Punk Video

Unfortunately the projector was not working on Thursday, so we could not show the video we had planned to, but this is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzJfMdE6pII

It is from a documentary on punk cultures and music. Many aspects of our discussion on Thursday are shown in the clip I felt. The overall feeling of the shows and musicians clearly represents the origins of punk culture. The band was self-taught, energetic, loud, and often disruptive to dominant culture. The audience reflected all of this as well.

One interesting aspect connecting Tuesday's and Thursday's discussions, for me, was how subcultures are often formed because of rebellion to dominate, but, as we talked about on Thursday, subcultures can branch off, and sometimes this is because of a rebellion to parts of the subculture. To me, this indicates that rebellion and identification are the most important parts of forming subcultures, whether they are separating themselves from the dominant culture, or the subculture itself.