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The Las Vegas Monster Mash - How I Discovered Darkstalkers in the City of Sin

The Las Vegas Monster Mash - How I Discovered Darkstalkers in the City of Sin

The benefits of letting your teenage children wander around Las Vegas by themselves.

StoriesKevin GentilcoreOctober 24, 2024middle age, middle age punk, punk, 2004, essay, Darkstalkers, fighting games, 90s, Las Vegas, Arcade

Having Your Dreams Crushed Publicly - An American Idiot 20 Year Retrospective

Having Your Dreams Crushed Publicly - An American Idiot 20 Year Retrospective

Holding on to my dreams like a hand grenade.

StoriesKevin GentilcoreSeptember 5, 2024punk rock, music, middle age, middle age punk, punk, Green Day, American Idiot, 2004

Family Vacation Comes Ripping

Family Vacation Comes Ripping

You bet your life there’s gonna be a fight.

StoriesKevin GentilcoreMay 21, 2024punk rock, music, middle age, middle age punk, punk, vacation, misfits, fraser, colorado, mountains

Thor's COVID Guacamole

Thor's COVID Guacamole

Something was brewing in March of 2020…

StoriesKevin GentilcoreMay 6, 2024punk rock, music, middle age, middle age punk, punk, Thor, COVID

Drenched in Bodily Fluids - How I Spent New Year's Eve 1999

Drenched in Bodily Fluids - How I Spent New Year's Eve 1999

Y2K is a matter with you?

StoriesKevin GentilcoreApril 22, 2024punk rock, music, 90s, middle age, middle age punk, punk, gwar, new years eve, 1999

My Bad Religion Shirt Isn't an Invitation to Tell Me About Jesus

My Bad Religion Shirt Isn't an Invitation to Tell Me About Jesus

Have they told you how to think?

StoriesKevin GentilcoreApril 11, 2024punk rock, music, 90s, middle age, middle age punk, punk, bad religion

A Phantom Menace Looks at 25

A Phantom Menace Looks at 25

What the fuck is a prequel?

StoriesKevin GentilcoreMarch 19, 2024punk rock, music, 90s, middle age, middle age punk, punk, star wars

My First Punk Rock Concert – Board as Usual '96

My First Punk Rock Concert – Board as Usual '96

Some things you never forget.

StoriesKevin GentilcoreFebruary 20, 2024punk rock, 90s, 90s punk, middle age, middle age punk, punk, episode i

Scrambled TV Porn or Punk Rock?

Scrambled TV Porn or Punk Rock?

In which I discovered the thing that would change my life.

StoriesDecember 6, 2023punk, punk rock, middle age, middle age punk, ramones, punk tv, 90s

The Perils of 1990's Teenage Punk Fashion

The Perils of 1990's Teenage Punk Fashion

How many belts does one teenage punk need?

Uncategorized, StoriesKevin GentilcoreOctober 3, 2023punk, punk rock, 90s, 90s punk, art, art punk, high school, fashion

A Gang of Misfits (Shirts)

A Gang of Misfits (Shirts)

If you’re going to wear a Misfits shirt wear it with me.

Uncategorized, StoriesKevin GentilcoreSeptember 12, 2023punk, punk rock, art punk, art, Misfits, t-shirts, shirts, high school, 90s

Yoo-hoo & Heatstroke: A Vans Warped Tour '98 Story

Yoo-hoo & Heatstroke: A Vans Warped Tour '98 Story

Sun safety is important.

StoriesAugust 30, 2023punk concert, punk rock, punk, 90s, warped tour

Bootleg T-Shirts and Sticky Floors

Bootleg T-Shirts and Sticky Floors

Punk rocking around Denver in the 90s.

StoriesAugust 22, 2023middle age punk, punk concert, 90s

Warheads or Street Fighter II?

Warheads or Street Fighter II?

Or, how I discovered the greatest video game ever made.

StoriesJuly 7, 2023middle age, fighting games, video games, street fight, 90s, punk, punk rock