April 28, 2004     

The Top 9 Signs You Weren’t
Cut Out to Play Punk Rock (Part I)

9> The only leather items you own are those cool sandals
Grammy gave you at the cotillion.

8> Your pan-flute rendition of Iggy’s “Search and Destroy”
floored ‘em at your cousin’s Bar Mitzvah.

7> Your name is Hall. Or Oates.

6> The dog collar is okay, but that big cone around your head
just spoils the effect.

5> Superfluous knowledge of chords #4 and #5.

4> Your rendition of “Greensleeves” isn’t very confrontational.

3> You spend hours selecting an appropriate necktie to wear to
the Fugazi show.

2> After every rehearsal, you stay behind to Swiffer the garage.

and the Number 1 Sign You Weren’t Cut Out to Play Punk Rock…

1> “Ramon who?”

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Credits:

Selected from 62 submissions from 20 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Rabbi Crut, Bowling Green, OH — 1 (6th #1!)
Whit Watson, Winter Park, FL — 2
Scott Bostick, Lake Ridge, VA — 3, 8
Slick Sharkey, Miami, FL — 4
Dustin Moskowitz, Skillman, NJ — 5
Janis Spidle, Kansas City, MO — 5
David Toth, Milwaukee, WI — 5
Marty Hale-Evans, Seattle, WA — 6
Curtis Stoddard, Milwaukie, OR — 7
Jeff Rabinowitz, Wilkes-Barre, PA — 9
Chris White, Los Angeles, CA — Topic
Gideon Griebenow, Potchefstroom, S. Africa — RU list name
Allan Rousselle, Redmond, WA — Banner tag
Jeffrey Anbinder, New York, NY — Maestro