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From: mr.mincemeat@syteka.UUCP (mr.mincemeat)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: parting shots
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Date: Fri, 6-Apr-84 14:28:59 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  6 14:28:59 1984
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I found the juxtaposition of these two lines from a recent posting
(after the initial fury subsided [I take music REAL personal, bucko])
very amusing.



	From my point of view, punk is about violence and despair and hate

	I think I'll go listen to some John Prine...



Anyone who's listened to john prine's first (and best)
album should find it also pretty amusing.  For those who haven't,
I assure you that it IS about violence and despair, mostly despair,
and with some things like hate and stuff mixed in. If you can get
past the acoustical/country medium, it's one of the most powerful albums
around.  (personally, I find songs that aren't about v, d, and h, and
are at the same time at all honest, are virtually nonexistent. It's a mean
world, buoys and gulls.) bye-bye, mr(finality is bliss)mincemeat.