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response 71 of 124:
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Dec 10 03:10 UTC 2002 |
What do you call the band?
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cyklone
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response 72 of 124:
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Dec 10 03:24 UTC 2002 |
BLAMMO
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jaklumen
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response 73 of 124:
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Dec 12 05:32 UTC 2002 |
resp:69 I'm still waiting for 80's nostalgia to catch on.
True, disco nostalgia came along-- and it's bled over into the 00's. I
think, really, that boy and girl band excess is part of that 70's
nostalgia, although it has been an oft-repeated formula since the 50's.
Hmmm.. punk nostalgia. Yes, that seems to be a contradiction in terms.
Perhaps it might be useful to ask what punk is all about. As far as
the Sex Pistols contribution, I remember Johnny Rotten being quoted as
saying "America won't get what it's about," or something to that
effect. And I think that was pretty accurate; if I understand it
right, the rage was over the crushing poverty in northern England
(Manchester, for example) as the industrialist economic structure
basically collapsed, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was basically
indifferent.
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cyklone
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response 74 of 124:
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Dec 12 13:46 UTC 2002 |
I think you read Rotten too broadly. The Sex Pistols themselves, as well
as the Clash, admit to being influenced heavily by the Ramones, who toured
England early. The Sex Pistols were also influenced by the Stooges.
Neither the Ramones or Stooges were very political, yet they form the
basis for a large part of the punk sound. I believe Rotten was refering to
America understanding what the *Sex Pistols* were all about, not punk in
general. In any case, The Dead Kennedys were extrememly political,
reacting to Thatcher's US alter-ego, Reagan.
"Punk nostalgia" has more than one facet. Based on my experience playing
the songs live, people respond to "Too Drunk to Fuck" and "Sheena is a
Punk Rocker" primarily for nostalgic reasons. We also get a great response
to songs like "Holiday Inn Cambodia" and Fear's "Let's Have a War" and I
think at least one of the reasons is because those songs still have
resonance in our current political climate.
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mcnally
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response 75 of 124:
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Dec 12 15:49 UTC 2002 |
Heh.. "Holiday Inn Cambodia" is one of the more suggestive typos I've
seen lately. Conjures up a vivid image, anyway..
I can certainly understand punk nostalgia. I didn't become familiar
with the music of the Clash, the Buzzcocks, the DKs, and other prominent
bands of that era until years after their heyday but hearing the music
of most of those acts brings back memories of my early college years and
time spent in the company of friends who also enjoyed that music.
For whatever reason, though, the nostalgia effect is greatly lessened
in the case of the Clash. Perhaps it's just that I've listened to their
stuff continuously enough (especially "London Calling") over the years
to not identify it with a particular time period or perhaps it's due
to some virtue of the music, but it doesn't induce specific time-and-place
flashbacks the way the music of Black Flag or Fear does.
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happyboy
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response 76 of 124:
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Jan 2 08:32 UTC 2003 |
punk nostalgia is a contradiction in terms.
i'm not nostaligic for punk because i don't feel that
i ever STOPPED having the attitude. but then unplugging
and playing banjo instead was even more punk than
wearing my mohawk
nobody i can think of is more punk than dock boggs.
well...except maybe cyklone or something.
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cyklone
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response 77 of 124:
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Jan 2 13:13 UTC 2003 |
Hahaha!
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happyboy
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response 78 of 124:
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Jan 2 18:42 UTC 2003 |
/spills beer on your green chucks and sez a prayer for joe strummer
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cyklone
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response 79 of 124:
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Jan 2 21:33 UTC 2003 |
RIP
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happyboy
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response 80 of 124:
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Jan 3 08:48 UTC 2003 |
*berps*
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krj
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response 81 of 124:
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Feb 8 21:30 UTC 2003 |
I've more or less stopped buying CDs. This feels odd.
So far this year I've just bought one used CD and one cutout CD,
neither of which I've bothered to listen to. Usually in January
I have a giant pigout catching up on all the stuff I deferred in
November and December while I was allocating money for Christmas
presents.
