I like it so you don't have to

Do you have anything that others find lame? A song, a movie, a artwork that only you feel is art? To me, that thing is ska music.

Brief history from the wiki:

Ska . Jamaican [skja]) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae.[1] Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues. It is characterized by a walking bass line accented with rhythms on the upbeat. In the early 1960s, ska was the dominant music genre of Jamaica and was popular with British mods. Later it became popular with many skinheads.Music historians typically divide the history of ska into three periods: the original Jamaican scene of the 1960s (First Wave), the English 2 Tone ska revival of the late 1970s (Second Wave) and the third wave ska movement, which started in the 1980s (Third Wave) and rose to popularity in the US in the 1990s.

Since high school I have been a part of 3 ska bands. The Blue Lights, Heptic Skeptic, and my newest The Suffers.

While it's not the most popular genre of music, it is one of my favorites because it never fails to cheer me up. In face over the last 5 years, every time I've gone through a breakup, the song that got me through everything was a ska song.

This weekend I will be attending the Community Records block party in New Orleans that will feature tons of new and old ska bands. The highlight for me will be seeing one of my favorite ex-ska bands RX Bandits. Over the years they slowly progressed into the progressive rock world and made a decent name for themselves. Recently, they decided to end the band to pursue new ventures. so this weekend will be a particularly special one for me.
 

So what do you love most in the world, that those that surround you can't stand?