Comments on: So Punk Rock (the trailer) http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/culture/so-punk-rock-the-trailer/ Mixed Multitudes Mon, 23 May 2011 06:56:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: matthue http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/culture/so-punk-rock-the-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 matthue Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/culture/so-punk-rock-the-trailer/#comment-1730 Thanks, Naomi! And, okay -- because you asked for it, here's a snicket from my memoir, <a href="http://sites.google.com/site/matthue/books.html#yoko" rel="nofollow">Yom Kippur a Go-Go</a>: Learning how to be Orthodox was like learning to walk on the moon. Our alarm clock went off every day at 6:45 A.M., a ten-minute shower before we had to say the morning prayers. Everyone I knew slept until 11:00 or ten minutes before class, whichever came first. The first time I got challenged for being Orthodox -- by some vegan straightedge punk kid at a hardcore show -- <i>You can't be serious, Matt, that s*** is so misogynistic</i> -- I shoved the 6:45 A.M. thing in his face: "YOU TRY WAKING UP AT SIX EFFIN' FORTY-FIVE IN THE MORNING EVERY MORNING, <i>THEN</i> YOU CAN TALK SMACK ABOUT BEING F***IN' ORTHODOX." <i>"F***in' Orthodox.</i> My religious friends always flinched when they heard me talk, but somewhere deep inside I think they understood. They humored my secular side. They thought I'd grow out of it. Thanks, Naomi! And, okay — because you asked for it, here’s a snicket from my memoir, Yom Kippur a Go-Go:

Learning how to be Orthodox was like learning to walk on the moon. Our alarm clock went off every day at 6:45 A.M., a ten-minute shower before we had to say the morning prayers. Everyone I knew slept until 11:00 or ten minutes before class, whichever came first. The first time I got challenged for being Orthodox — by some vegan straightedge punk kid at a hardcore show — You can’t be serious, Matt, that s*** is so misogynistic — I shoved the 6:45 A.M. thing in his face: “YOU TRY WAKING UP AT SIX EFFIN’ FORTY-FIVE IN THE MORNING EVERY MORNING, THEN YOU CAN TALK SMACK ABOUT BEING F***IN’ ORTHODOX.”

“F***in’ Orthodox. My religious friends always flinched when they heard me talk, but somewhere deep inside I think they understood. They humored my secular side. They thought I’d grow out of it.

]]> By: Naomi http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/culture/so-punk-rock-the-trailer/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 Naomi Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:55:03 +0000 http://www.myjewishlearning.com/blog/culture/so-punk-rock-the-trailer/#comment-1729 "I won’t belabor the connections between punk rock and Judaism" - I think maybe you should! I have a friend who for years has been telling anyone who will listen that her love for metal music brought her to religion, for many of the same reasons you indicate: it's all about bringing out and fully expressing your passion for the things you love. I can't personally relate to the music connection, but I can definitely understand it. I'm going to send your post to her. :-) “I won’t belabor the connections between punk rock and Judaism” – I think maybe you should! I have a friend who for years has been telling anyone who will listen that her love for metal music brought her to religion, for many of the same reasons you indicate: it’s all about bringing out and fully expressing your passion for the things you love. I can’t personally relate to the music connection, but I can definitely understand it. I’m going to send your post to her. :-)

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