Great description of The Midwest!

Interesting description of the Midwest!

Hard Times article on how the CIA started punk rock

This is just an edited version of a piece from The Hard Times that I thought was funny.

We Interview the CIA Agent Who Created Punk Rock as a Psyop to Make Legitimate Revolt Look Stupid

The debate over who started punk rock is as legendary as it is pointless. Legendary, because of the transatlantic feud between The Ramones and The Sex Pistols; and pointless, because it wasn’t them. Thanks to an overlooked section of declassified COINTELPRO and CHAOS documents, we finally know exactly who created punk rock.

One agent working for the CIA in the late ‘60s invented the entire musical genre to de-legitimize the very concept of protest. Though he’s retired, he asked to remain anonymous, fearing reprisal from violent Jawbreaker purists.

Former Agent: I wanted punk to seem dirty, like hippies, but also militant, so people would confuse it with more serious groups. Black Panthers, Socialist Workers, etc. It came down to two elements: bad music, and clownish fashions.

 
HT: But punk artists with clear political messages eventually started popping up Stateside: Bad Religion, Anti-Flag; even Andrew W.K.’s partying has revolutionary potential.

FA: Messages about rebellion and corruption will always slip through, but there simply aren’t enough of them to counter the suburban, radio-friendly punk ethos we designed later. My successor created Blink 182 and Hot Topic for that reason.

 
HT: Really? The Hot Topic company was a CIA creation?

FA: Yes, down to the Happy Bunny character, with the slogans. People take one look at that, they decide revolution doesn’t sound so great after all.

Read the rest here.

Labels: Hard Times, Hot Topic, humor, humor type I'm going for, jokes, music, origin of punk, politics, protests, punk scene, punk's origins

Just thought this was funny and true!

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Perfect punk venue?

Labels: humor, humor type I'm going for, jokes, music venues, venues

I want to deal with this!

Labels: fuck you, hair, humor, humor type I'm going for, jokes, not caring what people think, punk scene, society

Iowa diversity as explained by The Uncyclopedia

Iowa is a very diverse state, covering people of every religion from Mennonite to Presbyterian, every skin tone from alabaster to milky, and from every corner of the world from Britain to Germany. There's even those thar Lutheran type of people in Iowa... On the average day in Iowa, you can hear every language from English (slight country accent) to English (slight eastern accent). Hail, Iowa!

You can The Uncyclopedia's complete entry for Iowa here.

Labels: Christianity, diversity, diversity in Iowa, humor, humor type I'm going for, Iowa, Iowa diversity, jokes, language, national origin, race, religion, skin color, Uncyclopedia

A punk joke I made up

Labels: anarchy, cars, fuck you, humor, jokes, making up stuff, ovens, pride, punk rockers, riddles

My characters in 2021

Just a satire piece from The Hard Times that could unfortunately describe some of my characters in the future!

Just Because I Don’t Dress Like It or Go to Shows or Believe In any of the Core Tenets Anymore Doesn’t Mean I’m Not Punk

BY THE HARD TIMES STAFF | NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Look, maybe I don’t dress like it anymore, or go to shows often (or ever), but that doesn’t mean I’m not punk anymore. I’m still more punk than you’ll ever be... 

I’ve learned that punk isn’t just a mohawk, or studded jacket, or Skrewdriver’s earlier stuff — it’s something much more. It’s about what you feel inside, revolting against the powers that be, and Driver’s later stuff.

As soon as I joined the force I knew I had found my new punk crew. A bunch of guys, in the van/squad car, hanging out. The camaraderie, the fights, the cheap fast food. Someone steps to us up? We fuck them up. Hell, off the record, sometimes the dudes I roll with now kill people.

See more here

Labels: aging, cops, humor, jokes, Law (The), Man (The), older punks, police, posers, punk culture, punk ethics, punk lifestyle, punk values, The Law, The Man

Portlandia punk house

Just a comedy sketch about an old punk house from the TV show, "Portlandia"! Great show, especially for alternative music and alternative scene types! Captures a little bit of what I'm going for.

Labels: Carrie Brownstein, comedy sketch, comedy. Portlandia, Fred Armisen, humor, jokes, posers, punk culture, punk homes, punk houses, punkhouses, Quincy punks, sketch (comedy)

From the wall of the 80s Des Moines bar, So's Your Mother

Labels: 80s, 80s punk, bars, clubs, Des Moines, finger (the), giving the finger, humor, Iowa, murals, music venues, research, So's Your Mother, venues, walls

Snotty and Sandra's relationship in a nutshell caught in a song

Labels: humor, Sandra Cho, Snotty Jones, Snotty/Sandra relationship

A meme I saw that I thought was relevant

Labels: alcohol, beer, down with authority, drinking (alcohol), drunkenness, getting drunk, humor, humor type I'm going for, jokes, memes, odor, politics, smash the state, smelling bad, state, violence

Opening quote for Medieval section

photo by John Kerridge?

Wine, women, and song

Is all my brain and body need

Wine, women, and song

Are very good indeed

- Medieval troubadour Iain Dury

Labels: humor, humor type I'm going for, jokes, Medieval section, opening quotes, quotes, sex drugs and rock and roll

Cartoon that so captures part of the mood I'm going for

Labels: example of what I'm going for, humor, humor type I'm going for, mood in series, moods, politics, Reagan, theme in series, themes, what I'm going for