La Musica Coolica #100, that’s right, 100 (Stretch Armstrong)

Ok. This is LMC number one hundred. That is kind of a big deal (to me and no one else). I had a Phoenix song all planned out to post this week. Then… when I saw what number of LMC this was going to be, I had to call an audible. Just to give you an idea of how much work I put into this post, let me break it down– 25 mins spent tracking down original compact disc purchased when I was 17 years old (yes I was one of those dorks who bought tons of CDs and still hangs onto them for some reason); 5 mins Emailing former front man of the group for a photo to include with the post; 10 mins Ripping said CD to iTunes, which maddeningly made it into an m4a file; 10 mins converting said CD to mp3; 5 mins scanning the album cover (above), then editing image file; 5 mins uploading image and mp3 file; 5 mins whining via blog post about all of the aforementioned items.

So, as you may recall, mi hermano Pete guest posted about Stretch Arm Strong a couple of weeks ago. SAS is not to be confused with Stretch Armstrong, later changed to Stretsch Armstrong (because of some retarded litigation). I grew up going to SA shows, basically every other weekend during my high school career. Those shows were basically the most fun that I had growing up. The whole crowd would dance. Everyone knew all of the lyrics. It was all an amazing phenomenon. So, what I’m getting at, is that Stret(s)ch Armstrong put out some extraordinary freaking Ska music. In my opinion, it was on par with the Specials or English Beat. It was very hard to narrow down a “favorite” SA track for this post, but I ultimately decided on “Scratch the Ear”. Check it.