Screeching Weasel and The Queers at The Observatory North Park

“Saturday at the Observatory in North Park. Fast, funny, three…”

Nobody outgrows their first scene. They just wait for it to come back to town. Fast, funny, three-chord pop-punk made by misfits in basements, treated by Lookout! Records as worth preserving as anything on a major label — and the two bands that most proved the point are on one stage, with Jack Trippers and Toxic Energy filling out the bill. A double dose of Ramonescore for the people who still argue about which record from that era is the best one. The friend you used to skate with. The one whose first show ever was this scene. The Observatory is a proper room with a real floor, built for a crowd that knows exactly when to shout the gang vocals back at the stage. Teenage memory, made physical for one night. Text the person you were sixteen with.