Author is "ready for a punk-rock concert"

I was flipping through my copy of Walt Noon's Secrets of Building Electrostatic Lightning Bolt Generators (1992) and came across this photo, captioned: "The author's hair is usually flat and combed somewhat back. After a few minutes connected to a running Van de Graaff generator, and he's ready for a punk-rock concert!"

Walt is a good magician. Check out his videos.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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If you’re not constantly ready for a punk rock concert, you’re not a true author.
Halloween_Jack

With a pornstache like that? Oh, I don’t think so.
http://twitter.com/digitalArtform Joseph Francis

More like Johnny Switchblade: Adventure Punk. He looks like Irwin Mainway.
drowse03

I think he’s ready for a prog rock concert.. by Van der Graaf Generator
Purplecat

But…. I don’t understand. Van der Graaf Generator are prog, not punk.
doniphon

With Van der Graaf generators AND punk rock concerts, it’s not the volts, it’s the amps.
http://twitter.com/stunn00 Floyd Bock

“I was flipping through my copy of Walt Noon’s Secrets of Building Electrostatic Lightning Bolt Generators (1992) ”

You Sir, are a MetaNerd. Cybermaidens will serve you in heaven.
rattypilgrim

That’s one wild and crazy guy!
John Maple

If I were a stylist, I would put one of these in my shop.