How can you tell an authentic couch from a false one, at any rate? im not clued in to the scene: for me growing up in the 80s punk was liberty mohawks, ramones, misfits...I dont really understand the aesthetic, as i grew up in places with limited exposure to music or culture. i remember "punks" in london getting in trouble for insulting the queen and frightening yankee tourists with small children...and german punks spraypainting on stuff...i grew up listening to whitesnake and wearing corduroy. Now, with age and experience, i know what punk means -to me- as an identity: i.e., i'll heckle tourists, pee on stuff, modify everything, including an 82 country squire "woodie" i modified to military specs. i installed a continuous loop tape, a la Op Wandering Soul, of I am the Walrus and Helter Skelter to blare while driving. But, Friends, the Magical Mystery Tour album, though appealing to the Manson family, is not quite punk, is it? it's pop... Is Punk a mindset? A lifestyle? I dont fukkin know. I would imagine an authentic punk would drive a hearse, not a vespa...???... wear pleather rather than real snakeskin...???...read kafka or proust at coffeeshops...???... or is that beatniks?
