Curious what notable personalities in the scene think was great this year? So is TGEFM! So we reached out to some of our favorite luminaries ranging from musicians, label personnel, and more for their “Best of 2024” lists. Now, listen: TGEFM is not a taskmistress. Contributors can write these out however they want. So if it doesn’t actually look or read like a list… and sometimes it really is just a list with no other observations! Who cares?
Bite Me Bambi have a full-length album coming out in February called Eat This. Fresh off finishing up their A Spoonful of Ska tour keyboardist Mike Berault joined us to share his best and worst of 2024.
Despite 2024 being a sort of Political and Global Dumpster Fire. There were a few brighter spots. There was the first successful cloning of a Rhesus Monkey in China…but I thought It was a “Reeses Monkey” so I was less excited…(chocolate peanut butter life sized monkey? Hell yeah…)
Favorite Vine style video clip of 2024 the Banana Bread at Work guy…I love that this dude exists and is just calling out the joys and perils of trying to live a honest life…HELL YEAH DUDE!
2024 was the Hottest year on record yet, people still have Vitamin D deficiencies…looking to create a utopia where we only wear speedos…
I thought the Sabrina Carpenter‘s “Espresso” was an actual add for Espresso which thought had an incredible production value for a commercial, I was very excited about it. I think that song should be the Best Single (based on a food product) and if that category doesn’t exist…I think it should.
Best Sports Team of 2024 has to be The Los Angeles Dodgers (full disclosure I am a lifelong fan…) no pun…they are the best team a billion dollars could buy.
Best and Worst Festival of 2024 NO VALUES in Pomona, Ca. Best-seeing some incredible bands all play in the same place. Shout out to Turnstile, FIDLAR, Fishbone, Iggy Pop and Hepcat w Jesse Wagner. Worst part-waiting 2.5 hours to leave the parking lot…
WORST of 2024 Losing legends like Greg Lee of Hepcat…gone way too soon and the ska scene is far less bright without Greg here. He will be missed RIP.
Worst of 2024 Del Taco getting rid of the Spicy Jack Quesadilla….if you never been to Del Taco after a night of drinking and ordered a Spicy Jack…you haven’t lived. What type of go fund me can I start to get this back on the menu?
More Worst of 2024 Racists and Fascists peering out from their dark corners…
Anticipated Best of 2025- Turning a bright light on Racists and Fascists as a culture. The game of despicable people Wack-A-Mole will be something to look forward to. Bright side-I am also looking forward to the response that the Creative Community will have to the political mess that is 2024. We are ripe for a awesome creative movement with no shortage of inspiration.
Bad Dad (occasionally called Ed) has been on the periphery of the punk and punk-adjacent scene for over twenty years. While many contributors to this site have musical experience and talent, Ed’s musical claim to fame comes from his time in arguably the most punk rock Blockbuster Video district in NJ where he worked alongside members of Blanks 77, Best Hit TV and Brian Fallon. He is more than just an awful father to his 2 daughters, he is also a dreadful husband, a subpar writer, a terrible dresser and has a severe deficiency in all things talent… but hey, at least he’s self-aware, amirite?
Check out the pathetic attempts at photography on his insta at https://www.instagram.com/bad_dad_photography/
