I know there are days to fill, but who makes this stuff up?
National Make a Friend Day - just don't breathe on me.
It is perhaps hard to associate punk rock with technology, but technology was the fuse; the cost of printing vinyl records fell to the point that even the talentless could express themselves. Mercifully, this was not limited to punk - although highly amusing how offended people got.
Out of the debris of post-punk UK emerged a wealth of talent - and a choice of wardrobes - from electronica, goth, darkwave, new romantics etc. Leather, mascara and brooding turned alienation into a style. Enter Tubeway Army.
This version of Down in the Park gives a vibe of the time - different kinda friends too.