June 25, 2026
Share a song that represents rebellion or freedom to you.
Fugazi is the answer. Exhibit A, from today: Fugazi responds to Vans X Fugazi shoe collection:
"Have you got the slightest fucking idea about our ethics?"
Still punk. 40 years after formation and like 25 years after their last release.
For today's prompt...
Exhibit B, today's song: "Do You Like Me".
From an interview with Guy Picciotto by Chris Summerlin, Diskant 1998 (via Genius):
“The lyrics to Do You Like Me are kind of a collage of 3 separate ideas. It starts like a love song then veers into a comment on prison construction as growth economy in the USA, then derails into a fantasy about this defence contractor’s headquarters burning down (Lockheed and Martin Marietta had just merged to create a defence industry titan of terrifying proportion and they opened their headquarters in nearby Bethesda), then the song just spirals back into itself”.
End of the lesson, time for one more question: Do you like me?
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