World on fIRE

Genre/Style: Third-Wave Ska

Touchstones: The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, “The Impression That I Get”; Reel Big Fish, “Everything Is Cool”; No Doubt, “Spiderwebs”

Themes: Rebellion, “punk,” alternate histories, resistance, invention

Myth: Prometheus

Notable Telling: (Pseudo?)Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (5th C. BCE)