this one's for the right to petition

I'm as much in favor of drug law reform as the next guy, but this is an unusual way to editorialize about it. Oh, and guys? The line is on the mirror. As usual.

I got a myspace friend request from a band called "Hey Stroker" ( http://www.myspace.com/heystrokeroc ). Here's what they have to say about themselves:


Okay. Guys? Punk rock may or may not be melodic, but it's not radio-friendly, nor is it about "chiks, beer, surfing..." etc. Punk rock lyrics are sometimes about beer and sex, or surfing, but that's not the point. Punk rock is liberation.  When I say "liberation," I mean liberation from stupid money-grubbing capitalism, consumer culture, war, educational credentialism, smooth nice music, bourgeois sensibilities, bigotry, oppressive politics, official anything, corporate media, TV, suburban self-satisfied smugness, and unthinking racial and gender assumptions. Punk rock is D.I.Y. instead of buying or copying shit. Punk Rock is about being polite to the cop and flipping off the mayor, because the mayor is the problem and the cop is just a worker. Punk rock is about communicating everything above with hard, rough, unrefined and uneducated noise and having a fucking great time doing it and sharing it with everyone else.

In sum, punk rock is about liberation from you. Dump your privilege and your expensive guitars, stop imitating, and start over. You're still young and you have a chance at the real thing.

Punk rock saved my life. Don't shit all over it for five bucks when you don't even know what it is.