Emo – A Near Meaningless Term and It’s Evolution To Becoming a Completely Meaningless Term

A few years ago I was sitting in my parents' kitchen, listening to Bad Brains on an otherwise quiet Easter Sunday. My mom came into the room and said "This guy has a very unique voice, doesn't he? He reminds me of a cross between Joey Ramone and that one singer I like. What's his name? That Emo guy. . ." (For the sake of moving on we will not analyze the musical comparison itself.)

Now my mother is in her sixties Read more

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – Gimme Gimme Gimme

I blame cheat codes. I blame the internet and all of its damn convenience. Everything is just too fast and easily attainable. Everyone is too caught up in the pursuit of instant gratification. I want it and I want it yesterday seems to be the mantra of choice lately. Now the irony of this rant taking place on the pages of an online magazine is not lost on me one bit. However even though this might seem like another one of those run of the mill pissed off old guy rants its really a reflection on one of the coolest experiences ever-the opening of a new album. Read more

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – Dinosaurs Must Die

So it finally happened this summer, actually it happened a couple of times much to my shock and dismay. As I was driving home from work I decided to take a break from my alternating CD rotation of the Queers and the Hold Steady and flipped over to the radio and that’s when it happened- I heard the Ramones and The Clash on the radio. What’s the big deal with this? The Ramones and the Clash have been on the radio for ever they’re not exactly an underground phenomena anymore. Read more

Why Jersey Shore is Punk Rock

Most Punks will tell you that they rarely watch television, but if and when they do, they typically watch a show or series that has surpassed the plots of many other television shows in circulation. In essence, in order for Punks and people of the "underground culture" to watch television, the show HAS to be a pretty big deal. Jersey Shore premiered its second season after the immense and overwhelming success of the first season, and while the premiere of the television show’s second season may continue to be irrelevant Read more

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – They have come for your uncool niece

Arrgh, This one hurts. There goes my street cred. Call the scene police. Forgive me Jello for I have Sinned.  As much as this column is a portal into the things that made me a punk it is also as you may have picked up on by now a confessional of some decidedly un-Punk moments but those are really the important ones aren’t they? So what is my big transgression this time? I sang out loud to a Journey song-in a bar. And damn it I will do it again. And so would a lot of you out there and guess what there’s nothing wrong Read more

Punk Rock Academy Fight Song – Scratches and Needles

Everybody remembers their first time right? You know the awkward conversation, the nervous laughter, the slight feeling of dread, the incessant buzzing sound and in some cases a long drive home from Hollywood. Huh? What? Yeah that’s right we all remember our first tattoo. Because for a lot of us getting that first bit of ink under our skin is as much a rite of passage as well that other thing you thought I was talking about. For me it happened my freshman year in college I had forty bucks in my pocket from selling Read more

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