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The Direct Action Politics of US Punk Collectives
DIY Democracy 23 DIY Democracy: The Direct Action Politics of U.S. Punk Collectives Dawson Barrett Somewhere between the distanced slogans and abstract calls to arms, we . discovered through Gilman a way to give our politics some application in our actual lives. Mike K., 924 Gilman Street One of the ideas behind ABC is breaking down the barriers between bands and people and making everyone equal. There is no Us and Them. Chris Boarts-Larson, ABC No Rio Kurt Cobain once told an interviewer, “punk rock should mean freedom.”1 The Nirvana singer was arguing that punk, as an idea, had the potential to tran- scend the boundaries of any particular sound or style, allowing musicians an enormous degree of artistic autonomy. But while punk music has often served as a platform for creative expression and symbolic protest, its libratory potential stems from a more fundamental source. Punk, at its core, is a form of direct action. Instead of petitioning the powerful for inclusion, the punk movement has built its own elaborate network of counter-institutions, including music venues, media, record labels, and distributors. These structures have operated most notably as cultural and economic alternatives to the corporate entertainment industry, and, as such, they should also be understood as sites of resistance to the privatizing 0026-3079/2013/5202-023$2.50/0 American Studies, 52:2 (2013): 23-42 23 24 Dawson Barrett agenda of neo-liberalism. For although certain elements of punk have occasion- ally proven marketable on a large scale, the movement itself has been an intense thirty-year struggle to maintain autonomous cultural spaces.2 When punk emerged in the mid-1970s, it quickly became a subject of in- terest to activists and scholars who saw in it the potential seeds of a new social movement. -
New Sndccat~R
new SndCcat~r Volume 10, Number 1 Published at UCSD Our 18th year of publication Tues. Oct. 9th - Oct. 22nd 1984 Media Budget UCSD Attacks Freedom of Held Hostage Association Student Groups Required .Law Suit Initiated to Submit Membership Lists Following a three month period c;,,~ no funds-a direct result of Associated A major revision to existing campus Students (AS) President. Marc regulations applying to student Boroditsky's, veto of the Alternative organi~ations is coming under sharp Media budget on June 12th-and criticism from several circles within the suffering serious disruption to their University community. The revision, publication and operation schedules. made by UCSD Administrators overthe UCSD's Alternative Media received AS summer. seeks to severely curtail funding on Wednesday September 26th. Freedom of Association rights of The three month period beginning individuals active on campus by with Boroditsky's veto. marked one of requiring orga11i7ationstoMprovide a list the most bitter periods. in the long and of non-registered] non-University/ increasingly hostile AS-Alternative community members", prohibit these Media relationship. A period higlighted members from holding office or vote by vandalism, lawsuits, new Several hundred people gather at "the hump" to oppose Reaganism. on organizational issues or elections; administrative policies aimed and eliminate the right of groups to specifically towards certain members of choose an "agent" to represent the the Alternative Media. and petty organization. vindictiveness on the part of Boroditsky Hundreds Rally and his supporters on the AS Council. The existence of these regulations first Theb'new" budget passed last week did surfaced when students returning from little. -
The Evolution of Emo and Its Theoretical Implications 175
The Evolution of Emo and Its Theoretical Implications 175 Mirosław Aleksander Miernik The Evolution of Emo and Its Theoretical Implications The purpose of this article is to analyze how emo, a youth subculture, evolved in the United States during a period of approximately twenty five years, since the mid-1980s, particularly focusing on how it changed in regard to the zeitgeist of the time period, as well as how it appropriated various elements of past subcultures into itself in order to create its own subcultural identity. Special attention will be paid to the third incarnation, which emerged at the beginning of the twenty-first century and proved to be the most widespread variation of the subculture. It is also interesting how this incarnation was affected by historical events such as the Columbine High School Massacre and 9/11. The theoretical implications of emo are the second issue that this article at- tempts to tackle. In particular, when viewed from the perspective of post-subculture studies, it allows one to revisit certain theories of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham (CCCS), which pioneered sub- culture studies in the 1960s and 70s. The relationship between post-subculture studies and the CCCS’s approach has always been very complex. Even though many representatives of post-subculture studies criticized the CCCS for various shortcomings, most significantly for an a priori approach that ignores empirical evidence and limits the concept of authenticity within subcultures (Muggleton 19–30). At the same time, the work of the CCCS has been always treated with respect and considered a milestone. -
