[kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era

[ade]

We go on about punk being revolutionary - nowhere near as world-changing
as Rock'n'Roll was.

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net
[mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On Behalf Of Stephen Robinson
Sent: 02 April 2007 18:28
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Subject: Re: [kj] Top 10 and the "throwback" era


When I were a lad, it was the 60s was where it all happened, and you lot all
missed the boat, then it'll become Punk, Rave, whateva, it's just tracking
the ages of people who commision youth programs,


>

> Also, another note on this topic that we're in the 'throwback era' of

> music: This YouTube video -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0yJpaI3v4U

> -- has Ian MacKaye (Fugazi/Minor Threat/Dischord Records) essentially

> saying he has never watched the _American Hardcore_ movie, has never

> read the book, doesn't read any of the retrospectives of the '76 -

> '87-ish era of punk/post-punk/hardcore, doesn't want to but may some

> day, they all seem to be written by mainly white males in their 30s and

> 40s and are sort of indirectly giving the message to young kids: "Wow,

> you guys really missed the boat -- sorry!" (Paraphrase.)


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