One in Every City

 

Getting towards the end of the year.

Fuck 2020.

 

 It's hard to underestimate the strange but deep underground influence that Alex Cox's 1984 debut film "Repo Man" had on a certain segment of the youth who saw the movie. It was very punk rock movie and absolutely hilarious and quotable and a lot of us have seen it multiple times and can ramble off half the movie's dialog at the drop of a hat. It's a cultural touchstone. You should watch it if you haven't already seen it thirty times.

One scene in particular seems to have struck a nerve and inspired a plethora of bands to name themselves Plate O' Shrimp.


 

It seems that every city had one. In Boston that band was a ska band. 

But in Minneapolis, that band was a bunch of stand up guys who made a punk rock racket and drank lots of beer.

 

 

2000 Shrimp on the Barbie


I'm not going to pretend that it will change your life, but it won't ruin your day. You'll probably start singing along with it at some point if you listen a few times and eventually it will worm its way into your brain like a parasitic worm. 

So you have that to look forward to.


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