Last week I got a letter in our local paper, The Telegraph & Argus, about the punk worship night on Saturday. You can read it here if you want. A couple of days later there was a brief paragraph about it in the 'news in brief' section - I'll try scan it in and post it here too. Then, today I got a phone call from a reporter from the T&A about the punk worship night.
Her questions were very specific and always came back to one thing: how many people would be 'dressed up as punks with mohawks, tattoos and piercings'? That was the exact phrase she used, 'dressed up'. Made me laugh but I kinda felt sorry for her too... I don't think she really listened when I told her people don't really do that anymore. Don't get me wrong, I know they're around but the current generation of punks don't go for the mohawk and leather jacket look. We go more for the baggy, skater clothes; the Vans and Airwalks rather than the Doc Martens.
Punk Rock is more of a style of music than a 'fashion' although there is a massive fashion based around the genre (as much as the people involved try to pretend it's not fashion). But to assume that punk is just about the mohawk is a bit naive, isn't it?! Especially when it's a church event - she didn't seem bothered about what we were doing, just what would make a 'cool picture'. Still, the nice reporter said she would try and get an article in on Friday as publicity for it so I can't complain at that!
MaFt
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4 comments:
nope .. can't read your letter there .. says its not found :(
whoa .. correction .. it is now :D
yeah, me fixed it!int me clevva? innit?
Stuck in bigman! Prayng fer yer all.
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