Thursday, November 4, 2010

Revolution As We've Known

The revolution of social protocal known only as The '60's. In the 1950's a handful of journalists/writers began shocking and stirring up the quintesstial 50's life of Emily Post etiquette, Godfather suits and devout fans of The Donna Reed Show. These writers including Jack Kerouac, Charles Bukowski, Hunter Thompson, Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs and more. But when the sixies were about music was top dog and the children of entittlemnt (the "suits") were running off to a world of freedom and rock'n'rebel. War was protested, pot became known as the "gateway" drug to all sorts of pill and powders, musicians over dosed, groupies were with the band and snooty, toffee-nosed decorum was the dead horse.

Now the '70's. If you've ever seen Almost Famous that would have to be the perfect representation of '60's journalism amongst 70's rock. Simultaneously with the rock fever, the punk movement was in motion. Punk rockers(who were far from flowers in there hair, might I add) held a cigarette from there lips, clad in leather and chains and dyed their locks a mighty odd colour and styled it into mohawks and crop cuts. Bands like the Ramones, the Clash, Pixies, Nirvana and the Jam bent the metal on stereo speakers. Punks were definitely those of eye fascination.

So those were some pretty heavy revolt bombs. So when is the next one coming?

Yours Protestingly
The Pot Headed Punk
Lucifer BonBon