“Expedition” Micah Scott (1999) Written by Micah Scott, one of the OGs of the mid-‘90s Minot Punk Scene. He moved from Minot to Chicago in the late nineties (an expedition I would mimic a decade later) and crafted an absolutely magical album called About Amber. When he returned to Minot, he formed a band called Spective Era to play these songs and invited me to perform with him, Cory Prough (drums) and Jason Brown (guitar). We played these songs around the state up until the time I left for the Navy. Micah, Cory, and Jason were Minot punk rock royalty (though they would all sneer at that definition), and I was in awe to play music with them. When I left for boot camp, we weren’t allowed to bring any tapes or CDs with us (iPods weren’t around yet, kids), hence you couldn’t just listen to your favorite tracks in your bunk at the end of a hard day. For someone like me, whose life was music, this was a challenging proposition. Whenever I needed a mental break, which was often in boot camp, I fired up the old gray Walkman between my ears and played Micah’s “Expedition”. Written by Micah Scott from the 1999 album About Amber - Riderezione. Nothing beats the intensity and passion with which Micah played these songs; essential listening, if you can find a copy.