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...course we can cite specific instances of rock and roll being co-opted and certainly why not? But on the other hand, there are successive waves of punk and rock and Dylan and others that rise fresh in a generation. After a while even Shelley was co-opted. He was revolutionary and then he was part of the canon. But then when you read Shelley or Blake you suddenly realize that it breaks through all canon or all reactionary and status...
...store at 932 Mass Ave., where they say they "had bullwhips before Mapplethorpe," is aptly named Hubba Hubba. This erotic establishment, which started out as an antique clothing store and later moved to punk, today features what artist/owner Susan R. Phelps calls "bondage and fetish clothing...
Toughest Test for Civil Libertarians Comedian Andrew Dice Clay flaunted his street-punk misogyny so outrageously that his concert film was withdrawn by 20th Century Fox and his appearance as host of Saturday Night Live prompted two women performers to walk out. Meanwhile, liberals defended to the death his right to say things they wish he'd just shut up about...
When they finally started fooling around with mariachi sounds in the mid-' 70s, the band members found another ingredient for its unique sound, as well as a further source of income: with a repertory of Mexican favorites, they could work the local wedding circuit. Eventually the coming of punk and the revitalizing of the Los Angeles music scene lured them out of the barrio and over to the Sunset Strip, where they found the beginnings of an audience that would turn them into a critics' favorite (they were 1984's Band of the Year in Rolling Stone) and a campus...
...think there should be any symbolism attached," Taylor says. "It doesn't mean you're a punk rocker or a rebel--it just...