HAPPY NEW YEAR ERRYBODY ILY all have a GREAT 2014

I always roll my eyes at posts about what "true punk" is/was and how it was always a left-wing thing because, like, the Sex Pistols were on of the first popular punk rock bands and they were recognized right from the start as posers who had no coherent politics beyond trying to shock people

"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" would have not been a necessary statement if Nazi punks were not a very real thing and a very real part of the punk scene, just sayin'

You literally cannot be a Nazi Punk tho. You're either a Nazi, or you're Punk. Punk has ALWAYS been about kindness and freedom and making things better. Punk is about hope. Punk is about being so angry about injustices that you are going to start a fight over it. Being a Nazi goes against everything that Punk stands for and the two cannot coexist within a single movement.

No it hasn’t! This is literally exactly the kind of ahistorical take on punk that drives me off the wall, and you’re exactly the kind of person I was vagueing about!

Punk hasn’t always been about freedom, from the start it was being subversive, and what exactly punk was trying to subvert has always been extremely broad and open to interpretetion by different groups!

The Ramones were conservatives. The Sex Pistols had no intended political message beyond being offensive and their frontman supports Trump now. These initial groups were not acting to make a statement about freedom or kindness but to push against the increasing conformity, cleanliness, and smooth production of mainstream rock music. That did not necessarily entail standing up for freedom or left-wing causes. Of the initial “big three” old-school punk bands, The Clash were the only ones that were politically progressive!

Lots of punks in the 80s wore Nazi armbands for the express purpose of being shocking and offensive to mainstream sensibilities because that is what punk was about. And soon enough, the “ironically edgy” Nazi punks gave way to actual goddamned Nazis in punk. Fuck, have you even heard of Skrewdriver? Do you even know that Nazi punks were the reason that “skinhead” became modern shorthand for “neo-Nazi?”

It’s not possible to deny punk to fascists by is by playing “no true Scotsman.” All that does is make it easier to pretend they’re not there, and not a real problem. If you want to tell the Nazi punks to fuck off, you have to first acknowledge that they have a deep history in punk, and you have to face that reality and confront it! You can’t just bury your head in the sand and pretend the problem isn’t real.

(There is a whole ska/punk song about this problem)

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Anyone else reminded of @philipglass-official ?

an adventure in disappointment

excuse you, excuse you, excuse you, excuse you, saxophones are perfect saxophones are perfect saxophones are perfect saxophones are perfect

petition to make saxophones a part of orchestra

please

please we have enough brass instruments

They arent fucking brass. THEY ARENT FUCKING BRASS.

you aren’t brass but we still dont want you

first of all, bitch, first of all, bitch, first of all, bitch, first of all, bitch,

@philipglass-official saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best

*goes to bed listening to the ramones* *wakes up wearing a leather jacket*

*goes to bed listening to Led Zeppelin* *wakes up with the sexiest hair ever*

*goes to the bed listening to Red hot chili peppers* *wakes up wearing only a sock*

*Goes to bed listening to Megadeth* *Wakes up dead*

*goes to bed listening to Queen*

*wakes up wearing a silvery glittery unitard*

*goes to bed listening to Pink Floyd*

*wakes up woke*

*goes to bed listening to The Beatles*

*wakes up with a bowl cut*

*goes to bed listening to Metallica*

*sleeps with one eye open*

*goes to bed listening to Green Day*

*wakes up in October 1st*

*goes to bed listening to The Rolling Stones* *wakes up strung out in an hourly motel*

*Goes to bed listening to Janis Joplin* *Wakes up in Woodstock with no bra, and no memory*

*goes to bed listening to Guns N’ Roses* *doesn’t wake up because hey you caught me in a coma and I don’t think I wanna ever come back to this world again*

