San Dimas High School Football (Still) Rules

So it’s the year 2000 and the apocalypse predicted by everyone and anyone in the media didn’t happen and we’re all left with a warm fuzzy feeling, because ‘at least we’re not dead’ – as a friend so eloquently put.

I was just sixteen and I was just developing a love for punk, pop punk and emo music through the girl I was seeing at the time. We used to listen to this album endlessly on her bed when we should have been in lessons at college. We wouldn’t speak because this album would be all the words we’d ever need, and then some. It was the perfect mix of pop melodies and words that make so much sense to hormonal teens in love.

Looking back; Everyday seemed to be a mix of great music, sunshine and hanging around with friends that summer. This was the soundtrack to that summer.

The Ataris – Blue Skies, Broken Hearts and The Next Twelve Exits (Kung Fu Records)

To me this is summer 2000AD encapsulated into 35 minutes of pop punk perfection, though to be honest I can’t say I’ve listened to it for a few years now. That was until this morning when I came across three videos on YouTube of Kris Roe playing the album acoustically from start to finish. It took me back instantly to those times and memories once forgotten.

Anyway here’s the videos:

Part One


Part Two


Part three