Portland Gutter Punks

For those unfamiliar with the term i ll defer to wikipedia to describe this millenial genre.

Portland gutter punks.

Attributes may include unkempt dreadlocks nose rings mohawk hairstyles and tattooed faces. Woodrow is the rejection of popular culture by a group of people a form of popular culture its self. Saw this on portlandia the other day and had to upload it. Photographer stephanie bassos captured photos of the youths she calls gutter punks during the summer of 2011.

The live for today kind of mentality that is inherent to the street kid way of life is dangerous and conducive to drug and alcohol abuse violence and general risky behavior. People like john young white homeless panhandlers are typecast as gutter punks often pierced crusty and ragged addicts. The gutter punk subculture is for the most part apolitical and nihilistic or anarchistic by nature. At issue here are the gutter punks that vast unbeloved subculture run roughshod over the french quarter.

As most portlanders have noticed our city. I think they have the credentials to make commentary on punk rock culture. Besides armisen used to be a drummer in a punk band and brownstein was in sleater kinney. After spending 17 or 18 years around this type of people i found this hilarious and true in too m.

The actions taken by new orleans to keep their french quarter free of those who could cause a lot of nuisance and trouble for visitors as well as ordinary residents should be imitated by berkeley san francisco and oakland portland and seattle all of which are experiencing serious problems with gutter punks taking over downtown areas even to the point where people are afraid to shop in these areas in their own city. Have you ever watched the show. There seems to be little foresight to this life style. Oct 5 2013 by.

They lampoon the fuck out of hipster culture in portland. According to john a 27 year old homeless traveler from portland now living in new orleans flagrant threats from authorities are not uncommon. And they jab at any other extremes they see in culture including gutter punks crust punks.