Anti-Anti-Establishment

While Ol’ Doc Joyner waxes nostalgic with a Slate article about (Is there a “gag” tag?) Fleetwood Mac, I was taken back to the early days of my own music tastes … ( “Sub-ma-rine mission for you, boyz”) … ironically – the 70’s rock star dead pool overview? Pre- punk Alice Cooper is still around to piss on John Denver’s grave, the body count for the Sex Pistols is one to the Gibb brother’s two, and punk is undergoing its latest incarnation – Fright Wing Republicans.

NYT – With names like GOPunk, Anti-Anti- Flag and Punkvoter Lies, the sites are a curious blend of Karl Rove and Johnny Rotten, preaching personal responsibility and reflexive patriotism with the in-your- face zeal of a mosh pit. When he’s not banging his head to the Misfits, the Vandals or the Bouncing Souls, for example, Mr. Rizzuto spends his time writing essays denouncing Michael Moore and “left-wing propaganda,” and urging other conservative punks to join his cause.

We were conservatives way back then, too, kiddies.

3 Replies to “Anti-Anti-Establishment”

  1. How about Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show?
    Anyway, I think I was possibly more liberal back in the early-to-mid-70’s, Kate. But not a whole lot more liberal.
    I mean, I remember wearing a green armband back in April of 1970 for the first Earth Day. At least, until Mrs. Wright, my Algebra teacher, made me remove it. I mean, come on, this was in Texas, and it’s amazing that I made it all the way to that class before I was forced to take it off.

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