#shitkickers

[grimsneverendingfuneral]

[weneverlearn]

Wow, fun article here. The term "cowpunk" itself is enough to blow the top off many a trash rock fan, as over the years that term has been messily utilized, if at all, for all manner of weak roots rock acts or cartoon-y shockabilly offshoots who happened to have more than one member who wore a cowboy hat, played a hollow body guitar with flames painted on it, seemed to avoid dentists, or had a song with "farm" or "whiskey" in its lyrics somewhere.

With articles like this, I usually scroll down, and if I don't see a certain righteous band or three's name, I don't bother reading it. But once I saw Nine Pound Hammer and Hickoids listed, I knew this writer "got it."

Am I a huge fan of every band here? No. Do I still think "cowpunk" might be a term we should leave deep down in history's dustbin (or hay pile)? Probably. But this article does a good job of reminding us of some oft-forgotten or misplaced punk-sprung shit-kickers from across the post-punk epoch...

A few cowpunk faves of mine, below:

[miloway]

GUESS WHO'S SHITKICKERS ARRIVED IN THE MAIL!!!

And holy shit are they shitkickers especially with the metal bits and full rubber sole. They fit perfectly and omg I feel like a cool comic book character/super hero in these. Also I'm like the same height as my mom in these, so like 6ft

[korey80]

New boots

[himbeaux-on-ice]

@Canes: A young Caniac lost his ice cream, so Max Pacioretty decided to make it better ❤️

[monstrology]

someone explain what's going on with tim's stakeout truck in s6e1

a dark blue ford with a pinup girl on both wheel flaps, a deer decal between the FO and RD, blue balls hanging off the tailgate, another decal of two rifles crossed above the deer, some sort of Big John's racing sticker on the truck cap window, with a GIANT red white and blue word art decal that reads "COUNTRY BOY CAN SURVIVE" in the middle

did I miss where he obtained this spectacle of southern self-expression or were we all meant to be surprised by it

[istherewifiinhell]

[thing im thinking about all the fucking time] i have my g1 megs tag as 'hold that man who is a gun' in honour of funny thing said by someone not prepared to watch an 80s cartoon where a man does in fact hold another man who is a gun. but rather its my tag for the SPECIFIC vibe of. well. when he is held. as a gun. but its a tag i cannot rb posts into cause its apparently TOO specific a vibe.

youd think well, hes a man who is a gun. techicnally this puts him semi under popular tropes of 'living weapon [person dedicates their life to the purpose of violence]' and 'living weapon [person who is objectfied and wielded in violence (comma, literally)]'

but do u know what the god damn problem is. [not with the tropes just with me wanting populate this tag] the gimmick with the first is often about like. regret and remorse. oh theyve become a weapon but life is so much more than that. oh theyve done horrible things thats sad. and worst of all [again for my purposes] now lets heal them from this. lets see them not be this thing any more.

this does not work for my purposes cause. well. He's a gun. and hes a gun cause he wants to shoot people. hes pretty good at it when hes not a gun too. im positive in the grand scope of tf land theres A Megs who fits that kinda vibe. you know. the war is long. or its over. and hes left with the thing hes made of himself. but, to use a phrase from my fav tf toy review. g1 megs is Bad Bastard. hes a warlord. hes a goddamn cartoon villian. the only thing that ever forces his hand imminent treats to his life. which are usually, 1. whatever planet hes currently on is moments away from collasping, imploding, or exploding. 2. literally the most powerful forces of raw power or malevolence in the setting.

thats it. at all other times he seems pretty cool and of his own volition of the whole. Being a gun thing. also he tends to solve those other problems also by Being a gun. a gun that can talk and negotiate and compromise when needed but. still. the necessity of Being the Gun is pretty strong.

the second trope, the mismatch is completely on the objectivified versus object part. if someone is literally objectived and wielded, they are no longer in control, but they are still the instrument of violence. if metaphorical, perhaps the location of violence, the means of violence, but not the true perpetrator. either way. often a feeling that the body is not their own.

but with megs its like, yeah he turns into a hand gun! not a tank. or an automated cannon or turret (thats galv. aka purple megs, which interestingly is him being reformated to one of those malevolent forces will). so hes is an object. that other people can hold, and fire. someone else infact, needs to fire, (well give or take for loose continuity). but the thing is, this is not really a predictament that OTHER people put him into. hes a Man. who is a gun. part of his body is that he is also a gun. he can choose when he transforms, and Be a Gun. And then held, and fired. the depiction of it is usually quite authoritative. and just personality wise. hes not gonna let people forgot that HES THE GUN.

and i mean. to address the holding. specifically to single out oppie. thats someone who is supposedly. less about this whole shooting everything business. i mean. dont get me wrong he very much has a gun and uses it often. its War and hes the Good Guy™. but well he is Not a Gun, and he would not Want to be a gun.

so like. what u have is instead this dynamic of a very bossy gun that takes delight in Being the gun, that sometimes needs to throw himself into the hands of a guy who in the perfect world wouldnt shoot anything.

now granted. extant examples of this are more like 'shoot thing into space' or 'shoot the thing before it explodes' than, more pointed violence thats posed by the presence of The Gun. but go with me here. vibes.

The gun is the means of violence. But to be 'willing to pull the trigger' is to be willing to allow yourself to be the cause, the catalysts of that. so really it is the person who is NOT the gun who becomes implicated in the violence. he is forced to under circumstance, but not, importantly, literally forced, controlled or otherwise overriden.

and ofc. also regarding the intimacy of this arrangement. to complete this act of violence is to hold another person, or to fling yourself towards them and be held. completely fitting into the hands. but its a choice to be held and a choice to catch. and in showing this in smooth and compotent action, implies the not just physical prowess but automatic cooperation and perhaps comfort in the circumstance.

and The Gun is completely fine with this whole situation and is probably gonna laugh at the guy who isnt a gun and say something funny and innuendous as soon as possible.

[hyah-lian]

I may have overdone it, lads/genderneutral

No thoughts head empty and so so sleepy

[bonefarm]

2023/2015

[powderblueblood]

marmalade you are my kind of woman

[brbgensokyo]

it probably sucks to do as any artistic job under commercial pressure does but theres a certain romance to being a character illustrator for vns just below the mainstream surface

[tjarry]

we have to give them this one right, like we're doing this bc it's their last game in az or

[lasenbyphoenix]

[july-19th-club]

the thing about beth as i've written her so far is that she's less rachel animorphs (although rachel was a big part of the original inspiration) and much more girldean . except like only the parts where he SUCKS

[spacetimesally]

More Sarsaparilla Sally imagery from the classic TV western. Along with Bonanza and Rawhide, Sarsaparilla Sally was one of the longest running westerns on TV. The more you know!

[serpentmessmer]

[repeating it like a prayer] i will not be a shitkicker on the internet it is the killer of inner peace i will not be a shitkicker on the internet it is the killer of inner peace i will not be a shitkicker on the internet it is the killer of inner peace