The Black Flag is at Half-mast

Guy #1: You do such dumb shit.
Guy #2: I do not.
Guy #1: Well, what about that E-trades tattoo on your leg?
Guy #2: I’m hardcore!

–1 train

Chick: Sell-out by day…
Suit: Shut up, okay? Whatever pays the bills.

–CBGBs, The Bowery

Overheard by: Sarah Royal

Drunk guy on cell: Dude, that’s crap, you gotta live hardcore!

–Williamsburg

Overheard by: Kate Elizabeth

Teen girl: Man this sucks. Where are all the punks?

–8th & Broadway

Overheard by: Mary

Chick: Darryl doesn’t even know what hardcore is, first off. He was all, “What, is that like some kind of porn?”.

–2nd & A

Overheard by: Kira

Punk girl: Fight bureaucracy!
Suit: You’re not the boss of me.

–Leonard between Broadway & Church

Overheard by: Lakini Malich

Posted on October 13, 2014
Alphabet City, Bars & Clubs, Brooklyn, CBGB, Drinking & Drunk People, Drunks, Favorites, Jobs & Careers, Manhattan, On Cell, On the Subway, People, Places, Porn, Punks, Sex, Soho, Suits, Tattoos, Teens, Topics, Union Square and East Village, Venues, Wall Street, TriBeCa, South Street Seaport, West Village, Williamsburg, Words

Sorry, but My Heart Belongs to an HIV-Positive Junkie Musician

Drunk hobo to punk chick: Hey, where you goin sexy?
Punk chick: Fuck off.
Drunk hobo: I'm gonna fuckin marry you, you just watch, I'm gonna fuckin marry you!

–St Mark's & 2nd Ave

Posted on September 14, 2014
Drunks, Girls, Hobos, Homeless, Insults, Marriage, Punks, Union Square and East Village

But Miami's Warm– Why Is Everyone There So Attractive?

Teen punk girl: You know, I don't get why people wear uggs. They're all like, “oh, they're warm, they're warm! I don't care if they're warm, they are not attractive!
Teen hipster friend: Yeah, I know, right?
Teen punk girl: There's many things that are warm, but that are not attractive. North Face ski coats are warm, are they attractive? No. Fat people must be warm, are they attractive? Fuck no!

–110th & Amsterdam

Posted on September 12, 2014
Diet/Weight, Friends, Girls, Hipsters, Insults, Physical appearance, Punks, Shoes, Upper West Side & Lincoln Center

Wednesday One-liners Rough It Up

Punk guy: My Slayer button fell off my jacket when I was kicking that dude in the face, so I stopped and picked it up. Then I finished kicking.

–Tompkins Square Park

Overheard by: Rex Danger

Posted on August 19, 2014
Fashion, Kick, Music, One-liners, Parks, Punks

Those Satanic Greeks

A group of punks walk by the Hellenic Steaks restaurant.

Punk: This restaurant is perfect for me: I love steak, and I love Satan!

–Astoria

Posted on July 27, 2014
Astoria, Food, Punks, Satan

…So I'll Ask Their Names First.

Preppy white girl, about friend's shirt: I wanna party like a rock star!
Punk guy friend: So you want to play a show, shoot up heroin, fuck a stranger, then do it all again in another state the next night?
Preppy white girl: I don't wanna fuck strangers!

–Queensboro Plaza

Overheard by: diex-romantic

Posted on October 16, 2010
Celebrations/Parties, Compare/Contrast, Friends, Heroin, Music, Preppies, Promiscuity, Punks, Queens, Subway stations, platforms, etc., White People, Wishes & desires

Women Say They Want You to Be Open About Your Feelings, but They Don't Mean It.

Gutter punk girl with big suitcase, screaming: Why can't you just be my boyfriend and care about me?
Gutter punk boy with big suitcase and bike, calmly: Because you're fucking retarded.

–Delancy & Forsythe

Overheard by: AnnieUp

Posted on September 14, 2010
Insults, Lower East Side, Punks, Questions, Relationships

Four Of Those Times Were Totally Other People's Faults

Punk teenager to girlfriend, watching ambulance pass: See, those people are good, they save lives.
Punk girlfriend: Yeah, yours. How many times now?
Punk boyfriend, offended: That's not funny.

–McKibbon Sreet, Brooklyn

Overheard by: Rachel

Posted on April 4, 2010
Brooklyn, Comebacks, Couples, Jobs & Careers, Medicine, Punks, Teens

I Bought This Jaunty Monocle for Just Such an Occasion

Punk kid, noticing sirens and flashing lights in the distance: I wanna go down there!
Friend: I don't care.
Punk kid: But I wanna be on Eyewitness News!

–57th b/w 3rd & 2nd

Overheard by: tori