(Daily Planet photo courtesy of Pete Desnoyers)
The new edition of PortFolio sports a nifty new design and a cover story about the punk-new wave good ol' days in Hampton Roads. The coverage sets the stage for the punk-new wave reunion show that's planned for Dec. 26 at the NorVa.
If I'm reading the Web site correctly, the new PortFolio includes a lengthy and enlightening essay credited to Mr. Malcontent about the beginnings of punk rock in our region. Though I may be mistaken, I believe Mr. Malcontent is the pen name of Michael "Beaker" Davye, a source to be trusted on the subject of punk.
Here's a short exerpt, but if this is of any interest to you at all, I encourage you to read the whole piece. It's pretty entertaining:
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If you became a punk in 1980, you weren’t just cutting your hair and buying a copy of London Calling, you were making a commitment. A commitment to be ostracized by lots of your friends, laughed at and threatened regularly. If you were a chick from Virginia Beach, you risked multiple incarcerations in Tidewater Psychiatric Institute by your family for the simple crime of having a punk haircut. More than a few people got thrown out of the house by their parents for a Mohawk. It was amazing how freaked out so-called grown-ups got about it. I’ve literally seen an entire K-Mart brought to a halt because of a couple of punk haircuts and a T-shirt, thanks to Jennifer Jones, Andy Masters and Betony Vernon.
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