Punk Lyrics and Their Cultural and Ideological Background: a Literary Analysis
Punk Lyrics and their Cultural and Ideological Background: A Literary Analysis Diplomarbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Magisters der Philosophie an der Karl-Franzens Universität Graz vorgelegt von Gerfried AMBROSCH am Institut für Anglistik Begutachter: A.o. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Hugo Keiper Graz, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE 3 INTRODUCTION – What Is Punk? 5 1. ANARCHY IN THE UK 14 2. AMERICAN HARDCORE 26 2.1. STRAIGHT EDGE 44 2.2. THE NINETEEN-NINETIES AND EARLY TWOTHOUSANDS 46 3. THE IDEOLOGY OF PUNK 52 3.1. ANARCHY 53 3.2. THE DIY ETHIC 56 3.3. ANIMAL RIGHTS AND ECOLOGICAL CONCERNS 59 3.4. GENDER AND SEXUALITY 62 3.5. PUNKS AND SKINHEADS 65 4. ANALYSIS OF LYRICS 68 4.1. “PUNK IS DEAD” 70 4.2. “NO GODS, NO MASTERS” 75 4.3. “ARE THESE OUR LIVES?” 77 4.4. “NAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD”/“SUPERBOWL PATRIOT XXXVI (ENTER THE MENDICANT)” 82 EPILOGUE 89 APPENDIX – Alphabetical Collection of Song Lyrics Mentioned or Cited 90 BIBLIOGRAPHY 117 2 PREFACE Being a punk musician and lyricist myself, I have been following the development of punk rock for a good 15 years now. You might say that punk has played a pivotal role in my life. Needless to say, I have also seen a great deal of media misrepresentation over the years. I completely agree with Craig O’Hara’s perception when he states in his fine introduction to American punk rock, self-explanatorily entitled The Philosophy of Punk: More than Noise, that “Punk has been characterized as a self-destructive, violence oriented fad [...] which had no real significance.” (1999: 43.) He quotes Larry Zbach of Maximum RockNRoll, one of the better known international punk fanzines1, who speaks of “repeated media distortion” which has lead to a situation wherein “more and more people adopt the appearance of Punk [but] have less and less of an idea of its content. -
Analyzing the Practices of a Youth Subculture During the 1980S
Did Punk Matter?: Analyzing the Practices of a Youth Subculture During the 1980s Kevin Mattson In 1991, an odd thing happened in the world of popular culture. A new single by the group Nirvana, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," with its abrasive tones and acidic lyrics about mainstream youth culture ("Here we are now, entertain us. ... I feel stupid and contagious"), chased Michael Jackson off the charts. From September to December, 1991, 3.5 million Americans rushed out to buy Nirvana's follow-up album, Nevermind. Soon, Nirvana's lead singer, Kurt Cobain, graced the cover of Rolling Stone, decked out in a cheap t-shirt with "Corporate Magazines Still Suck" scrawled on it, sneering at his newly found mass audience. Something certainly seemed to be happening here.1 Though the mass media treated Cobain like any other rock star, and though he played out his role to a tee (even committing the requisite suicide), he never denied that his music and ideas came from something bigger than himself. Cobain talked quite a bit about the youth subculture in which his music was nurtured. When asked what he hoped for from his fame, he explained, "Hopefully, [our fans] like our music and listen to something else that's in the same vein, that's a bit different from Van Halen. Hopefully they'll be exposed to the underground by reading interviews with us. Knowing that we do come from a punk-rock world, maybe they'll look into that and change their ways a bit." In essence, Cobain hoped that the youth counterculture and underground that he was a part of would come above ground, if only for a fleeting moment.2 0026-3079/2001/4201-069$2.50/0 American Studies, 42:1 (Spring 2001): 69-97 69 70 Kevin Mattson Cobain was referring to a widespread punk rock music scene and youth subculture that sprang up during the conservative era of the 1980s. -
Atom and His Package Possibly the Smallest Band on the List, Atom & His
Atom and His Package Possibly the smallest band on the list, Atom & his Package consists of Adam Goren (Atom) and his package (a Yamaha music sequencer) make funny punk songs utilising many of of the package's hundreds of instruments about the metric system, the lead singer of Judas Priest and what Jewish people do on Christmas. Now moved on to other projects, Atom will remain the person who told the world Anarchy Means That I Litter, The Palestinians Are Not the Same Thing as the Rebel Alliance Jackass, and If You Own The Washington Redskins, You're a ****. Ghost Mice With only two members in this folk/punk band their voices and their music can be heard along with such pride. This band is one of the greatest to come out of the scene because of their abrasive acoustic style. The band consists of a male guitarist (I don't know his name) and Hannah who plays the violin. They are successful and very well should be because it's hard to 99 when you have such little to work with. This band is off Plan It X records and they put on a fantastic show. Not only is the band one of the leaders of the new genre called folk/punk but I'm sure there is going to be very big things to come from them and it will always be from the heart. Defiance, Ohio Defiance, Ohio are perhaps one of the most compassionate and energetic leaders of the "folk/punk" movement. Their clever lyrics accompanied by fast, melodic, acoustic guitars make them very enjoyable to listen to. -
