Sunday, June 25, 2017

Goo Goo Muck

Last time we came here to sing the praises of Open Culture, an incredibly diverse and extensive compendium of free literary, academic, musical, and artistic resources, we reveled in Bob Ross' pretty little trees.

Less pretty, our subject today, but no less impactful.

From Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads to Green Day, from MC5 to the Buzzcocks to Black Flag, over 50 years of punk and its progenitors get a nod in a well researched post and an 11-hour Spotify playlist featured this month in Open Culture. The 250-song curation is offered in chronological order, beginning with the aforementioned Gaylads (who gave The Cramps a hit song) and ending with 'Not a Fan', a 2017 track from Orange County, CA band Skaal.



Punk kinda feels right for the moment, y'know? So put on your headphones, turn off the world, and let Brother Stummer and his high priests proclaim the word.

6 comments:

Whitney said...

Wow. Gotta say that this takes the Clarence Is a Punk playlists to a whole new level. And it's purist punk, whereas I'll confess to enjoying crossover stuff and punk that trends a little more towards the mainstream just because a good song is a good song. But this is good shit.

Dave said...

i tried to listen, but i'm a google play music guy and haven't used spotify in years. everything went awry.

rob said...

it's pretty punk that nobody commented on this post for over 12 hours.

TR said...

Any proper punk fan shouldn't read this book I just read:

https://www.amazon.com/Please-Kill-Me-Uncensored-History/dp/0802125360

TR said...

I mean should read

TR said...

I have officially come full circle on yellow American beer. Turns out that ice cold Bud Lights are: 1) tasty, 2) not 300 calorie belly busters, and 3) not 7% alcohol. Makes it easier to casually day- drink w/o getting bloated and blotto.