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Nostalgic for Yesteryear

Miss_Stitches_75
By: Miss_Stitches
Mood: lonely
Date: 12/19/2009 01:57:22
Music: Koffin Kats- "She's Deadly"


The other day I got to see the Koffin Kats and some other kickass bands play at a local venue that I'd never been to before. It was the first punk show I've been to in about a year, and it made me uber-nostalgic and almost kind of sad... but somehow happy at the same time.

This show was just the way shows used to be around here- and should be. No retarded "hardcore dancing", and if someone fell, there'd be at least 2 or 3 kids trying to pick them up. Even i almost ate shit a few times, and people caught me every time. We didn't just stand around and fucking scowl at each other, with some ugly look on our faces, or worry about who had the biggest mohawk or the most studs on their jackets. We were all there to just enjoy the music and have a good time- together. I miss shows where everyone is a friend by default because everyone is a punker. And even if they're not a punker, at least they're giving your music a fucking chance, and that's fucking cool. We slamdanced, enjoyed the music, and fucked shit up... together. I miss it so fucking much. That show gave me hope for the future of the Akron punk rock music scene, and the fact that soon I'll have to go back to California, back to working 14 hours a day and feeling nearly uninspired and constantly too exhausted to produce anything worthwhile... well, that depresses me. 

But at the same time I'm happy- I got to have a little taste of the things I missed about this place while on leave. And if anyone could be inside my head, they could see how much it means to me. but you probably never will understand. and i doubt anyone will read this. in fact, i really hope nobody does. because it's fucking sappy and depressing and it makes me wanna kick myself in the teeth.

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From: Miss_Stitches
01/01/2010 12:02:25
I agree, but think, we live in a time of war and crisis- all over the world- so punk still lives with people my age because a select few of us still have passion, because we all still have things to be angry about- therefore, it helps us create. but i know exactly what you mean. some people have really fucked it over. glammed it up in cheap suits and pancake makeup and tried to sell it as something else, and i can't stand it. idk, that show just made me really happy, that i could experience the same sense of unity and just plain having fun as i was able to back in the day when akron's punk scene was great. :)


From: Adam Rebelius
12/19/2009 10:43:05
If I may quote the Flux of Pink Indians:Punk belongs to the Punx! NOT THE BUSINESS MAN! They neeed US! We DON'T need them! PUNK WILL NEVER BE DEAD, AS LONG AS SOME OF US REFUSED TO BE LEAD!


From: Sinned
12/19/2009 10:35:54
Punk, true punk is a state of mind not lifestyle, people who like to play beauty queen think it's a fashion or life style, and also those peeps with "who has the biggest mohawk" only concern themselves with that because that's all there worth. When punk was innocent, before the Spencers and hot topic invasion, when you HAD to use kool aid for hair dye; there was a base of close knit friends that understood eachother because they  had nothing except the union of liking the same music and having similar values. Once regular guys and chicks thought it was TRENDY to be that way. Fuck look at good charlotte and, i hate to say it, Bolwing for soup. Once those types of fucks got into it it became EMO not punk, so in fact if you think about it, Punks now can't be punks because they didn't grow up with the rasing of america in the 80's and early 90's. They grew up in the time when all the values, all the beautiful things that make OUR frame of mind became another pay check for some fucking guy in a suit. It's good to remember and sometimes it's good to want those memories to live again, keep going , don't stop getting in touch with your self


From: Adam Rebelius
12/19/2009 03:08:25
Het, I'M the 45 year old fart. I'M the one who's supposed to be telling these kinds of stories, and getting all misty eyed!