damn, that josh hooten is a funny, funny guy. if you like yer funny political (as i do), and maybe you miss ol' josh's column in Punk Planet, then you should go to Mixtape , where he dishes out the tres amusing stuff almost every week or so. remember the days when "punk rock" and "intelligent" were interchangable?

So the very best thing about the punk rock is the community, right? Well, at least that's the thing that still amazes me. I was walking to work today, and heard someone call my name, and I turned to find it was one of the many ex-Agent 86 drummers that populate this wacky, crazy place we call Earth. This particular drummer, Karl, has always been one of my favorites because not only did we share our time in A86, but we also shared the fabulous 3+ weeks that made up the final part of the Detonators and Beggars tour back int he Spring of '92. We run into each other from time to time, and it's always a pleasant suprise. That tour with the Dets was a life-changing time for me, and I suspect it may have been for him too. As always, a punk rock US tour, DIY style forces a lot of issues into the harsh light of reality. I was along as a driver he was there as the drummer, and it all comes crashing back to me when I see him. Things I don't think about much any more, things I miss, things I don't. Most of all, that feeling of driving through the Canadian Rockies, leaving Calgary at 7 in the morning, all the Dets asleep in the van, listening to the classical station (the only thing that would come in on the radio) and contemplating where my life was headed. Who would have guessed it was here.