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Boho Rhapsody

This aging punker really feels like a creep in exile

A A A Comments (0) By Johnny Angel Wednesday, Apr 22 1998
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So, I will:

• Sleep on no more futons unless it serves to correct a disc problem rather than cause one. • Drink from glasses, not bottles, and eat from plates. • Eat no ramen noodles unless I’m on a diet or un- dernourished in sodium. • Begin to recognize the difference between "vintage" and "used." • Never again consider a Mohawk. It’s the wrong re- sponse to a receding hairline. I won’t even try the "Beck-waif" thing.

IN ADDITION, I UNDERSTAND:

• That it’s wrong to steal the neighbor’s cable. • That the verb "to go" will refer to a meal, not a lifestyle. • That it’s ill-advised to rationalize mice and roaches as household pets. • That the first of the month and the 15th aren’t in- terchangeable dates. • That clove cigarettes and cigars taste like they smell. • That iron, as in iron that shirt, is not a four-letter word (well, it is but . . .). I tell myself that I’m not really selling out. Hell, I’m angrier today at the state of my world than I was as a post-teen punk stomping on Eagles discs — and these days I’m more well-informed about the particulars than I ever was then. I’m also angry about the seeming bitter reality that nothing ever changes (as Fleetwood Mac mania circa 1997 attests to). But as drinking and drugs didn’t kill me, then neither will stubbornly clinging to boho for the sake of boho. I don’t want to don the dull grays of downtown and shuffle off to a high-rise abattoir, but I do want very much to rise from my futon and start having a real impact. If I can just apply my guerrilla skills toward making a living, I might have enough energy left for some idealistic service. At least, that’s what I tell myself. And that’s a start.
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