Retro Spectacles hits pause on the deep dives for a palate cleanser. Before the next series kicks off, Mitcz & Teddy each picked an album and related songs that had a huge impact on their adolescence.

In Part 1, Mitcz tells the story of the summer before 7th grade when his best friend Kevin handed him Dead Kennedys' 1981 EP "In God We Trust, Inc." with a punk mixtape on side B: Subhumans, TSOL, Operation Ivy, pre-Dookie Green Day, Crimp Shrine, and Dead Milkmen. That same summer, a break-in at an empty apartment, a snitch note gone wrong, and a pair of handcuffs in the principal's office pushed him straight into the arms of punk rock.

Mitcz and Teddy also rank each other's Hidden Gems picks, connect Jello Biafra's anti-Reagan lyrics to 2025 politics, talk first concerts (Social Distortion opening for the Ramones), the Gwar-to-Dead Kennedys pipeline, and why punk never really leaves your system.

Teddy's album drops in Part 2. Get your spectacles on and join us!

If you want to listen to the album and Mitcz's Playlist for this episode, visit : https://retrospecspod.com/episode/palette-cleanser-dead-kennedys-punk-awakening/

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