Word: punkness
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...Quiz: How do you know you’re no longer a punk rock venue...
...mainstream media continues to lament legendary New York City punk club CBGB’s overdue demise, as if anyone even peripherally involved with underground music still cares about a venue that stopped booking punk shows...
Dirk M. “Baba” Brinkman utters phrases like “punk ass”, “homie”, and “wassup” freely on stage. He name-checks Redman and Old Dirty Bastard. He wears his cap backwards and spits rhymes with fierce energy and unbridled theatrics. Naturally, Loker Professor of English W. James Simpson thinks he’s awesome. Simpson admits that he’s not much of a hip-hop enthusiast, but Brinkman’s brand of rap—literary...
...help is at hand in the form of Colours Are Brighter, a compilation of 13 original songs[an error occurred while processing this directive] by alternative rock acts put together by Belle and Sebastian's Mick Cooke. Issued on Rough Trade, the label that evolved from the legendary punk-era London record shop, it's specifically for kids ("and grownups too" acknowledges the small print). "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur!" roots Four Tet's electro-tinged refrain on the opening track. From there, the likes of Snow Patrol, the Flaming Lips, Jonathan Richman, the Kooks, Ivor Cutler and the Divine Comedy...
...Hardcore” music emerged as a consequence of the ’70s punk-rock explosion. Disappointed that their musical heroes were trading in black boots and militant politics for glamour and coke, down-and-out youth in cities across America decided to bleed rock dry of decorative superfluities...