{"id":15786,"date":"2012-10-03T18:42:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T22:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=15786"},"modified":"2012-10-05T08:00:43","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T12:00:43","slug":"the-day-you-went-punk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/the-day-you-went-punk\/","title":{"rendered":"The Day You Went Punk*"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zTe_mwpXRH4?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Care to tell us about the day you went punk? (*Or indie or goth or whatever\u2014it&#8217;s all part of a similar coming of age process.)\u00a0Come on, I bet most of us still recall that special moment when we crossed the threshold and made our first bold punk rock statement. Remember when <strong>James Franco<\/strong>&#8216;s Daniel went punk on <em>Freaks and Geeks<\/em> to impress a cute punk girl?<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9k31eAxvh1M?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>Remember when your humble and usually centered Moderator crossed the line? Of course not. I do. I know <strong>Andyr<\/strong> remembers. I think he went punk that same day. Our high school band, The Zone, went out to an abandoned lot behind Philadelphia&#8217;s then-crumbling (now completely closed) <a href=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/5\/9589793_843cc502b7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Byberry Mental Hospital<\/a> (aka Philadelphia State Hospital). There was a big mound of dirt and rubble back there among the discarded beer bottles and cigarette butts. I did my best to pull together some paramilitary-style punk gear like my heroes, The Clash. I greased back my hair and tried to look disdainful as a friend snapped photos of us standing on the mound of dirt and rubble. I think that photo exists in my youngest son&#8217;s room somewhere. It was buried in an old night table drawer at my Mom&#8217;s house. I&#8217;ll see if I can find the picture and better share with you The Day I Went Punk.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-280\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_280\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blogs\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_280_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"ae43a2b9ad\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"280\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Did you ever \"go punk\" (or indie or goth or whatever)?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-280-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1033\" name=\"poll_280\" value=\"1033\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1033\">No.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-1032\" name=\"poll_280\" value=\"1032\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-1032\">Yes.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(280);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(280); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-280-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Care to tell us about the day you went punk? (*Or indie or goth or whatever\u2014it&#8217;s all part of a similar coming of age process.)\u00a0Come on, I bet most of us still recall that special moment when we crossed the threshold and made our first bold punk rock statement. 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