Land of Kush, Against the Day (Constellation Records)

[rich]

I think any new injection of a new form of popular music has that
initial jolt of wow--punk for all its valid critique of the excesses
and distance of say prog became a joke rather quickly, at least in the
public sphere--it became so much more than music and more of an
affectation--fashion for instance or that inevitable 'being real' or
authentic. (not to deny that there were some positive influences by
such a spreading); Johnny Rotten ridiculed the punk fashion herd
mentality; Richard Hell was bemused by all the people (intellectuals,
rich brats, usw) who worshipped them because they were thought of as
authentic and street-wise.

rich



On 2/5/09, central.oklahoma.mensa at gmail.com
<central.oklahoma.mensa at gmail.com> wrote:
> Certainly there's enough of all kinds of music out there now, maybe what
> dave and I would like to hear is something other than shit on the radio. It
> does feel wonderful to know that millions of people are hearing and enjoying
> something relevant all at once.
> I'm a youngster, here, so educate me. Was punk really a popular musical
> revolution or just a particulalry loud and inflated cult scene?
> -d
>
> will this work?
>