Punks

Punk girl #1: Man, the Metro said Spider-Man 3 sucked!
Punk girl #2: Yeah, I know, girl… The Metro says everything sucks. All movies suck according to it…
Punk girl #1: But Spider-Man 3 was amazing!
Punk girl #2: I know! The Metro also said You Got Served sucked… What the hell was up with that?

–Stuyvesant Town

Punk #1: Do you realize that we only live 80 years?
Punk #2: And we’ve done so much more than most people.
Punk #3: It’s, like, philosophical.
Punk #1: And we don’t get the same opportunity as other people because of the way we look.
Punk #2: That’s discrimination.

–Bathroom, Otto’s Shrunken Head, 14th St

Overheard by: Leon Dekelbaum

Chick on cell: I just got a pair of sunglasses for two dollars!
Old punk rocker passerby: I’ll give you two dollars to go kill yourself.

–St. Mark’s Pl & 2nd Ave

Overheard by: Lisa

Tight jeans #1: It’s like the only way to be a punk these days is to be a Republican.
Tight jeans #2: I know.

–2nd Ave, between 7th & 8th St

Overheard by: Tim

Dad: You look pale.
Punk girl: Dad, I’m not a drug addict. Jesus, half of my friends are straight-edge and the other half have asthma.

–6th St & Ave A

Punk: How long have you had them?
Queer with three Greyhounds: Oh different times. They all come from abusive breeders and abusive owners and we take them in.
Punk: They’re so beautiful. I’d totally abuse them.

–9th St, between 1St & A Ave

Punk #1: You hear CBGB’s closed down?
Punk #2: Yeah, that sucks.
Punk #1: I had a threesome in the bathroom there during an Alkaline Trio concert.
Punk #2: Really?
Punk #1: No.
Punk #2: Nice story though.

–53rd St 7th Ave

Overheard by: Travis

Girl: Hey, I like your hair.
Mohawked guy: People often ask me “What is your hair?” and I say, “What is Dada?”

–MoMA

Overheard by: rebecca

Punk guy: You know somethin’? I could have been home right now, watching Gremlins.

–2nd Avenue between 6th & 7th

Overheard by: Tibbie X