Hardcore Punk for a Hardcore President: the Action and Response to Ronald Reagan
Portland State University PDXScholar Young Historians Conference Young Historians Conference 2013 May 2nd, 9:00 AM - 10:15 AM Hardcore Punk for a Hardcore President: The Action and Response to Ronald Reagan Julian Heninger Lakeridge High School Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians Part of the United States History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Heninger, Julian, "Hardcore Punk for a Hardcore President: The Action and Response to Ronald Reagan" (2013). Young Historians Conference. 3. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/younghistorians/2013/oralpres/3 This Event is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Young Historians Conference by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. HARDCORE PUNK FOR A HARDCORE PRESIDENT: THE ACTION AND RESPONSE TO RONALD REAGAN By: Julian Heninger Karen E. Hoppes HST 201: History of the United States Portland State University 21/3/13 1 THE HARCORE PUNK SCENE The term “Punk” transcends a plethora of possibilities. Some define it as a strong gathering of disestablishmentarians uniting in opposition. Others would define it as a way of free thinking or even philosophy. Forms of music, art, film and fashion all revolve around this one term. It all started in the 1960’s and 1970’s. But after its inevitable conception, it branched out into different categories, ideals and art forms. Strong white supremacist groups known as the “skin-heads,” hold roots in the punk movement. -
Razorcake Issue #31 As A
was on my back at the bottom of an abandoned swimming pool after Some of them die. Then ants eat them. My leg felt a tingle; I pulled it out an hour of skating, hoping the pain would subside. I heard a wet from under the desk, and saw that there were about one hundred ants on snap and didn’t want to look. I hadn’t been getting rad. I was just and inside the cast. I got a flashlight to see where they were concentrat- I returning to the shallow end, something I’ve done thousands of ed and smacked my forehead on the edge of my desk when I leaned times. When I looked, my foot was pointing in the wrong direction and down. For the first time in a long while, I felt crushed. I felt like quitting. was slowly trying to correct itself. My back foot had slipped off my skate- All of this: the zine, the books, the non-profit. Kaput. Done. Get a job, board and I’d run over my ankle. This was mid September. We’d literally work for someone else. I’d given it my shot and it felt like I’d been beat- dropped off the last Razorcakes for our bi-monthly big mailout hours en by hammers. before. As a treat to myself for working so hard, I’d planned a week-long My friends and family wouldn’t let me go. Chris Devlin drove me “vacation at home,” where I didn’t have anything solid planned except to physical therapy and to get my pain medication, while learning new skating new places, reading, listening to music, and hanging out. -
Lexicon Devil: the Short Life and Fast Times of Darby Crash and the Germs Pdf, Epub, Ebook
LEXICON DEVIL: THE SHORT LIFE AND FAST TIMES OF DARBY CRASH AND THE GERMS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Don Bolles, Brendan Mullen | 296 pages | 01 Apr 2002 | Feral House, U.S. | 9780922915705 | English | Los Angeles, United States Lexicon Devil: The Short Life and Fast Times of Darby Crash and the Germs PDF Book Living in a rectory of sin. Lexicon Devil was recorded in Los Angeles , California at an unidentified studio , underneath a bank building, on Hollywood Boulevard. This live version of the song was recorded in but wasn't released till , after Darby's death. Retrieved April 17, The next and last time I saw the Red Army they traded in their regulation Ramones-style leather jackets and jeans for suits and ties. Featured Reviews Grip City Wheels. Against the currents, we all swim. The band stored the piles of laminated fluorescent props in the garage of a man who had dementia from being HIV positive. Brand new: Lowest price The lowest-priced brand-new, unused, unopened, undamaged item in its original packaging where packaging is applicable. Yes, folks: that includes Please Kill Me. Facebook Twitter Love this? We started out with nothing so we had no choice but to change Nov 08, Julie rated it it was amazing. By the time you reach the chapter of his suicide, you're surprised to realize that he crammed so much living and so much self-destruction into just 22 years of life. There were probably more, but they were mostly closeted. Fans and critics called the gig one of the Germs' finest performances, but it proved to be the band's final bow. -
Punk Politics: the Evolution of a Rebellion
