Could the anti-emo movement be good for emos?
This is Adrian and Pablo, teen guys hanging out on Thursday at the now-infamous Glorieta de Insurgentes in Mexico City. It was calm today and, as expected, swarming with journalists gingerly making their way around the emo kids. "We've been hanging out here and no one's cared," Adrian said. "Now, there are cameras everywhere ..." -- just as another guy approached from a magazine, with a camera, asking to take a picture.
The much-maligned emos of Mexico are now enjoying the world's attention and an outpouring of pity and good vibes from the local government, local rights groups, and the global media. And even D.F.'s well-organized punk movement? Possibly. One rumor I heard today said that on Saturday pro-peace and tolerance punks will rumble with anti-emo punks, once and for all. Could there be a backlash to the backlash?
As for the kids whose iPods are packed with tracks by Alesana and My Chemical Romance, they profess they don't want to be bothered and don't want pleito with anyone. In fact, they have their own divisions. Many snicker at "posers" who've only recently begun wearing the emo style. Updates, as always, later.
* More links and updates on the buzz in Tijuana over at LA Daily: "Emos prepare to rumble in Tijuana, march for peace in Mexico City."
i wanna see creepy cory in a green speedo and a fur coat for some reason.
Posted by: claroquesiputa | 27 March 2008 at 10:27 PM
Tanto pedo. Word on the street is the Pasito Duranguese folks are going to rumble with the Kebradita Retro people.
Posted by: Metro_Vaquero | 28 March 2008 at 12:36 AM
Hey Daniel, amazing set of articles. keep up the amazing reporting.
Posted by: Edmund Fladung | 28 March 2008 at 10:00 AM
Thanks, Edmund! Nice wave shots.. Peace, D.
Posted by: Daniel H. | 29 March 2008 at 02:48 AM
Great series of articles... on the "poser" tag, I remember seeing a sociological article about punk culture saying the only difference the researcher could find between those labeled "posers" and those doing the labeling was whether they knew each other or not.
Posted by: Larry-bob | 30 March 2008 at 11:44 AM
Is it good for emos???? Well, was the holocaust good for jews? What a stupid question. Sure, they have media's eyes on them NOW, but that's not gonna do them no good when they get a black eye or end up hospitalized.
Posted by: Penelope V. Ferreira | 18 April 2008 at 08:03 PM
Penelope, Comparing the Holocaust -- a mass genocide -- to the roughing up of a few scene kids in Mexico is way, waay off. As far as I know no one has even been hospitalized for being emo -- yet.
Posted by: Daniel H. | 18 April 2008 at 08:50 PM
Actually I was commenting about that with some friends, now they have a reason to think of themselves as true "rebels", and while they got angry sneers in the chopo and even beatdowns in concerts(there was one in the Iron Maiden one) now I am completely sure they will be well protect in some months to come as I predict huge coming concerts and reunions will be filled with cops.
I don't like emos,still I don't think violence should be used against them or anybody, not only is wrong... it also encourages them.
Sorry for my horrible use of English :(
Posted by: Hellfish | 20 April 2008 at 09:38 PM
the guy on the right is a true hottie!i hope he's standing up to the anti-emo groups.
nice articles Daniel.ive read almost all of them i think.keep us updated.
GOD be with these kick butt emos!
te amo
Posted by: Katie | 08 July 2008 at 01:31 PM
Hi Dani, I think i'll use one of your pictures on a facebook application. I'll let you know as soon as it's done.
Posted by: chilangelina | 17 August 2008 at 03:22 AM
fuck your mother!!
stop saying mcr is emo! it isn't!!
Posted by: AusWay | 06 October 2008 at 04:41 PM
Emo sucks Die emo die
Posted by: Anti-emo guy | 12 October 2008 at 12:46 PM