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Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
by Legs McNeil, Gillian McCain
A fun genre, splicing together everyone's wild words. Who did what at Johnny Thunder's funeral? Who really had the idea first to call it punk? Who slept with whom and who shot up in the bathroom while it happened? It's kaleidoscopic chisme, and the authors were very good at it.
But the subject matter? Oh punk. Oh half-formed nihilism, which still cares so much about image and prestige and machismo. Oh misogyny and fascination with Nazi memorabilia. Oh empty and vapid whiteness. Oh drugs and drugs and drugs. What a waste. What a complete waste.
Does this make me a conservative and suburban mom? Kids those days!
But the subject matter? Oh punk. Oh half-formed nihilism, which still cares so much about image and prestige and machismo. Oh misogyny and fascination with Nazi memorabilia. Oh empty and vapid whiteness. Oh drugs and drugs and drugs. What a waste. What a complete waste.
Does this make me a conservative and suburban mom? Kids those days!