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Echoes of Emo: A Sunny Day Real Estate Retrospective

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It was 1995. Or was it 1994? 

I surveyed the room, angered by the sea of middle-aged music journalists opting to stand around in their horn-rimmed glasses while Sunny Day Real Estate brought their blend of Midwest emo to a few hundred of us at the Knitting Factory.

My buddy and I had waited what seemed like forever to see our favorite band in the Big Apple, and there was no way in hell that these scruffy and stiff “adults” were going to stop us from dancing our balls off.

So we moshed.

And slammed. 

It was a pit of two, nowhere near enough elbows and knees flying in the air to sustain the momentum.

We were asked to stop nicely.

We were asked to stop not so nicely.

We were threatened to stop.

After the show, on the E train back to Queens, we talked about our disappointment in the crowd.

“That will NEVER be me,” the 18-year-old me declared.

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Forgotten 90s Alternative Rock Songs – Part II

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forgotten 90s alt rock

When I brain-dumped some of my favorite forgotten 90s alternative rock songs, I never expected to receive so much love. But I should have known better: Gen X will never let the tunes that defined us die. In the spirit of keeping page load times in Google’s good graces, I present Forgotten 90s Alternative Rock Songs: PART II. Check out Part I here.

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Jimmy Eat World = Genre-Busting Sweetness

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It should be no surprise that the guy who loved Toad the Wet Sprocket and worshipped Sunny Day Real Estate fell in love with a band named Jimmy Eat World. But, hey, I love the Goo Goo Dolls, too. I guess I have a thing for verbose band names.

My first exposure to Jimmy Eat World came at the hands of Jerry Rubino, a part-time jock at the local radio station where I interned. He seemed older than most of the radio station employees and was probably no older than the age I am as I write this post.

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Grave Dancers Union: Unite and Fight!

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soul asylum album cover
Soul asylum album cover

Find me a better band name than Soul Asylum and a more extraordinary album title than “Grave Dancers Union.” Go ahead; I’ll wait.

The 80s act that blossomed into a 90s alternative rock force held significant influence over droves of Gen Xers, even if Soul Asylum is not as cool to reference as Nirvana, Peral Jam, Blind Melon…or any other of their chart-sharing counterparts. Soul Asylum’s hit single “Runaway Train” was a massive success, reaching number five on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning a Grammy for Best Rock Song.

And perhaps that was the problem.

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A Love Letter to My 90s Stereo Systems

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I fall in love with inanimate objects.

Tennis rackets, pens, sneakers, watches, bicycles, sunglasses, and so on. It’s not exactly unconditional love; my emotions can lead these objects to hang around past their expiration dates.

So consider this article a love letter, an amorous note to the stereos that helped me grow as a person and made my heart go pitter-patter. Because when it comes to 80s/90s stereo systems, I’m all in!

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My Radio Internship: The 90s Alt Rock Way

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They told me to be at the radio station by 4:30am, so there I was, alone, standing outside in the dark, staring up at the nondescript three-story building.

It was cold outside. Foggy. The office manager told me that someone would be there to meet me. I hadn’t yet earned access to the 4-digit security code that I’d soon learn was simply the building number.

As I awkwardly stood in front of the glass doors waiting for entry, a warbled voice shot out of the shadows. 

“Muuurrrr-der-errrrrr.”

I jumped out of my skin.

MURDERER?

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