ATDDTA (6) 179:24 (musical anarchy)

[Joe Allonby]

On 4/10/07, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
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>        179:24  "Singing in so many different tempos and keys..."
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>         musical anarchy
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> WE OWE YOU NOTHING: PUNK
> PLANET,
> THE COLLECTED INTERVIEWS
> Edited by Daniel Sinker
> Akashic Books
> PO Box 1456, New York, NY 10009
> 346 pages; paper, $16.95
>
> Ministry of Truth, The Front, Atrocity
> Exhibition, Insolents, Diatribe, and nine
> other local bands played a show called the
> "Anarchy Picnic" outside on the grass at
> Mission Bay in the summer of 1985. The
> glistening bay water, the splendor of fanned-
> mohawks, spiked dog collars, and painted
> leather jackets—until the cops came to break
> it up. I think it's fair to say that 99 percent of
> the punkers came to slam dance and party
> and paid no attention to the anarchist litera-
> ture being handed out by the sponsors of the
> picnic. Since it was on the grass, kids were
> doing these crazy leaps into the dog pile. All
> this observed by a pasty-faced, skinny guy,
> all dressed in black, hovering over a table
> full of pamphlets. Anarchists haven't been
> able to use punk rock to excite kids about
> their manifestos, at least not with the success
> that the Nazi-right had using the oi sound to
> enlist skinheads. Punk fans have never cared
> about ideology. Yet, at the same time, punk
> bands, especially lyricists, have been and
> remain progressive thinkers.
>
>
> We Owe You Nothing is an economics
> textbook for punkers. Ian MacKaye started
> out playing in punk bands in 1979. When his
> band Minor Threat got too popular, they quit.
> His next band, Fugazi, became even bigger
> and more influential. And no matter how
> much money they could earn, he says he will
> walk away the minute it's no longer interest-
> ing to him. Punk rock has been his business
> for over twenty years. He founded Dischord
> records in 1980, which now sells millions of
> albums each year. MacKaye is revered in the
> punk scene for his principles. His integrity is
> legendary. Fugazi still doesn't charge more
> than $7 for live shows and $12 for CDs,
> which is a lot less than your average major-
> label band. Their business model is DIY. Do
> It Yourself. . . .


I did security for Fugazi some years back in Fitchburg MA. Ian MacKaye is
one of the nicest people that I have ever met.
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