Punk Politics: The Evolution of a Rebellion By Anthony Snellings Table of Contents Acknowledgements: ......................................................................................................................... i Abstract: .......................................................................................................................................... ii Introduction: .................................................................................................................................... 1 Punk Context:.................................................................................................................................. 4 The Formation of an Ideology ........................................................................................................ 9 The Build-Up to Rock Against Bush: ........................................................................................... 11 Jello Biafra .............................................................................................................................................. 11 Anti-Flag ................................................................................................................................................. 15 Fat Mike and NOFX ................................................................................................................................ 19 Punk Voter Website and the Beginning of Rock Against Bush: .................................................. 27 The Tours: .................................................................................................................................... -
You Shook Me All Campaign Long
You Shook Me All Campaign Long You Shook Me All Campaign Long Music in the 2016 Presidential Election and Beyond EDITED BY Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening ©2018 University of North Texas Press All rights reserved. Printed in Canada 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Permissions: University of North Texas Press 1155 Union Circle #311336 Denton, TX 76203-5017 The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48.1984. Binding materials have been chosen for durability. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Kasper, Eric T., author, editor, writer of introduction. | Schoening, Benjamin S., 1978- editor, writer of introduction. Title: You shook me all campaign long : music in the 2016 presidential election and beyond / edited by Eric T. Kasper and Benjamin S. Schoening. Description: Denton, Texas : University of North Texas Press, [2018] | Includes index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018030231| ISBN 9781574417340 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781574417456 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Music--Political aspects--United States--History--21st century. | Presidents--United States--Election--2016. | Campaign songs--United States--21st century--History and criticism. Classification: LCC ML3917.U6 Y68 2018 | DDC 781.5/990973090512--dc23 LC record available at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A %2F%2Flccn.loc.gov%2F2018030231&data=01%7C01%7Ckaren.devinney %40unt.edu%7Cbc7ee94d4ce24da8c61108d5fd2b629f %7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0&sdata=RCKaP2yvdh4Uwe1bo7RKlObBDeb %2FvX3n35WV8ddVCfo%3D&reserved=0 The electronic edition of this book was made possible by the support of the Vick Family Foundation. Table of Contents Introduction: Tippecanoe and Trump Too Eric T. -
RONALD REAGAN 1980 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PAPERS, 1964-1980 the Ronald Reagan 1980 Presidential Campaign Files Document the Work
RONALD REAGAN 1980 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN PAPERS, 1964-1980 The Ronald Reagan 1980 Presidential Campaign files document the work of Ronald Reagan’s national campaign organizations located in Los Angeles, CA, and Washington DC. This large collection is divided into 23 main series of material. You may browse the entire inventory, or use the links below to jump to specific series. SERIES I: Hannaford/California Headquarters SUBSERIES A: Ronald Reagan Files (Boxes 1 – 28) SUBSERIES B: Nancy Reagan Files (Boxes 29 – 35) SUBSERIES C: General Campaign Files (Boxes 36 – 51) SUBSERIES D: Briefing Files (Boxes 52 – 57) SUBSERIES E: Scheduling Files (Boxes 58 – 80b) SUBSERIES F: Telephone Message Books (Boxes 80b – 80c) SUBSERIES G: Clipping Files (Boxes 80d – 83a) SERIES II: Charles Black Files SUBSERIES A: A – Z Subject Files (Boxes 84 – 88) SUBSERIES B: Bank Account (Box 88) SUBSERIES C: Expenses (Boxes 89 – 96) SUBSERIES D: States (Boxes 97 – 99) SERIES III: Ed Meese Files SUBSERIES A: Finance and Budget (Boxes 100 – 101) SUBSERIES B: Campaign Planning (Boxes 101 – 104) SUBSERIES C: Campaign Operations (Boxes 104 – 113) SUBSERIES D: Correspondence (Boxes 114 – 122) SUBSERIES E: Memos (Boxes 122 – 124) SUBSERIES F: Ronald Reagan (Box 125) SUBSERIES G: Subject File (Boxes 125 – 136) SUBSERIES H: Convention (Boxes 137 – 139) SUBSERIES I: Debate (Boxes 139 – 141) SUBSERIES J: Meese Personal (Box 141) SUBSERIES K: Schedules (Boxes 142 – 143) SUBSERIES L: Tour Files (Boxes 143 – 147) SUBSERIES M: Staff / Advisors (Boxes 147 – 152) SUBSERIES N: Speeches / Statements (Boxes 153 – 154) SUBSERIES O: Briefing Books (Boxes 155 – 158) SUBSERIES P: Background Material (Box 159 – 162) SUBSERIES Q: Clipping File (Boxes 163 – 176) SERIES IV: Richard Wirthlin – Political Strategy SUBSERIES A: Planning & Strategy Files (Boxes 177 – 179a) SUBSERIES B: D.M.I.