(Re)Mission Impossible: Introduction

Hey everyone.  I'm going to get a lot of background crap out of the way with my first post.  As you might know from the "about me," I have been fighting Stage 4 Hodgkins Lymphoma for almost two years and I have started this blog to help keep me sane while I recover from my second stem cell transplant which I will be undergoing in a few days.  My recovery period will be long and strict so I will use this blog as a way to connect with the world and write about things I like.  The name "(Re)mission Impossible" refers to the fact that several lines of treatment have been unable to get me into remission and this procedure is my last chance.

Every post will have to do with music in some capacity.  The focus will be on hardcore/punk, but there will be a few posts here and there that fall outside the punk genre.  Some posts will be dedicated to a single band while others might be about a particular record, a style, a scene or era, or even a just a memory or a story from my own life.  I want to share music but I also want to share my perspective, as I celebrate great bands and records and relate them to my life.  The emphasis won't be on downloads, but I will post download links for some music that would be otherwise hard to find.  Ultimately I hope people will read my blog and enjoy music they hadn't heard, appreciate what I write about music they already know, and get a kick out of whatever else I end up typing.  And of course, all comments are encouraged.

This is the boring post to get things started.  Bear with me as I figure this thing out and work on the layout and update everything.  I am working on the first REAL post which I will get up later tonight.  Hint: An 80s NYHC band with a tragic ending.

Thanks for reading.

H