Fans of the old school Lookout Records scene don’t just like pop punk, they worship it. And while the uninitiated would scratch their heads as to why we would be willing to stand outside in the dreaded Las Vegas heat to see guys in their 40s, 50s and 60s sing about farting, young love and high school, there was absolutely no way I was missing a show featuring Screeching Weasel, The Dickies and The Queers! ...

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October and November are jam packed with awesome shows this year, but the one I was most looking forward to came first – and will likely be hard to top. It was a pop punk power house bill with The Queers, Teenage Bottlerocket and The Copyrights, coinciding with Beauty Bar’s Nickel Beer night, so I knew it was going to be a packed show. While the dirt cheap booze was a good enough incentive to bring out the drinkers, I think more than a few of them were won over by the bands’ hook-driven sets. ...

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