skadanny wrote:
1) Your name, where you live, some general stuff like that.
2) How did you get into ska?
3) What are some of your favorite ska bands?
4) What do you like about the ska scene?
5) What are some of your favorite moments from shows?
1) Steven, aka Twitch, cranky old man (26) of Rochester
2) In 2003, I was being bored in a coffee shop, and a friend said there were some cool bands playing around the corner that night. It was the Slackers, the Blackouts and Amy Ryan and the Operatives. Blew the doors wide open for me.
3) the Slackers, the Aquabats, the Toasters, Westbound Train, Madness, the Specials, Mrs. Skannotto, The Glow
4) the infectious energy. I have yet to find anything nearly as much FUN as skanking the night away.
5) March 2004, hopped on a bus to see the Slackers in Buffalo. Didn't know anybody in town or where the venue was, but that didn't stop me. Between openers, I went out for a smoke, and I saw a group of people, all doing the "where's my lighter" dance. So I whipped out my Zippo. Instant gang, just add fire.
Wandered around town with members of Skarmy of Darkness before their final Syracuse show, then danced to the brink of exhaustion. Kinda sad that I'll never see them again, but that one night was perfect.
After seeing the Aquabats last year, I was drenched in sweat and had a couple hours to kill before catching the bus home. The A/C in the station was ridiculously high, so I went for a long walk. Not much fun to live through, but it must've looked pretty funny, a lone punk wandering downtown Buffalo in the middle of summer, teeth chattering.