Punk Rock Dad

by Jim Lindberg

Jim Lindberg is a punk rock dad. When he drives his kids to school in the morning, they only listen to the Ramones, the Clash or the Descendents. This is family time; the girls can listen to Brittney and Justin on their own time. He goes to all the soccer games, dance rehearsals and piano recitals like all the other dads, but when he feels the need, he also goes to punk shows and runs into the slam pit and comes home bruised and beaten, but somehow feeling strangely better. While the other dad's dye their hair brown to cover the gray, Jim occasionally dyes his blue or green. He makes his daughters lunches, kisses their boo–boos and tucks them in at night, and then goes in the garage and plays Black Flag and Minor Threat songs at criminal volume. He pays his taxes, votes in all presidential and gubernatorial elections, serves jury duty, and reserves the right to believe that the head of the P.T.A is possible in on a massive Right Wing Conspiracy.