Comments on: Z’s Music Monday: Get pissed, destroyyyy…

By: Vyccid

Vyccid — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:45:11 +0000

Stumbled randomly to this page not knowing it was a blog. Great writing style, great content.

I suggest the movie “SLC Punk” if you’ve not already seen it.

By: Andy

Andy — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:34:57 +0000

I remember when my niece used to live with us. She was about 2 months, by accident I’ve turned up the music of my computer while Blitzkrieg Bop was on. She looked at me the way babies do when they hear loud stuff, smiled, and waved her arms around. I told her mom she’s going to be a punk rocker someday. She gave me a tongue-lashing. Hey, at least she won’t grow up to be emo.

Andys last blog post..To Have & To Have Not – Lars Frederiksen And The Bastards Video

By: SSG

SSG — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 10:41:48 +0000

PS I love this post. you should write a book. i would buy it.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:20:44 +0000

When Isaac was 3, he went through a phase where his favorite song was “I Fought The Law” from the Clash “Green Album.” He’d walk around singing the chorus, which was a beautiful thing.

I was into the punk culture of the late 70’s, but as more of an anthropologist. Especially in the suburbia where I lived, it seemed totally absurd for children of privilege to be ripping their tee shirts and talking about anarchy. I always dug what the Clash represented, but never applied it to my own existence, which was shaded more closely toward a Bob Seeger lyric than Rat Scabies or Jello Biafra.

Rays last blog post..The Waiting Game

By: arizaphale

arizaphale — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:49:14 +0000

I was around when the Sex Pistols were new and outrageous. And they truly were. I saw the live Juke Box Jury episode where John Lydon made a fool of himself and left after being challenged by Bob Geldorf. I was in a band which did a punk version of ‘Edelweiss’ in true Sex Pistols/thrash style. We loved punk, but as middle class Australian kids we did not have a clue what it was really about. But we all loved singing “We’re so pretty,oh so pretty va-C*NT”. I heartily approve of Z’s musical education.

arizaphales last blog post..Veterinary Emergency?

By: holly*

holly* — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:15:30 +0000

‘rock on baby Z! i’m a big punk music fan despite my suburban exterior. i’m glad i’m not the only parent on the block exposing their children to music that some may seem unacceptable. the ramones are a staple in our cd player and our son already sings along to the Hey! HO! parts to “hey! ho! lets go!” suck that baby einstien.

while thinking about it though, toddlers do have that punk-like quality of rebelling against anything strutured/orderly and certainly against “the man” (aka. parents). maybe, when i write my parenting book covering toddlers, i will entitle it “playdate with your local Punk”.

holly*s last blog post..blackberry season.

By: A Free Man

A Free Man — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:26:36 +0000

Indierockkr – thanks for your visit. Glad to know that I’m making a splash in Italia.

Angel – sounds like you transcended all sorts of groups.

Vin – I’ll definitely check out Naked Raygun, thanks.

Nichole – I’m so punk rock that I scorn punk rock.

Courtney – I don’t know if they do Halloween here, but if so I’ll take that idea on board.

Nathan – just send me over a DVD.

Gypsy – I have a soft spot for all manner of teen melodrama.

SSG – We’ve been covering the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, I think he’s getting there. He’s a genius. Like his Dad.

Alice – sounds like a pretty good punk rock experience to me. I look forward to a few late nights like that! Hope your daughter is enjoying Oxford.

CMG – Funny you mention the Milkmen – check out my next post. Uh, when I finish writing it.

NATUI – How could you possibly be angry in Sweden. I think it’s illegal.

By: NATUI

NATUI — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:06:47 +0000

My only tie-in to punk is my Mike Ness album Under the Influences. One of my Swedish students turned me on to it. It was a great background to a very angry time of my life in Stockholm. The grit in his voice was the outlet for all the things I couldn't say. NATUIs last blog post..Just Let That Child Nap!!

By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter

Coal Miner's Granddaughter — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:30:32 +0000

You know, you're so completely right. Childhood is about the proliferation of chaos. I'll have to start playing Dead Milkmen more often. Coal Miner's Granddaughters last blog post..It's Burt's Turn

By: alice

alice — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:16:19 +0000

I was never a punk rocker, but one of my favorite episodes of my daughter’s upbringing was the night her father (who is quite the ameteur musicologist) and I introduced her to punk rock. It all started innocently enough (as many of our musical conversations did/do), with someone making an offhanded comment about some (possibly obscure) band… and the sudden realization that she didn’t get the reference (she could be forgiven for that, since she was only 13-ish at the time)!

What happened next, and for the rest of the night, is what I think made us both great and awful parents all at the same time, because we became so engaged in our presentation of the history of puck rock that we kept her up waaaay past her supposed bedtime, playing music and bouncing and bounding across the living room in a full-body, this-one-goes-to-11 music appreciation class that kept us all up until the early hours.

We had fun together and it was cool.

(Said daugher is, btw, in Oxford as we speak, working a summer job. You just missed her!)