It’s Friday night at Seattle’s El Corazon and the most anticipated show of the summer of 2013 is about to begin. And I am there. Canadian punk legends DOA are headlining and Seattle’s legendary Fastbacks are also on the bill. The show was billed as DOA’s farewell tour, yet DOA mentioned nothing of the sort …
In a blog entry titled, “A Non-Policy Interruption: Fastbacks’ ‘In America,’” National Review writer Reihan Salam endorses the 90s Fastbacks punk tune embedded below, saying: “Many decades ago, a young Seattle band called Fastbacks released a song called “In America.” The lyrics sound a little petulant and characteristically punkish, the premise being that America is …