridays. Complete with a back-to-school special edition– guitars cranked, in an anti-authoritarian collision of punk, garage, and indie rock. Bad Brains and Pavement anarchicly coexisting alongside Joy Division and the Talking Heads.
Who else is gonna give you that, huh?
O’Pinionated Mix – 9th Grade Detention
(Playlist below the fold)
O’Pinionated Mix – “9th Grade Detention” Playlist
The Replacements – We’re Comin Out
Fugazi – Bad Mouth
Beastie Boys – Gratitude
The Patti Smith Group – Ain’t It Strange
The Smiths – London [Live]
Pavement – Box Elder
The Clash – Janie Jones
Sleater-Kinney – Words And Guitar
Talking Heads – Memories (Can’t Wait) [Live]
Sebadoh – License To Confuse
Bad Brains – Pay to C*m [Demo]
The Police – Dead End Job
PJ Harvey – 50ft Queenie [Demo]
John Lennon – Well, Well, Well
Rancid – Young Al Capone
Nirvana – Sliver
Joy Division – Digital
The Pixies – Debaser
Ramones – I Wanna Be Sedated
Sonic Youth – Candle
Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
Wire – Mr. Suit
I’m very happy about this mix.
My favorite way to spend detention (in my case, for late arrival to school) was in Mr. B’s art room, hanging out. Which is where I first met you and Josh, or rather got your attention, because of course i knew who you were. Which is where I preferred to hang out after school even without being required to. What kind of crazy non-punishment was that?? Typical softy, liberal, mushy child-rearing… ;)
Josie,
I remember that Blomgren afternoon vividly. I think you were wearing that purple-bold-striped (or was it teale) sweater. Within 48 hours I interrogated Josh G about you because I knew that he knew your friend Jen.
Blomgren had that authority destabilizing appeal. You used to spend time there whether or not you were in detention and I used to sit in on his classes even though I never took a class with him. Do you remember the grease paint Sinead O’Connor and Bob Dylan portraits I did in his class?
Well I hope that the mix lived up to the expectations, did the trick, and jumpstarted your adolescent rock and roll heart!
Ev