More CD retail bankruptcies expected as a result. :/
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mcnally
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response 82 of 124:
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Feb 8 21:46 UTC 2003 |
Dang.. That really *is* dire news for the music industry.
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tpryan
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response 83 of 124:
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Feb 9 18:20 UTC 2003 |
After 16 months of being around the house a lot, I have
listened to some CDs several times, but still have a lot that
have only been heard once, some that I realized I have yet to
get to.
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otaking
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response 84 of 124:
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Feb 10 23:11 UTC 2003 |
I have CDs that I've owned for almost a year that I haven't heard even once.
I've been trying to fix that lately.
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dbratman
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response 85 of 124:
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Feb 12 12:17 UTC 2003 |
Are you guys pseudonyms for Ken Josenhans, or is this just epidemic? <g>
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mcnally
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response 86 of 124:
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Feb 12 13:41 UTC 2003 |
It's not that we're pseudonyms of Ken. It's more that we're all
different manifestations of the same ur-Music-Fan.
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otaking
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response 87 of 124:
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Feb 16 17:16 UTC 2003 |
In my case, I just took advantage of the Harmony House sale and bought way
too much for awhile. Now that I have a job where I can listen to Cds for
hours, I try to catch up to all the old ones I've accumulated.
Like Ken, I've barely bought any CDs so far this year. I think I picked up
2 soundtracks last month.
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dbratman
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response 88 of 124:
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Feb 17 07:06 UTC 2003 |
I never encountered the variety of ur-music fan who accumulates records
but doesn't listen to them until I met Ken. This was his distinctive
trait in ALPS, the music apa to which we belonged.
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otaking
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response 89 of 124:
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Mar 1 21:02 UTC 2003 |
Re: myself in #87: Since that last posting, I bought 10 more CDs, thanks to
the $1 sale at Borders.
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mcnally
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response 90 of 124:
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Mar 1 23:16 UTC 2003 |
$1 sale?
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krj
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response 91 of 124:
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Mar 5 04:07 UTC 2003 |
I fondled a few CDs at Borders tonight, though I put them all back;
I still have yet to buy a new CD this year.
One disk in a playstation probably would have grabbed my wallet, if
it hadn't been out of stock. I really liked the guitar sound on the
new James McMurtry album "Saint Mary of the Woods."
I've gone hot and cold with McMurtry in the past. I absolutely loved
"Where'd You Hide The Body," which I think was his third album.
But the followup "Too Long In The Wasteland" left me cold, and so
did one of his earlier albums, so I haven't thought about him much
recently.
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tpryan
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response 92 of 124:
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Mar 7 22:36 UTC 2003 |
Thanks for putting them back.
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otaking
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response 93 of 124:
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Mar 8 17:57 UTC 2003 |
Re #90: Unfortunately, I caught the sale at the very end.
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krj
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response 94 of 124:
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Mar 9 07:23 UTC 2003 |
OK, I finally broke down and bought some new CDs:
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, GLOBAL A GO-GO (inspired by the
March "FRoots Radio" show, which I have been playing
obsessively)
Neko Case, BLACKLISTED (in-store play at Encore)
I have one mail order on the way for Terry Woods' new album (for
St. Patrick's Day) and Croft No. 5 (another of the Scottish folk-techno
pack), and one mail order pending for Luigi Cinque and the Tarantula
Hypertext Orchestra, and the Progmatics.
Sigh.
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krj
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response 95 of 124:
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Mar 13 05:44 UTC 2003 |
Ooops, I forgot to give a heads-up to warn anyone who might care that
Elvis Costello was the guest host on Letterman's show on Wednesday
night. (Letterman is out with an attack of shingles.) Costello
did a great job, probably the best of the guest hosts I've seen
in the last half-dozen shows.
I haven't listened to Costello much for 20 years -- I adored his first
three albums but was disillusioned by his subsequent incarnations as a
country singer and a sensitive crooner. But Schoolkids was playing
some relatively recent Costello item in the store last weekend and
I sort of liked it -- but now I don't remember what it was.
(Looking at allmusic.com: maybe it was "King of America"?)
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