I'm just glad that there are people like him who are out there doing stuff for other people to get.
Know what I mean?
In this mostly-but-not-exclusively autobiographical piece, he talks a little about feeling proud of what he's done over the years. He has every right to be proud. Illustrated simply: You can walk into almost any halfway-decent record store in the country, from big chains to hole-in-the-wall indies, and see one of these:
That one happens to be located in the store where I work. I just got up from my desk, walked onto the sales floor, and snapped the picture.
I think that's pretty fucking remarkable.
Whether or not you're a fan of his music, you should check out his latest post. It'll interest Screeching Weasel fans, absolutely, but it also speaks on a more
meat-and-potatoes level to just plain old people. People who get it.
Sidenote: D'ya think I use other people's lyrics as titles for posts too often? I figure maybe I do. Oh well. How else am I supposed to show off how much I know?