The Lawrence Arms

good and bad associated with when I was listening to them.

And a lot of bands have that, you know, Alkline Trio, the Lawrence Arms.

Those are all really important bands to me.

But the Menzingers are something special.

I don't know who, who's behind this, but, um, but we sh- like one, uh, we should hire him." And he literally just reached out to him and was like, "Hey, I'm starting this thing called Liquid Death.

Uh, and I, I think your writing is funny." And then turns out he was also in, uh, a band called The Lawrence Arms.

That's like a punk band that was like one of the founder's favorite bands, too.

Oh, look at that.

It wasn't pop punk, but like-

The Lawrence, the Lawrence Arms?

Is he '90s?

They've been going forever.

Oh, that's dope, yeah.

Like the Lawrence Arms, guys like those, so...

Hamby, we have a music Slack channel and Hamby will make it known of like, hey, there's been a lack of Lawrence Harms in the shop lately, but we need to change that.

Yeah,

Um, I, I remember that show really fondly.

And then, um, the next couple, you know, we were playing with some of the bands that Against Me played the most shows with, The Lawrence Arms, Blood Brothers, Lucero.

Uh, just looking o- over some of those old lineups, and it's like-

Mm

Hennessy? Is he playing that? I'm trying to remember.

He must have, you know what, I know he was at this, like, he had already been with Sparta, but I feel like at this particular time, because in the same year he was with Sparta, he was with Joyce Manor, he's always with the Lawrence Arms, and he did that against me run, like, with Blink-182 in, like, Australia, too.

Really? Yeah.

Yeah, that's right.

I have to thank Boyd for turning me on to Mr. Rosenstock many, many years ago, and also for suggesting the song that started the show off.

He suggested, and I quote, Quiet Storm by the Lawrence Arms from their excellent new album, Skeleton Coast, which has a line about searching for truth in a cup of coffee.

Thanks, Boyd.

Yeah, you gotta love coffee.