How do you sleep?,
Sunder
sunder at sunder.net
Thu Jan 3 12:31:50 PST 2002
* (Cough) Bullshit (cough) *
www.m-w.com - type in punk, you get this:
Main Entry: 1punk
Pronunciation: 'p&[ng]k
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
Date: 1596
1 archaic : PROSTITUTE
2 [probably partly from 3punk] : NONSENSE, FOOLISHNESS
3 a : a young inexperienced person : BEGINNER, NOVICE; especially : a
young man b : a usually petty gangster, hoodlum, or ruffian c : a youth
used as a homosexual partner
4 a : PUNK ROCK b : a punk rock musician c : one who affects punk styles
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+ v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often.
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On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Jim Choate wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, mattd wrote:
>
> > have to choose soon between use of the words anarchy and punk and some
>
> punk <> anarchy
>
> 'punk' actually means 'anti-establishment' and 'activist' in viewpoint.
> anti-establishment/activist <> anarchy either.
>
> The black leather and anarchy crap didn't 'happen' on the punk scene until
> the late 70's and early 80's. In particular the club scene in England
> (those crazy Brits and their unemployment, crank & horse).
>
> When punk really took off (it began in the 60's w/ folks like Iggy Pop
> and the Stooges) in the early 70's (New York Dolls, Germs, etc.) it was a
> direct result of the crappy music (if only every Grease soundtrack would
> self-implode...here's hoping). It was intended to be a return to the
> 'roots' of rock and roll and to attempt to escape from the large record
> companies and their contracts. It fathered the current 'indy' music scene.
>
> It's also interesting that this is when the 'industrial' music genre began
> with bands like Throbbing Gristle (ie Genesis P. Orridge) and Einsturzende
> Neubauten (Go Blixa!!! - You can't build without destroying). At one point
> P. Orridge was looking to engineer/produce Suzie and the Banshee's first
> album, Billy Idol told here to stay away from those crazies...
>
> Kids...
>
> "Those who don't understand history are doomed to repeat it."
>
> George Santyana
>
> "The mouth is the wound of the alphabet. My screams turn back. To lick the
> wound..."
>
> "Blutvergiftung"
> (Sung backwards)
> Einsterzende Neubauten
>
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