Pop Punk Junk Vol. 16
Another big blast from the past. My wife originally put “Sappy Song” and a whole bunch of other pop punk songs on a mixtape for me but I have no idea what ever happened to it. I was actually looking through boxes in our garage for it just last week and all I found were (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 15
Welcome back to Pop Punk Junk. I’m going to try to get a new one of these up every week or two until I run out of stuff to post. With a backlog of about 200 songs (give or take) that should take me through the end of 2011 or so. If you’ve got suggestions (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 14
So I’m writing this four months to the day the day since the last one of these Pop Punk Junk entries was posted. Yes, all the links to the previous 13 are still live and they all still fucking rule. Check ‘em out. As for this one, It’s got bands I’m sure you know and (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 13
The weather is getting warmer here in Chicago so what better opportunity for a little Pop Punk Junk. Classic songs from Apocalypse Hoboken, Not Rebecca, Parasites, and more. I also threw a little As Friends Rust in here. You can’t go wrong with that. MP3 from the 1992 album Kerplunk from the 2008 album Skip (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 12
My baby is teething like crazy and sick so I’ve been back and forth between finishing this post and running upstairs to calm her down when she starts crying. What a day… MP3 from the 1996 album Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues from the 2000 album Travels With My Amp from the 2000 album Dead Ends (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 11
Wow! Has it really been over two months since I’ve posted on of these? I guess it has… I won’t make that mistake again. Another thing I don’t think I ever mentioned is that when I was in Allister, we played with the Wunder Years in (I think) Colorado Springs to about six people, but (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 10
Since this is all about pop punk, does anyone remember the Big Show 2 in Elgin? Zoinks! played that show as did Slapstick, The Bollweevils, Oblivion, No Empathy, Boris The Sprinkler, Jon Cougar Concentration Camp, 4 Squares, and more. I can’t even remember who I went to that show with, but it was a great (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 9
Holy shit this one is awesome! One of my favorite Weasel songs, a few tracks from the Honest Don’s days, and way more. I’m not sure If I’ve ever told this story here, but I saw Diesel Boy with Strung Out at the Fireside Back in 1996 (maybe) and it had been raining all damn (Read more…)
Pop Punk Junk Vol. 8
Yet another doozy of a post in this series, but (then again) they all are. I remember the first mix tape I made for Amy (way before we were married and way back when people still made mix tapes) and one of the songs I put on that tape was “Roses Are Red.” It still (Read more…)

