And now don’t tell me that isn’t crap It has become one of the more predictable reflexes in German-language pop discourse to frame Die Toten Hosen either as betrayal or as popular authenticity. Both readings miss the point, and yet both reveal something. The shift from rehearsal room to stadium…WeiterlesenPunks different audiences these days
Kategorie: Civic diversity
Can we compare German, factually very capitalist punk with American capitalist punk and British less capitalist punk—and understand the problem of capitalist punk as feeding on non-capitalist punk? A success across the board. The German punk scene appears as a particularly condensed site of tension: between anti-capitalist aspiration and commercial…WeiterlesenCapitalist Punk
“Anti-revolutionary striving” commented: German Punk as a History of Entrevolutionization In brief: On the FRG model of success, using Die Toten Hosen as an example The striking relative insignificance of Die Toten Hosen in the English-speaking world is not merely a marginal issue of cultural translation. It points to a…WeiterlesenGerman Punk as a History of Entrevolutionization
The Unmanageable Society of Monolothist Humans That crowds follow their own logics is one thing. That no one ought to teach or educate anyone is another — and perhaps the harder lesson to accept. Human civilizations have always been systems of power as much as of culture. They organize life…WeiterlesenThe Unmanageable Society of Monolothist Humans
Two fighting antispe rabbits, three skeletons, two of them reaching into a well at the center of the scene, two goats and a wolf, and a mountain, and again a flying king on a broomstick. In tuquise and fuchsia. Gewinnertum (lang: ger/en/es) Nichts hier mit den Dimensionen antihierarchischer Humankapitäler Leute,…WeiterlesenCapitales humanos antijerárquicos
I just replied this to a very insightful and open posting by Unparalleld Suffering on being alone as an ethical vegan: Please read this beautiful entry here > Unparalleled Suffering’s Opinions; I Thought Veganism Would Be Great For My Health. On the reality of being a lonely vegan > https://substack.com/home/post/p-166449082…WeiterlesenWhy we need to take our communication structures more serious
Limit of politicalness in mainstreamed punk always had been reached Punk should be its own cliché. If something goes beyond that, in terms of … yes, on what points actually? Let’s say in terms of the claim of “political questioning of the systemic” and the like … then it’s something…WeiterlesenThe limit of politicalness in mainstreamed punk always had been reached
Aus Pimmelfreiheit Nr. 1. Nicht nur Pimmelfreiheit. Auch anderes muss nicht sein. Kunst und Hegemonialität Immer wieder wurde beobachtet, dass Kunst vielzusehr zu einem Geniekult auf der einen Seite wurde und zu einem narzisstischen Markt, der Menschsein in einer Total-Hybris umfasst. Und man hat auch festgestellt, dass Intellektuelle und Künstler…WeiterlesenPimmelfreiheit und Exitstrategien
– What is meant by the German term Seilschaft / “rope team” in its social Darwinist sense? – Rope teams in democratic structures: a new dimension of exclusion — How people seek an advantage collectively over others, groups or individuals > What is meant by the German term Seilschaft /…WeiterlesenSeilschaft and Democracy
Warum genau soll man nochmal Angst von den Anti-Faschisten haben? Janke? Anyone? Ah ja klar. Weil man ein Bastard ist. „Einmal die Runde ‚Angst‘ bitte! Freiangst für alle heute, geht auf’s Haus!“ In der BRD, wie sie heute ist, erlebe ich, dass junge oder jüngere Menschen als „lernbehindert“ eingestuft werden,…WeiterlesenEndverbloedung