Thirsty Thursdays Presented By The Dollar Boys is a highly unorganized group of individuals who get together to play the best and worst of old and new, punk, hardcore, and god knows what else. Punk podcast. Come for the music, stay for the memories.

So, if you beef with Oprah in January, what do you do in February? Well, Gurba—a high school teacher—was placed on administrative leave by the Long Beach Unified School District for, as she Tweeted, “being ‘disruptive.’” That disruption? Speaking out online and helping students organize to fight back against a fellow teacher with a reputation for using violence and hate speech against students.

We butcher the hell out of Finnish, but learn that Lama’s song “Totuus Löytyy Kaurapuurosta” translates into “The Truth Is Found in Oatmeal,” so that’s pretty great.

Episode #3 “Ups and Downs”

All my best shit (I’ve been listening to lately).

Spanish bombs in Andalusia, the shooting sites in the days of ‘39

This is what Amebix trained us for! Wear that mask!

We went down a little path trying to think of punk songs or bands that use saxophone (or other woodwinds or brass instruments) that we actually enjoy.

Brontez doesn’t shy from admitting he wants acceptance and love from others in his community. It’s this vulnerability that makes him more believable to me than other queer artists who choose to present as indestructible. Brontez’s creative efforts are most commonly characterized by acceptance and fascination with these sorts of conflicts and contradictions in human interaction: individuality vs. acceptance, sexual freedom vs. emotional heartbreak, bottoming vs. pain.

Delving into the music of Tim Kinsella.