Searching for Familiarity

So for a long long time I was really into music... loved it, ate, drank, slept it. Then it stopped. I don't really recall the chain of events that lead to it but I've found I just don't care for anything new anymore. 98% of the bands I listen to are bands I've been listening to for years... and years, and years! What the hell is wrong with me, am I just that much of a snob of tastelessness or what?

Now for most people they listen to punk when they are young then as they grow up they discover new music that makes them happy then they discover something new and mature and become adults and trah-la-lah. This never happened with me. I've listened to punk for years and although I've gotten somewhat bored with what I've listened to for so long, I haven't grown much further than what I've listened to since I was 17. Sure I've bought [or downloaded] new released CD's but it's always been the same old bands.

The sad thing is if I download a new CD it's only because it's new to me, most of the time the record is something old that I've come across. Alternative radio doesn't exactly help either. They are just as guilty of playing the same 100 tracks from the last 20 or so years. They don't exactly branch out either. For instance: Alice in Chains have released a new CD with their new singer, instead of playing the new singles they play the same old tracks from Dirt. The only saving grace for the local station [re]named X103.9 is the Punk show that's run at night, well maybe... if you ignore the fact that "Never mind the Bollocks..." and "Ramones S/T" are both older than I am...

So what do I do? Cave for music I don't like and hope it grows on me? Continue to look around and hope I find a track that I like? I don't know. Well I have had two songs in the last year that I like (one I just can't get enough of) here they are.



and my absolute (current) favorite.

the latter reminds me of the energy of early Voodoo Glow Skulls and just makes me happy!