Frank Turner and The Interrupters

A musical Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup.  Two great live acts that sound great together.  Setlists for each from this tour.  A handful of videos for each plus a couple from the opening act, Bedouin Soundclash.

Frank Turner

The Interrupters

CackTass MMXXII

Menu (select as many as you’d like)

Friday Night:

  • Social Distortion

Saturday afternoon:

Saturday night:

  •               Social Distortion
  •               The Piano Men (at Lisa’s club)

Sunday afternoon:

Sunday night:

  •               Anti-Flag

Other decathalon activities to fill in if wanted:

  •               Golf
  •               Hiking
  •               Mtn Biking
  •               Indian Casino
  •               Top Golf

Decathalon summary…we don’t need to do any and we can make sure not to do anything that hurts a healing knee.  We have amazing hiking and mtn biking right out of our front door.  Easy.  There’s flats and there’s climbs and it’s all through the alien landscape of the desert.  And the golf in Scottsdale is amazing if you want to golf.  There’s a chance I can get us on Lisa’s course free, but if not it could be pricey.  But how often do you golf in December?

Editor notes: 

We already have tickets to Anti-Flag.  It’s at a tiny cool venue.  Must see after seeing them in 2021 at RiotFest.  So good.

ZONAfest may be a “see the line up schedule and decide” event.  For me there’s a few gotta see acts and a handful of good to see.  I can see waiting to see the daily schedules and making a call…how cool would Sunday be seeing Jeff Rosenstock at 5 on Sunday, the Front Bottoms at 6, and then head to Anti-Flag? 

The Joybus jam is a late add.  It’s at a cool bar in downtown Scottsdale (much cooler than Phoenix).  And it’s all day with music.  Roger Clyne is the headliner.  I’ve seen him a couple of times.  His claim to fame was the lead of the Refreshments (the song Banditos from the 90s) and is fun.  It would be real easy to hit that and Social D.  Tough to do that and ZONA, but we should see that lineup.

Social D is in Tempe, adjacent to Arizona State and a lot of bars.  ZONAfest is in a park near downtown Phoenix and Anti-Flag is downtown.  All three are near enough to do both. 

Anyway, that’s your menu. Make your selections and I’ll take it from there.

Riot Fest 2022 Final Preview

Here we go…less than a week away….here’s a curated youtube walkthrough of what the weekend may hold.  A couple of conflicts to still work out.  Maybe this will help.  Plus not a lot of time built in for rest and refreshement.

Friday

1PM LS Dunes (I know we won’t make them but this is a great way to start)

130 Boston Manor

215 Wargasm

305 Lagwagon

315 Anberlin

4PM Jeff Rosenstock

515 Descendents

545 The Wonder Years

7PM Portugal. The Man

730 Bleachers

8PM Marky Ramone

830 My Chemical Romance

Saturday

2PM The Joy Formidable

250 Fear

3PM The Get Up Kids

425 7 Seconds

515 The Menzingers

615 The Front Bottoms

620 Bad Religion

725 Gogol Bordello

730 GWAR

830 The Misfits

Sunday

12Noon The Bombpops

1PM The Linda Lindas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfLfKSLXi_I

2PM Jawbox

320 Less Than Jake

325 The Lunachicks

4PM Coolio

415 Polica

5PM Jimmy Eat World

605 Sleater-Kinney

710 Yeah Yeah Yeahs

815 Nine Inch Nails

Saturday Preview – Bauhaus

Classic.  It can be argued who invented Goth…Siouxsie, Bauhaus, or even Joy Division.  But you can’t argue that Bauhaus did it best.  It’s not a halloween without Bela Lugosi’s Dead.  Broken up long ago for Peter Murphy’s (Cuts You Up) solo career while David J and Daniel Ash did the Love and Rockets (No New Tale to Tell) thing, they are back together for quite the reunion.  And likely the last time to see them.  Who knows what stage show they’ll have.  Peter Murphy entered Coachella (for their first reunion) hanging upside down like a bat to Bela Lugosi’s Dead.  In the Douglass Park dusk, could have a Lolla Ghost-like show.

Saturday Preview Battle – 7 Seconds versus Alexisonfire

Decisions and conflicts.  Here’s a choice to make for Saturday.  7 Seconds or Alexisonfire.

7 Seconds is an old school American hardcore punk band formed in 1989 in Reno.  Though their sound changed many times since then.  Many of the current bands were influenced by them.

Alexisonfire is a Canadian melodic hardcore or screamo band.  Yeah, Canadian so they’re polite about it. 

Can’t say I’m a fan of the screamo. Or Nena covers. So which one to choose….