*goes to bed listening David Bowie*

*Wakes up without eyebrows*

*goes to bed listening to Poison*

*wakes up gay*

*goes to bed listening to Japan*

*wakes up with the ghosts of my life*

*goes to bed listening to evanescence*

*CANT WAKE UP*

*goes to bed listening to arctic monkeys*

*wakes up with a cigarette in the mouth*

*goes to bed listening to AC/DC*

*wakes up wearing a school uniform*

*goes to bed listening to shostakovich*

*wakes up with a thorough thirst to beat the fuck outta stalin*

*goes to bed listening to schoenberg* *wakes up as a tone row*

hi

*goes to bed listening to philip glass* *wakes upwakes upwakes upwakes up*

every time I see this my grip on sanity gets just that little bit slimmer

I always feel like it’s safe to mention that this isn’t just any band, it’s the Ukrainian Army Band for some reason.

i composed this piece as well as the choreography

needs more saxophones saxophones would make the dancing man happy saxophones are great

Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones 

Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best

NO YOU ARE THE THIRD MOST WORST AFTER @maurice-ravel-official and @official-adolphe-sax NO.

I am the best worst

YoUrE ThE SecOnD MosST hic WoRsT YuO sUcK aT OrcHEsTrATinGgG ANNNND beInG hic ThE MoST WOrStT AT LEaST @official-adolphe-sax MADe JAzZ hic OkkAY YUo CAnT eVen MaKE MUsiC GOoOoD hic

Oh dear lord, the fool is now drunk @mussorsky-official @maurice-ravel-official

@mussorsky-official i think you need to seek help, buddy

I DON’T NEED HELP YOU NEED HELP

at least I’m not a drunk being drunk would suck you’re a drunk, therefore you suck being a drunk sucks good thing I’m not a drunk

GOOD THING IM NOT A DRUNK EITHER THEN

IM A SUPER-DRUNK

WITH A CAPE

YESSS

YOURE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN WRITE POETRY, GLASSY BOI

A super hero you’re not you’re not a superhero superheroes are good role models you’re not a good role model you’re not a superhero

Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones Bitches don’t know about my saxophones 

Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best Saxophones are the best

NO YOU ARE THE THIRD MOST WORST AFTER @maurice-ravel-official and @official-adolphe-sax NO.

I am the best worst

YoUrE ThE SecOnD MosST hic WoRsT YuO sUcK aT OrcHEsTrATinGgG ANNNND beInG hic ThE MoST WOrStT AT LEaST @official-adolphe-sax MADe JAzZ hic OkkAY YUo CAnT eVen MaKE MUsiC GOoOoD hic

Oh dear lord, the fool is now drunk @mussorsky-official @maurice-ravel-official

@mussorsky-official i think you need to seek help, buddy

I DON’T NEED HELP YOU NEED HELP

at least I’m not a drunk being drunk would suck you’re a drunk, therefore you suck being a drunk sucks good thing I’m not a drunk

I can confirm this

Getting to your dot like...

you all should know the drill by now

tag yourself, im johann strauss ii electric boogaloo

@antoniosalieri-official I KNEW IT. I KNEW YOU WERE THE ZODIAC KILLER. I FUCKING CALLED IT. YAY ME!!!!!!

This information is partially untrue. Although there is a possibility that I might be the Zodiac Killer, I do not have any desire to copulate with Mozart.

I’m sure you don’t.

This is pretty accurate It's accurate because I tend to repeat myself I really do tend towards repetition But repeating myself is so fun When I repeat myself you get to hear all the little details Details that would have been lost if not for repitition

Say what you will about minimalism, but Philip Glass rocks my socks off.

Say what you will about minimalism, but Philip Glass rocks my socks off.

Say what you will about minimalism, but Philip Glass rocks my socks off.

Say what you will about minimalism, but Philip Glass rocks my socks off.

Say what you will about minimalism, but Philip Glass rocks my socks off.

Say what you will about minimalism, but Phillip Glass rocks my sock off.

Say what you will about socks, but minimalism rocks Philip Glass off.

Say what you will about tumblr, but this post rocks my minimalism off.

#composersforlizards2k16