Blog: The Dumbing of America

I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard The Damned. I had just walked into my favorite indie record store (Play It Again Records in suburban Detroit, which is still the best record store I ever visited) and 'Ignite' from Strawberries was playing. As I wandered around the store for the next 30 minutes, I was blown away by this band that shifted from the punk ferosity that I loved, to brilliantly arranged post-punk anthems like 'Stranger On The Town" which almost has a Motown feel to them. I was hooked and spent the next [...]