[kj] RAVEN at the Grammys - REDUX

[Alexander Smith]

The debate wasn't about whether or not facial hair looks ridiculous   
-- the debate was about whether or not "it used to be that a punk  
with facial hair was ludicrous".  You seem rather keen to deride  
those who *dare* stray from yawnsomely rigid Punk Rock tonsorial/ 
sartorial uniformity, when in fact the original point of the movement/ 
genre/aesthetic was to champion that which disregarded all semblance  
of uniformity in its entirety.

Alex in NYC




On Feb 17, 2007, at 7:25 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


>

> If hairstyles, etc., don't matter, then why do these photographed  

> chaps

> make such an effort coiffing them, then? Ask them.

>

> It's fair game. Get over it. Britney Spears' new head looks like, shit

> too. Paris Hilton looks like a bird or a lizard (your choice). Laura

> Bush has an alien face. Raven looks like Chris Navarro on a bad day.

>

> And also, punks do not also use the word "mosh." The genre isn't dead.

>

> And the catalogue of bands was impressive, Alex in NYC, but if folks

> wanna put so much time into how they look, and they end up looking

> ridiculous, they're fair game. Folks in Black Flag with beards? Hah.

>

> -Oliver

>

>

> ------

>

> Oh for crying out loud...... let's not get all hung up about labels

> and hairstyles, shall we?

>

>

> News flash: It's 2007 -- PUNK ROCK IS DEAD.

>

>

>

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