so i've been in grad school for two and a half months now, the details and specifics i will not go into right here, but all of these core questions and thoughts and ideas keep popping up. and honestly, it is mostly the concerns of youth culture.
Specifically, the concerns when I was a youth. I am now 30. the point is, i find myself revisiting thoughts and looking at images and listening to music i was obsessed with from that time. sonic youth, the minutemen, crass, bad brains, babes in toyland, the haggard, rita ackermann, bikini kill, james baldwin, judith butler, lacan, fanon, kiki smith, patti smith, the list could go on for pages. A lot of these bands were punk. They analyzed class and gender and colonialism in a way that made sense, they expressed howls of vivid discontent, or at the very least, illustrated the social narratives that were going on around them... What I am trying to say is, I am still punk, but I think somewhere along the way, I forgot. Got too concerned with, like, supporting myself after college and paying off my student loans.
It is really strange that it is grad school to bring this all back up in me. However, it makes sense, as I am, for the first time, not 100% worried about money (living off student loans, not very poshly but its quite a wonderful and privileged life to not have to work at the moment. I mean, I want to start to play the guitar again, so I can start a punk band, and I haven't touched a guitar in maybe 2 or more years! There's more, this isn't so coherent at the moment.....stay tuned.
Here is an amazing cover by the amazing band I am excited about, Anika.
Specifically, the concerns when I was a youth. I am now 30. the point is, i find myself revisiting thoughts and looking at images and listening to music i was obsessed with from that time. sonic youth, the minutemen, crass, bad brains, babes in toyland, the haggard, rita ackermann, bikini kill, james baldwin, judith butler, lacan, fanon, kiki smith, patti smith, the list could go on for pages. A lot of these bands were punk. They analyzed class and gender and colonialism in a way that made sense, they expressed howls of vivid discontent, or at the very least, illustrated the social narratives that were going on around them... What I am trying to say is, I am still punk, but I think somewhere along the way, I forgot. Got too concerned with, like, supporting myself after college and paying off my student loans.
It is really strange that it is grad school to bring this all back up in me. However, it makes sense, as I am, for the first time, not 100% worried about money (living off student loans, not very poshly but its quite a wonderful and privileged life to not have to work at the moment. I mean, I want to start to play the guitar again, so I can start a punk band, and I haven't touched a guitar in maybe 2 or more years! There's more, this isn't so coherent at the moment.....stay tuned. Here is an amazing cover by the amazing band I am excited about, Anika.
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