Looking Back, I Didn't Realize Until Years

I Got Out Of That Immediately Was That Now, All Of A Sudden, Rock Music Had Become A Spectator Sport, That Corporate Labels And Their Bands Were The New Establishment, And Punk Was There To Fight Them The Way The Activist Hippies Must Have Fought What The Establishment Must Have Been Ten Years Before. And It Was Interesting To See The Reactions In Different Parts Of The Country.

I Think That What's Perceived As Punk Out In Shopping Malls Or In Chain Stores Or On Mtv Has Almost Nothing To Do With What Punk Is About.

Shut Up, Be Happy. Obey All Orders Without Question. The Happiness You Have Demanded Is Now Mandatory.

One Of The Best Things That's Come Out Of The Seattle Protests Is The Birth Of The Independent Media Center. It's Not As Though The Independent Media Movement Wasn't Already There, But It's Given It Another Jump-start. There's The Feeling That Not Only Should We Report On Our Underground Culture And Our Own Situation, But Now We Have To Start Telling People What's Really Going On At A Time When Everything From Cnn To Usa Today Is As Tightly Controlled As Tass Or Pravda.

The Jury Had Down Right Contempt For Punk Rock Grass Roots Ethics.