Hmm

That my friend, is a picture of a rare vinyl that I just got the other day. The album is "Damn Good" from Ska Flames, and they feature Jamaican legends, Laurel Aitken, Roland Alphonso, and Lester Sterling on the record. It's damn good if I say so myself (okay, I'm sorry for the lame joke.)

So in the 90s, there was this boom of third wave ska bands in the U.S., with groups like No Doubt, Reel Big Fish, and Less Than Jake getting mainstream appeal, and it was the in thing. Side by side with this boom was also the pop-punk boom with bands like Blink 182 and Green Day gaining rising popularity. Now, many are claiming that "Third wave ska has died" and all the fans have gone on to emo. For now, I won't go into why I don't believe in the whole "waves" deal, but I'll have to say that it's wrong. They haven't all gone on to emo, I would garner a lot more of old ska "fans" have moved on to indie rock.

Now, there are many who claim indie music isn't an actual genre, it's a term for unsigned bands. I personally think they should stop bullshitting themselves. Like "Alternative Rock" in the 90s, the term "indie" has morphed into it's own genre. Nobody quite knows how to describe it, but when you hear it, you'll know. It's a whole subculture that's boomed into the U.S., and it's been fused into the "emo" (and I use this term sparsely) subculture. These hipsters populate a lot of the bigger cities...L.A., Hollywood, San Francisco, even San Jose.

A lot of these hipsters read a few books by philosophers, or intelligent people, and suddenly, they think they're shit and intellectual and can discuss issues like politics or religion. We all know they're not discussing though, but rather, repeating what they've read.

Don't worry, I'm going somewhere with this.

What I dislike most about these hipster kids is the musical elitism. These kids think they're the shit because they try to listen to the most ecletic and obscure of these indie groups. They look down on others who they feel aren't up to their hipster pussiness. I'd say a lot more, but right now, I can't really seem to put my thoughts together coherently.