...I had a classic DC moment a few weeks ago, but since I never write on the blog, only a few people know the story. So now I'll share.
I was skating with Senor Flynn in front of the fabled 1648 domicile on a Saturday, at a shitty spot in front of a church. It's where Flynn shot this photo of himself, but we weren't doing anything as good as that. We were just piling out and doing creaky old man ollies.
DC local and punk rock legend Ian Mackaye walked up carrying his kid and watched us skate for a few minutes. I fully fanned out and was mute at first, but finally nodded hi and tried to keep skating. It was a sad display, and ended with zero landed tricks in front of the dude who started Minor Threat.
It was a sorry skating performance, but a good DC moment regardless. Plus, his kid was pumped to see anything involving a skateboard, which was both not surprising (that kid was probably listening to punk rock in the crib) and kickass at the same time.
Showing posts with label punk rock. Show all posts
Showing posts with label punk rock. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Wugazi
This is pretty incredible. I'm not usually into the mashups, but this one is worth your listening time. It's like when they combined those two things you really liked, only better and with Fugazi involved:
Sleep Rules Everything Around Me by WUGAZI
Sleep Rules Everything Around Me by WUGAZI
Monday, April 19, 2010
Naux More Faux
See what I did there? With the tricky headline? Pretty neat.
So it's been warming up here, and people are taking off their heavy coats, wool hats, etc., and sporting the spring/summer styles. For the most part this is a good thing. But I'm seeing fauxhawks everywhere, and that shit has to stop. Seriously.
I've got friends (ok, one friend) who sports the fauxhawk sometimes, but he wears soccer jerseys, too, so I think he gets a pass for being semi-European or something. He also has two (2!) poodles. But that's a post for another day.
The Mohawk is not to be trifled with. That's all I'm saying. A watered-down, GAP-friendly version of it is an affront to punk rock. And for the record, Green Day, Linken Park, Blink-182, etc., is not punk rock, so it's not ok if they wear fauxhawks. Oh, and get off my damn lawn.
To review....
So it's been warming up here, and people are taking off their heavy coats, wool hats, etc., and sporting the spring/summer styles. For the most part this is a good thing. But I'm seeing fauxhawks everywhere, and that shit has to stop. Seriously.
I've got friends (ok, one friend) who sports the fauxhawk sometimes, but he wears soccer jerseys, too, so I think he gets a pass for being semi-European or something. He also has two (2!) poodles. But that's a post for another day.
The Mohawk is not to be trifled with. That's all I'm saying. A watered-down, GAP-friendly version of it is an affront to punk rock. And for the record, Green Day, Linken Park, Blink-182, etc., is not punk rock, so it's not ok if they wear fauxhawks. Oh, and get off my damn lawn.
To review....
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