(Let's Go) Totally Nutzoid!

I don't know how it really happened but my five-years-old kid took a bad fall on my 7-inch collection. Needless to say, I was furious not in the least because he always seems to ruin the most precious ones. At the age of one-and-a-half, he gripped the first A Frames long-player out of my record-rack and let if fall on the floor. A couple of months before, I had specially ordered the album in the States and was very glad that I received a pristine copy without bent corners. Not any longer though. Why didn't he pick the Aerobitch album next to it, or the A-Lines one on the other side? Yesterday, his main target was the amazing first Tokyo Electron 7-inch which went for $51,00 on eBay last week. N° 38/229 of the Destructo invasion from the outer space edition will be housed in a mutilated sleeve from here to eternity.

Soon I realised however that it is quite stupid to be upset by a couple of bent covers of records with titles like "Break It Down" (Rat Traps), "Don't Care About Nothing" (The Tears) or "(Let's Go) Totally Nutzoid!" (The Real Losers). I mean, I don't want to live the life that is being reflected in the songs I love, but I can't deny that the wild energy & recklessness influences my everyday life. I will not cry if I notice someone scratched my car or if somebody tells me to fuck off and I realise I shouldn't worry too much about bent record covers. That's what I was telling myself after I calmed down and it works. After all, it's only music and although this music means an awful lot to me, I think it was pretty funny afterwards that the kid fell into my punk rock singles collection.

But kid, next time you "go totally nutzoid", please go outside the house, OK? After all, these records will be yours one day...