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Here's your question and answer of the week from the Punknews Formspring:

Q: If Toby Keith showed up at your door late at night and begged "Teach me everything you know about punk rock," but you were unsure if he was genuinely interested or just fucking with you, what would you do?

A:This actually happened to me once before. Here's what I did. when Toby Keith showed up at my door, he asked me to "teach me about the best punk rock music there is." But, the way he was smiling, I was unsure if he was serious, or just messing with me, like the time the jock high school kids came over to us in middle school at lunch and asked to play dungeons and dragons

Anyways, with Toby, I realized that it was a no-lose situation. If he actually did want to learn about punk rock, we were set. If he was just being a douche bag (I know, hard to believe) then I was actually going to fool him.

Acting as if i was unaware of his ploy, I played for Toby Bad Brains, DK's, Clash, Pistols, Black Flag, Ramones-all the classics. Even though I was pretty sure he was messing with me, I just played those bands and said something like "Oh, this is band XYZ. They were important because ABC. A lot of people like them because they did DEF. You might like them, you might not."

I never once said, "You HAVE to like this band or else you are stupid." instead, I acted as if I was just making him AWARE of the bands to educate him. Rarely, does saying something like, "If you don't agree with me on this band then you don't know what you are talking about" attract new fans and rarely (if ever) does it hold true.

So, at the end of the day, I sent Toby home, never once trying to dispel his facade. I was hoping that even if he was trying to mess with me, my true enthusiasm for the bands would encourage him to check out the classics. I didn't really care what he thought of me, because, hey, it's Toby Keith, right? But, if I got him to check out 'Plastic Surgery Disasters,' then my job was done.

Moral of the story- learn the classics and never try to act "Too cool" towards someone because they don't know much about a band you love. Use it as an opportunity to teach. Punk rock is about inclusion, not exclusion.

Even Toby Keith can come in the clubhouse if he wants.

-John G

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