Thursday, February 19, 2009

A significant artifact that could've been used from Pleasant's writing is a flyer, as mentioned on page 137. These are unique to the underground punk scene and I remember them well from when I was playing in bands at seedy little clubs in Boise and Sacramento. This little flyer really speaks volumes about the community of people that would attend such an event. Not too specifically, mind you but in a sort of code. One million dead cops does not mean that they want to kill cops but that it is not taboo intheir circle to mention such a thing. It's also about shock value, a way to maybe keep outsiders out. The thing that I liked about this article is that it reminded me of the uprising amongst my group of friends when Nirvana broke. It changed the way we thought about everything. Some people gravitated towards punk, others industrial or gangsta rap but it really told all of us coherent at that time that anything is possible and it doesn't matter who you are.

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