I had a night on the town with both K. and Z. tonight while Thomai tended to some other business. On the way to dinner at BW3, I put on a mix CD that I threw together early this morning. The CD was supposed to be a collection of ska favorites, featuring a fair amount of stuff by The Specials and The Selecter. I also included some stuff by Sublime and a few ska covers by The Clash. Now, I also added in some of my favorites by Rancid even though they're more of a punk band because the influence of ska really shines through in a lot of their stuff. So, there we were, driving to dinner in the minivan as I was cranked the Rancid songs while the girls danced and sang along in their seats. We got to the restaurant and had some dinner and about an hour later, we made our way back to the car. As the girls got settled in their seats, Baby Z. piped up: "Daddy, can you play Radico again?"
I thought for about a second and then I understood: "Do you mean 'Roots Radicals'?" and she yelled, Yeah!" Then I said, "Oh my god. This is like a dream come true. Yes. Yes we can play it again." And we did. And we totally rocked out.
Rancid performs "Roots Radicals" Live at Summer Sonic 2001
