{"id":1347,"date":"2010-08-12T17:46:49","date_gmt":"2010-08-12T21:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punkoutlaw.com\/po09\/?p=1347"},"modified":"2010-08-12T17:46:49","modified_gmt":"2010-08-12T21:46:49","slug":"the-punkest-people-i-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punkoutlawblog.com\/2010\/08\/the-punkest-people-i-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Punkest People I Know"},"content":{"rendered":"
MEDELLIN, COLOMBIA – August 11th, 2010<\/p>\n
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What is punk? A question I’ve been trying to answer since I began this journey to document the punk scene the world over, beginning with Central & South America.<\/p>\n
I wrote a little post about my pre-formed thoughts on the subject a few weeks ago and if you missed it, well you can check it HERE.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n While I’m no closer to one answer for the one question “what is punk” than I was when I began this enterprise almost one year ago, I feel I have come closer to understanding in a general way what punk means to different people regardless of their geography.<\/p>\n Fighting the status quo and for your rights no matter the obstacles and danger seems to be one theme that I’m finding over and over again and it is especially prevalent in Latin America.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The people of the Castilla barrio in Medellin, Colombia seem to represent this ideal as well as any group of people I’ve met so far.<\/p>\n If you were following our journey back in July, you know that I was in Medellin and covered the “Sin Armas” (No Weapons) Parade and Music Festival.<\/p>\n