Word: punks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Immigrant parents, however insistent, are not always successful in excluding distracting American influences. Le Vinh's jet black hair is cut in a moderate punk style, and he sports fashionable, wide-shouldered jackets, to his father's distress. "He would have me in the preppie look," says Vinh with disdain. Retorts Le Giau: "When I went to school we wore uniforms." Imelda Ortiz finds herself in a tug-of-war with her mother over American teens' signature apparel: tight jeans. "My mom says I look like a Solid Gold dancer and makes me take them off," complains Imelda. "She looks...
...women with women, and men with women. If you want more emphasis on the band than the dancing, check out The Channel. Planes departing Logan Airport frequently roar overhead and you'll have to trek over a bridge from South Station to see some good rock and post-punk bands here. Those 18 and over can get into New Musik nights on Tuesday, but on other nights it's open to only those 21 and over. The Stompers play Friday June 28, The Drive on Saturday June 29 and Los Angeles punk nihilist band Black Flag plays to all ages...
...last stand for strictly hardcore punk is Chet's (across the street from Boston Garden). It caters to mainly local bands. Turtles Under Fire and PG 13 will be there tonight. Good visiting New York and L.A. bands usually hit The Rat (528 Commonwealth Ave.) in Kenmore Square. Naked Raygun will play there tonight and playing Tuesday is macabre-punk-turned-psychedelic True Sounds of Liberty...
...Boston for a movie then you probably wouldn't mind heading up to the Somerville Theater (55 Davis Sq.). One of Boston's oldest moviehouses, the Somerville has an ambiance of chic grime. But don't miss this house that looks like it could easily be revamped into a punk palace. It's got pink walls and even a real balcony. The Killing Fields and Clockwork Orange will fill the screens several times this summer, and a rock series will make its way into the oldtime theater later this summer...
...real terror of the Everglades is Australia's Melaleuca quinquenervia, also known as cajeput, punk tree and paperbark tree. A close cousin of the eucalyptus, with shaggy bark and pale yellow flowers, it was introduced to Florida in 1906 by Forester John Gifford of the Department of Agriculture, who thought it might attract commercial woodcutters. Unfortunately, its / hardwood interior, hidden by a thick soft bark, is runny with water and difficult to saw. Moreover, the Melaleuca sucks up three times as much water as other swamp trees, thus drying out the land, and its leaves are filled with eucalyptol...