Okay, let me make this very clear. Just because you watch MTV on your thirty-inch television does not make you punk. I was just talking to a guy who considers himself punk, which is dumb to begin with, and he doesn't even know who The Clash are. In fact, his musical preferences consist of Nelly and Ja Rule.

Unless you lived in LA during the late seventies, you are not a punk. You may like punk music but the fact is that most punk, besides perhaps The Clash, were specific to that place in time. Don't get me wrong, i love punk and I love what it stands for, but there's a whole spectrum of human emotion that can be conveyed in music, and punk only fills a small niche, anger.

So if you're just trying to look intense so you can get laid it won't work except for on stupid people, so have fun. (Maddie, don't worry, you're punk.)