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Jokes for Feelings are a San Francisco/Bay Area-based Ska/Punk band, who regularly plays at legendary Punk-adjacent West Berkeley club 924 Gilman St. Alternative Music Foundation , often, known simply as "Gilman." Gilman is most commonly associated with being the springboard for the 90's Punk revival led by bands such as Green Day , Operation Ivy, Rancid , and The Offspring; over the years, the infamous music shack has hosted bills featuring AFI , Alkaline Trio, At The Drive-In , Bikini Kill, The Dickies , F*cked Up, Fugazi , Jawbreaker, The Mr. T Experience , Sick of It All, Sleater-Kinney , and SPAZZ. Jokes for Feelings (J.F.F.) are part of a modern day, ever-evolving, world-wide "Fourth Wave" Ska/Punk scene including The Interrupters , Makamoska! The FRIGHTNRS , Kill Your Ego, The Imposters , BANDERAS バンデラス, The Lions , and countless others, as profiled within documentary Pick It Up!: Ska In The 90's . Last year, Jokes for Feelings quietly issued t...

I'm proud to present to you, my trusty The Witzard disciples, a new (hopefully) recurring column to be tentatively entitled "Wax Watchers," which will, for the time being, at least, chronicle physical reviews of physical media, such as: full-length vinyl, 7-inches, cassettes, and CD's. This first introductory installment of Wax Watchers will showcase a freshly-pressed 7-inch EP from Bay Area Ska Punks Jokes for Feelings (JFF) entitled Too Much Too Hipster . Last October, I was "cold sent" a pre-release digital single from JFF called "Sweet Song," which was slated to appear within the band's then-upcoming 4-song EP to be released at the top of 2018. Last month, Jokes for Feelings played an EP Release Show at notorious West Berkley Punk/Hardcore venue 924 Gilman St. AKA Gilman , along with Mustard PLUG , Buck-O-Nine, Neverlyn , and Shark Punch—awesome band name; just about a week or so ago, I received my characteristically checkered ...

Jokes for Feelings are an East Bay -area Ska Punk band consisting of drummer Tony Acosta , vocalist/keyboardist/violinist/guitar player Bill Raphael , trombonist and back-up vocalist Allie Miller , bass player Dave Garcia , trombonist Noah Ortiz , sax player Michael Booker , and guitarist and back-up vocalist Josh Raphael . Jokes for Feelings regularly play gigs at 924 Gilman St. Alternative Music Foundation AKA "Gilman" in West Berkley, California . Throughout their brief, yet plentiful career, the "4th Wave" Ska band's members have played with Punk/Hardcore luminaries such as The Ramones' 1989-96 bassist C.J. Ramone , Agent Orange, Mike Watt of The Stooges and Minutemen fame, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Specials (Roddy Radiation & Neville Staple,) The Aggrolites, and Guttermouth . Since forming in 2006, Jokes for Feelings have self-released three EP's— One of Us Sucks , Sleeping Giant , and We Don't Need Your Label Anyways —and one f...