This installment of The Floating Library is part book review essay about an illustrated children’s book called What Is Punk? by Eric Morse and Anny Yi and part personal essay about my daughter’s indifference to the music I love. An excerpt:
…Do I really want my daughter to love punk rock? After all, punk rock and substance abuse go hand-in-hand. You could say that about any kind of music scene but I don’t think my friends who listen to country (oh wait I don’t have any friends who listen to country) or other genres have been to as many funerals as I have. I really don’t want my daughter dropping f-bombs and calling me a fascist when I tell her to make her bed.