SKApril!

The Rebel Black Dot Song of the Day
Streetlight Manifesto, "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Café" from Somewhere In the Between (T.L.A.M.)

Skammentary: My original thought was to use this Lenten Sunday to highlight an explicitly Christian ska song, such as Five Iron Frenzy's "Far Far Away" or The Indyderz-es' "God Almighty," only to recall that both those examples had bathed in the SKApril limelight in days of yore, SKAprils '11 & '12, respectively. So, I've gone in the opposite direction, choosing to highlight an ambiguously anti-theistic, potentially diabolical song. Streetlight Manifesto is another latter-day ska band on whom Ska Army is very high whom I view as sufficient, but not even remotely special. "Down, Down, Down to Mephisto's Café" is amusing, though overlong. Were it shorter, & was more emphasis placed on the excellent music at the expense of the pompously self-important lyrics, it would be a really good song, instead of just a good song. Ska is great—GREAT—but not universally so. Today's SKApril R.B.D.S.O.T.D. serves ends of both variety & humility.

"…He said, 'You'll never have to choose a side,
It's rewarding, but on the road it's hard'…"

Neutrality is a myth. Refusing to choose a side is a comforting lie to those who haven't thought the matter through, but the swearing of disinterested neutrality is itself a declaration of both allegiance & war.