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Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by icebraining »

Haydos585x2 wrote: post #33
sverige wrote: post #27

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Well, it has a lot of definitions. I still think of it as a reaction to overproduced rock and disco from the 70s, but it has evolved a lot since then. Surely someone has put together an introductory listening list that is searchable. No idea if there's a scene anywhere these days. I rather doubt it, but you never know.

Spotify has a couple of playlists that might help OP learn a bit more about the genre: The Road to Punk Rock: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DWU0... Complete Chaos: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX1f... Punk Unleashed: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXdJ... Skatepark Punks: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX3M... New P…

Seems to lack any female punk / riot grrrl. To make up for that I suggest X-Ray Spex's classic Oh Bondage Up Yours!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYMObdOqcRg

Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by neurobashing »

minikomi wrote: post #36
neurobashing wrote: post #4

Similarly, check out "Barred for Life" https://www.amazon.com/Barred-Life-Iconic-Became-Handshake/d... about the widely disparate groups of people who sport "The Bars" of Black Flag. (I've got mine next to The Zen Of Python on my arm)

The whole Zen of python? I'd like to see that!

Just the repl import: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCoV6RyPnAd/?utm_source=ig_web_c...

Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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andyidsinga wrote: post #48

related -- this is an interesting read on sub-cultures and how (in the author's opinion) they are co-opted over time: https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths excerpt: Subcultures were the main creative cultural force from roughly 1975 to 2000, when they stopped working. Why? One reason—among several—is that as soon as subcultures start getting really interesting, they get invaded by muggles, who ruin them. Subc…

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Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by caio1982 »

tnecniv wrote: post #47
darkandbrooding wrote: post #16

Almost thirty years ago now, driving around on a hot summer day with a couple of friends. One guy puts a punk mix tape in the player, and the guy with a college music scholarship was aesthetically offended. "Anyone could make this music," he complained. The other guy nodded in agreement and replied, "that's the point."

The other thing about punk is that it's really more an attitude. Some punks are really skilled musicians and lyricists that bring a lot of outside influence into their music.

NOFX's El Hefe and Bad Religion's Greg Graffin come to mind, respectively in your sentence.

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Post by minikomi »

neurobashing wrote: post #52
minikomi wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The whole Zen of python? I'd like to see that!

Just the repl import: https://www.instagram.com/p/BCoV6RyPnAd/?utm_source=ig_web_c...

Ah, that makes more sense. Thanks for sharing!

Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by nosequel »

brootstrap wrote: post #6
overcast wrote: post #5

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I'm getting close. After 38 years on this earth, money isn't everything, and more of it isn't making me any happier.

Ah , you have many a year on me good sir. Wise words though. i'm just starting on my journey, coming up to 5 years of professional dev work at 1 company. My wife and I definitely connected over our love of punk/alternative musics. There is definitely an 'energy' at these shows that is hard to describe. It is raw and hard to capture on CDs and tapes. backyard/house/underground shows are amazing. The passion, sweat, en…

> At most concerts here in the US the crowd is too busy taking a video of the show instead of getting into the music and moving

If you take your phone out at most punk shows, expect that phone to be knocked from your hands within 30 seconds. See better bands, then the phone thing goes away.

Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by tnecniv »

caio1982 wrote: post #54
tnecniv wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The other thing about punk is that it's really more an attitude. Some punks are really skilled musicians and lyricists that bring a lot of outside influence into their music.

NOFX's El Hefe and Bad Religion's Greg Graffin come to mind, respectively in your sentence.

Good choices. I was thinking of Bad Brains, who started out as a fusion band, and Craig Finn's early stuff, but that probably gets into more post-punk.

Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by chiph »

neurobashing wrote: post #4

Similarly, check out "Barred for Life" https://www.amazon.com/Barred-Life-Iconic-Became-Handshake/d... about the widely disparate groups of people who sport "The Bars" of Black Flag. (I've got mine next to The Zen Of Python on my arm)

I have a lot of respect for Henry Rollins. From working at an ice cream store to front man for the world's biggest punk act, to poet and actor. If you get a chance, watch him in He Never Died

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2386404/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Re: Why punk keeps connecting people across space and time

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Post by girvo »

andyidsinga wrote: post #48

related -- this is an interesting read on sub-cultures and how (in the author's opinion) they are co-opted over time: https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths excerpt: Subcultures were the main creative cultural force from roughly 1975 to 2000, when they stopped working. Why? One reason—among several—is that as soon as subcultures start getting really interesting, they get invaded by muggles, who ruin them. Subc…

Which is why the (really) underground post-rock “scene” in Brisbane is still going; no one knows it exists except the bands and about 100 people who go to the gigs! There’s even a distinctive sound to it.
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