Word: punkness
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...skills. He pulls long wheelies, his front wheel far off the ground as he arcs around the rows of large flowerpots. He hops his bike, pivots it around, then starts riding again, standing up on the pedals and lazily making circles around the square, his ears filled with punk rock blasting through his headphones...
...Compared to the rest of Beijing, this square contains few obstacles for Ma and the skateboarders, just the flowerpots, floor lights, onlookers and trees in front of the ornate Wangfujing Church. As in other places, being punk in Beijing can mean many things. Ma doesn't even like to use the label, though he listens to punk music, played in a punk band and admits he has the punk spirit. The Beijing punk scene contains many of the same nuances it has in the countries from which it was imported. Jon Campbell, a promoter for rock bands in the Chinese...
...Punk Show!" Proclaimed our e-vites, "Starring local punk band The Impulse! Bring your moms! Bring your kids! Bring your inner Joe Strummer...
...they did. No sooner had the garage door flown open than there was a motley crew of pigtailed children, hipster mommies, local skate rats, and young urban professionals standing outside. With the first three-note power chord the most literal breed of garage punk radiated down the block to willing onlookers and disgruntled residents alike. The band’s amicably misfit music and lyrics did well as a rallying cry to cause...
...cops showed up within an hour. I was virtually deaf for the next four days and relations with the neighbors were, for a few days, delicate. But the summer concert spirit of carefree irreverence and youthful dereliction survived. We successfully instilled in the children an appreciation for punk music and misbehaving, and from the cruel crush of core requirements, adulthood, and the appropriately fleshed-out tankini, I would happily continue to run and hide...