Hi-Fi Sci-Fi

Certain Songs #336: Dramarama – “Don’t Feel Like Doing Drugs”

October 9, 2015 by Jim Connelly

Album: Hi-Fi Sci-Fi
Year: 1993

When I was a kid, my parents got me a book called The Good Drug and The Bad Drug, which, if I remember correctly, described the effects of a whole bunch of drugs, and probably had some kind of lecture as to why I shouldn’t use any of the “bad” drugs.

Instead, I used it as a guide as to which drugs I was interested in trying when I got older (alcohol, marijuana), which ones I’d never try (tobacco, heroin) and which ones seemed scary but kinda cool (cocaine, LSD). Which, I’m guessing, probably wasn’t the point.

Certain Songs #335: Dramarama – “Incredible”

October 8, 2015 by Jim Connelly

Album: Hi-Fi Sci-Fi
Year: 1993

I think one of the things I loved most about Hi-Fi Sci-Fi was that while most of the songs were uptempo rockers, the words were about people going through totally fucked up things: homelessness, drug addiction, insomnia and just feeling worthless as a human being.

The grand exception is the beautiful power ballad, “Incredible,” in which one of the fuckups from the rest of the record is going through a good patch for once.

Certain Songs #334: Dramarama – “Work For Food”

October 7, 2015 by Jim Connelly

Album: Hi-Fi Sci-Fi
Year: 1993

I don’t know how rare it is for a band’s fifth album to be their best album.

I don’t know how rare it is for a band to make their best album after getting a new drummer.

But somehow, my suspicion is that a band making their best album after combining the two is pretty rare.