Stresses "the now," as opposed to history or past
Washington DC punk underground is most influential
Dance of Days doesn't tell the whole "punk story," wanted to capture the essence, truth, credibility
Punk and politics, the world ("life is political")
Art and politics cannot be separated
DC as punk mecca, as opposed to DC as a town that "imports culture"
Punk rock cannot be understood without understanding 1960s counterculture (hippie)
Idealistic, "would-be revolutionary," dull, boring rock Straight-edge, drugs = liberation? remnants of 60s counterculture (Hendrix, Joplin, The Doors)
Emergence of "hardcore" punk, punk rock new wave counterculture became like hippie culture, punk was "lost," "straight jacket"
Punk is something ongoing, values, spirit, "living it out"
Here are some notes I took during Mark Andersen's talk at the Fall for the Book event:
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