ASKaPUNK
- Location
- Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Birthday
- November 14
- Bio
- I currently live in southern California, but I grew up in the sleepy hinterlands of Western Massachusetts where I was one of the few punk rockers in a small town in the early '80s. After "escaping" to Boston in my 20's, I later jumped across the continent to California. My punk bands were as numerous as they were awful & forgettable, but the concepts of self-sufficiency, DIY, and living within (or below) one's means took hold and have never let go. Over the years (or eeks - decades) you may have seen me in the mosh pit in any of the following places: Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Las Vegas, New York, the Raleigh-Durham-Asheville triangle, New Orleans, Phoenix, San Francisco, St. Louis, and innumerable small towns in between, or, most recently Dublin, Ireland.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Rave New World
April 29, 2011 01:58PM - To Be or Not to Beat.
April 26, 2011 09:53PM - The Wide Man's Burden.
April 25, 2011 03:43PM - Does this guitar make my ass
look big?
April 22, 2011 04:27PM - The Low-down on the Low End.
April 20, 2011 04:49PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “A very good point Ms.
Susie. Thanks for chiming in
with
another mother's
perspect…”
April 29, 2011 10:50PM - “a valid point ; )”
April 22, 2011 07:56PM - “Thank you Susie. I'm
sure it looks just
fine.”
April 22, 2011 07:29PM - “Thanks Cpop. You're
right of course.
All
things/groups/movements/su
bcultures no m…”
March 19, 2011 07:01PM - “Thanks Cpop. You're
right of course.
All
things/groups/movements/su
bcultures no m…”
March 19, 2011 07:01PM
ASKaPUNK's Links
Rave New World
This is a question I thought I would know the answer to since I've been thinking about it for so long. I'm a mother of a 14 year old girl who is at the point of wanting to go out and "explore" the same sort of things… Read full post »
To Be or Not to Beat.
I haven't been playing or writing songs for long. what if I want to write a song and use my own music but someone else's words, like old poems and stuff. Is that legal? - Cut and Paster
Dear CaP-
I find this to be an interesting question…
The Wide Man's Burden.
You've answered a couple questions now about how important it is or isn't for a band to worry about its "look" and all of that and you've talked about how you go about throwing a member out of a band AND you have even talked about… Read full post »
Does this guitar make my ass look big?
What's your take on bands wearing any kind of uniforms matching clothes and stuff? The band I want to join says that when we start playing out we'll all have to dress a certain way. I think that is automatically lame. What do you think? - No… Read full post »
The Low-down on the Low End.
We've got a band together but no one wants to play bass. How do you decide or pick or tell someone that they have to play bass if they want to stay in the band? - six strings.
Dear SS-
A common problem. Anecdotes abound about people who…
You have to buy-in before you can sell-out.
Hello patient readers. I have straightened out my computer & internet access issues and will now continue to get caught up with my backlog of AAP posts. If you're impatient, you can always go directly to the Ask A Punk website, but otherwise, I'll be reposting here daily until I'm all… Read full post »
Cursed Interwebs.
IF anyone cares, my apologies. I have been caught in another computer/internet-access/time-management vortex and have been unable to post here... just when I was finally getting caught up!
Hope to have things straightened out soon. Read full post »
Give 'em the Boot... but which laces?
The"Great Catch-up" is nearly finished... I was delayed for a few days because I couldn't sign in to my OS account... did anyone else have this trouble?
Dear aap:
I'm 17 and have been into punk since I was 13. I love it, and now
that me and my 2… Read full post »
Rhymes with "Funky Drummer"
...so our drummer is totally rad. can pelt out awesome beats and solos and may be more of an icon than our guitarist. But we all promised no matter what, under all circumstances, for any and every reason/
(no) Money For Nothing
A Reader Responds to an Answer I Didn't Give...
The great 'Catch-up' is almost finished. Today's post was originally posted on the Ask A Punk website back on February 9th. It is a direct response to the previous post...
dear ask a punk-
I know you know that they know. Ya know?
Crazy Bubblegum
Dear aap
My kids like bubblegum music, miley, lovato, osmnet, jonas etc…It is driving me crazy !!! My son (age 7 & daughter age 11 think I’m from the middle ages…) I told my daughter , these people will Not be a factor in 10 years,… Read full post »
The Song (list) Remains the Same.. but it shouldn't.
See If You Can Detect The Theme...
Greetings all. A rare embarrassment of riches this week as I got several questions/emails instead of the usual trickle, but in a case of bad timing I find myself in the midst of some personal, logistical and miscellaneous shall we say "issues" ...so I don't have a… Read full post »
The Revolution will not be Digitized.
The Best Band in Town.
I live in a small town and my band is great. I'm sick of everyone who thinks the only way to be a great band is to move to some big city, find the 'cool' neighborhood and then live like a cockroach while you… Read full post »
Resolutions and Revolutions
Is there any non-lame way to make a new year's resolution? or maybe make a bunch of them. I know I have to change some things around in my life and it seems like the right time to do it. I just don't want to make a… Read full post »
Season's Gratings
The Great Catch-up Continues...
Dear As A Punk-
Like seemingly everyone else, I'm not looking forward to going home
for the holidays. My family isn't a complete horror story like some
of the people who write in, but at best it is a tense and not
enjoyable experience for… Read full post »
Another Victim of the Recession
And so the great "getting caught up" begins. This post appreared on the AAP website back on December 15th, so that will give you some idea of how far behind I am. I'm going to try to put up a post every day until we're up-to-date.
Dear aap-
Best way… Read full post »
Ask A Punk is back online.
Yow. I don't know if any of my OS friends/readers even noticed, but I haven't posted an Ask A Punk column in here for several weeks. The reasons were many and mostly mundane: I had to pack up my apartment and move across town. I then had some computer problems (probably… Read full post »
A New Zip Code = Good for the Soul.
The Show Must Groan On
Gobble Gobble Hey !
Next week is Thanksgiving. Unlike seemingly everyone else I know, I'm looking forward to it. Given all the dysfunction I see in my friend's families and all, it feels almost weird to admit that I like my family. I moved 4 hours away from them… Read full post »
Art isn't Pretty
I disagreed with your advice a few weeks ago to the woman musician & writer who felt like giving up. I would have told her that, if she feels that way, she should give up, and I'm not saying that to be a jerk. I/… Read full post »
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