push it along

back in high school, i couldn't stay focused long enough to take physics for more than three weeks, but i could keep track of all the bands that ian mackaye had been a part of (let's see... there was minor threat, embrace, egg hunt, pailhead, fugazi...).

for someone, like me, who enjoys indie rock and memorizing useless bits of trivia, it's always fun to connect the dots between different bands. one can create analogies: for example, joy division : new order :: bauhaus : love & rockets. or, we could perform addition: members of far + texas is the reason + chamberlain = new end original.

lately, i've been enjoying maritime. they feature members from seminal post-punk groups the promise ring and the dismemberment plan. while some of my favorite music came from the mid-90s midwestern post-punk genre (e.g., christie front drive, braid, mineral, promise ring, etc.) i have enjoyed the musical progression the members of maritime have made. it is always interesting to hear the future direction of a past favorite. jawbox > > burning airlines... christie front drive > > antarctica > > the 101... mineral > > the gloria record > > pop unknown...

something about learning from the past and adapting for the future...