From: "keri malone" <keri1-AT-slip.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 07:52:57 +0000
Subject: Re: Punks



> All i'm saying is that punk, and the music industry in general, was not a
> spontaneous thing that just happened.  Nothing in the music industry just
> happens.  Every thing is staged, and preplanned, and managed.  Punk, just
> like the suit-and-tie bands of the sixties, and like grunge in the
> nineties, was a desparate attempt by the music industry to rescue their
> flagging businesses.  People always fall for the next new thing, but that's
> because their made to.
> 
> colin

Look at the grunge bands,or the whole grunge "look".
People paid hundreds of dollars to "look" grundgy.
It didn't matter whether the holes in your 501s were
machine made,it made "you" look the part.
The designers had the same field day with punk.
Is that baggy look called hip-hop? 
Look at the thousands these corporations are making
off of _that_ sound.
The most blatant use of commercialism I've run across
is the use of brand name sports gear.
Every kid from Mongolia to the Marianas has the Nike
symbol planted on their butt,chest, or shoe.
Of course this is not exclusive of Nike,also include Adidas
a a bazillion other sporting clothes manufacturers.
I have to agree there's money to be made in (insert style here) 
I wonder what the next cash cow will look  and sound like?
Cheers,
Keri


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