blink-182 - Bored to Death

| Kerri
There's a stranger staring at the ceiling
Rescuing a tiger from a tree
The pictures in her head are always dreaming
Each of them means everything to me
And it's a long way back from seventeen
The whispers turn into a scream
And I... I'm not coming home

Save your breath, I'm nearly
Bored to death and fading fast
Life is too short to last long
Back on earth I'm broken
Lost and cold and fading fast
Life is too short to last long

From 90's-referencing hip-hop to a bonafide 90's pop-punk band, rebooted with a replacement band member. I love that this sounds and feels exactly how I want blink to sound and feel, samey but 25 years wiser. 

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Logic feat. Big Lenbo - Young Jesus

| Keith
Okay, now take a trip inside my mind like you was off to Venice
It’s me and B-I-G L-N-B-O cooking like chemists
Take them back to way back when like Dennis, The Menace
Causing mayhem on the come up like a young apprentice
Smoking weed and getting higher then a flight attendant
Hip-hop descendant, gold Jesus on my pendant
Got to pull it out for everyone that’s in attendance
Okay, back in the day as a college park tenant
Still can’t believe I didn’t get a shorty pregnant
Man. that’s the definition of a life sentence
A whole lot of beef, no bread, no lettuce
Cause I couldn’t keep it in my briefs, man that’s pathetic
Fuck all that back and forth, this ain’t a game of tennis
I'll be in my mothafuckin' chamber like the senate
Scared to go outside but I know I can’t prevent it
I'm, forever alone in my mind
See I’m a self-diagnosed hypochondriac
Either at the crib, or on the tour bus is where you'll find me at
Yeah, I know that I’m livin' like I got it okay, yeah
But I swear that I'm not that neurotic over here, yeah

It's been a little while since we've had some hip-hop here on TMIS, so let's fix that. At the beginning of "Young Jesus" Logic, the self-styled Young Sinatra, intones "What up Bobby? This that 95 shit right here. Take 'em back to the 90s!"

And, that, friends, pretty much sums up what you're about to get, a 90's inspired hip-hop track that hits like it's a collab between Swollen Members and The Wu-Tang Clan. Good stuff. He's got a new album "Bobby Tarantino" out, but I've only been able to give it a brief listen, but it's solid.

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Frank Turner - Ballad of Me and My Friends (Live)

| Keith
Everybody’s got themselves a plan,
Everybody thinks they’ll be the man, including the girls.
The musicians who lack the friends to form a band are singer-songwriters,
The rest of us are DJ’s or official club photographers.
And tonight I’m playing another Nambucca show,
So I’m going through my phonebook, texting everyone I know,
And I quite a few I don’t, whose numbers found their way into my phone,
But they might come along anyway, you never really know.
None of this is going anywhere –
Pretty soon we’ll all be old,
And no one left alive will really care
About our glory days, when we sold our souls.
But if you’re all about the destination, then take a fucking flight.
We’re going nowhere slowly, but we’re seeing all the sights.
And we’re definitely going to hell,
But we’ll have all the best stories to tell.

Today I'm attending Lollapalooza in Chicago with some very old friends of mine. Most folks here are stoked to see Radiohead, and while I share that excitement, there are a few others I'm more excited for. Frank Turner, the British bard who mixes humor, politics and extremely witty lyrics with an upbeat, punk/folk sound, is at the top of my list. His shows are always terrific (I've seen him a few times) and I leave them with a smile on my face and a spring in my step. It'll be the best way to kick off a fun weekend with friends. If you ever get the chance, go and see him.

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