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This would be another installment of “Maps And Notes” however, this one really only took place in the city I lived in. San Diego, circa 1999-2001. There was a lot of great different music being played around then. Remember this was the peak of Blink 182, so not much else besides Blink, UL, Fenix TX, and all those other bands Taylor Steele but on every soundtrack to his surf films was being noticed on a large scale. I was coming out of a phase, and falling in love with Emo. Not the crappy stuff that’s emo now, the real stuff, The Get Up Kids, Jets To Brazil, Mineral, Braid, Sunny Day Real Estate, et al (granted I was late to the party on a few of those). I decided this music was not a CA thing, and hardly anyone I knew was listening to it (what I’m telling you here is, I’m a trendsetter), but over time I came to find a couple EP’s from local bands that just blew me away that were playing musin in this same vein. San Diego had a much stronger scene at this time than what produced Blink and UL, and a lot of these artists are still around today, however the bands I speak of are not.

I have spent all morning listening to them, and demanding others do the same.

Jack’s Broken Heart (true story, i never realised the Fight Club reference until 2 months ago) was an amazing 4 piece. Their EP “Against Forgetting” was amazing, go buy it on iTunes. I saw this band play a ton, with Jimmy Eat World, Counterfeit, et al, and it was great. They won the 2001 San Diego Music Award for best Alternative, beating out The Album Leaf, Black Heart Procession and Tristeza (I told you SD had a developing scene at the time). I later had the privilege of becoming friends with their drummer David, who is now in a band called The Little Ones (with ex-Sunday’s Best) that you should also check out.

Dewey Defeats Truman is a band that I came to know about through my own lame attempts at rock stardom. I was in a band, I will never mention more than it’s mere existence, because it was horrible. So anyway I was over at the Guitar Center (old one over on El Cajon Blvd.) one day, doing something, or buying something, and had this random conversation with this guy who was the singer for DDT. He was a pretty interesting guy and super nice, so I went over to Music Trader and picked up whatever I could find. That was “B-Sides, Rarities, and Out-Takes” and it was a great pick up. I don’t think I have the physical disc of this anymore, but somehow it has managed to stay on my computer all those years. I don’t think you can find this album, but they released an EP later that is still up on Amazon.

Enjoy.

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