Punk 101, Year 2
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ARTHI 3813 - Punk 101: The Culture and Future of “No Future!”Thursday, 1-4, room 1307, 112 South MichiganInstructor: Thomas Comerford, Adjunct Associate Professor, FVNM and ARTHI
DescriptionTartan bondage suits. Xeroxed fanzines. Anthems proclaiming, “No future!” In urban centers like London, New York and Los Angeles, punks embraced these kinds of statements and tactics in live music performances and in the production of records, zines, fashion and films. In examining the materials that document, mythologize or analyze punk culture, this course will explore and challenge notions about the aesthetics and worldview of punk and its legacy and discuss larger questions of memory, history and representation.
This survey course will consist of lectures, listening sessions, screenings and discussions. Students will be required to write in response to the lecture topics/screening/discussion/readings on a weekly basis in addition to completing a group ‘zine project over the course of the semester.
NOTE: Punk culture and thus the music, films and writing documenting and analyzing punk culture contains ideas, images, language and sexual and violent behavior that some consider to be offensive. Consider yourself warned!
Required Texts • You must purchase these or ensure you have access to copies!Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilEngland’s Dreaming by Jon SavageOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradArticles, chapters and book excerpts on the Docutek system. http://docutek.artic.edu/eres/ under instructor: Comerford. Password is “punk”.
Additional MaterialsRecommended (but not required) books, films or records are listed in the schedule if you wish to pursue a subject in more depth. An asterisk (*) indicates titles which are on reserve at the Flaxman Library.
Assignments1. Required readings. Please complete readings on time.2. Weekly responses to screenings/readings/lectures, 1-2 pages. Hard copies, please. TYPED. Hand written or emailed response papers will not receive credit.3. Group Final Project: ZINE. Details to be discussed in class.
WEEK 1 • 24 JanuaryEntrance Music: Electric Warrior, T. Rex, 1971Lecture: “Subculture Rocks & Glitters”Film: Velvet Goldmine, 1998, Todd Haynes, 124 mins.
Recommended/Related:• Film: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 1972, D.A. Pennebaker*; A Clockwork Orange, 1971, Stanley Kubrick*.• Reading: Subculture by Dick Hebdige*; From the Velvets to the Voidoids by Clinton Heylin*; Glam! Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution by Barney Hoskins; “Of Pop and Pies and Fun,” by Lester Bangs (in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung)*.• Listening: The Stooges - The Stooges; Fun House - The Stooges; Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges*; Metallic KO - Iggy and the Stooges; Kick Out the Jams - MC5*; Hunky Dory - David Bowie*; Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie; Roxy Music - Roxy Music*; Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno*; Transformer - Lou Reed; Electric Warrior - T. Rex.
WEEK 2 • 31 JanuaryEntrance Music: White Light/White Heat, Velvet Underground,1967Lecture: “Exploding the Plastic Inevitable: NYC Pop and the Underground”Films: The Velvet Underground and Nico, 1967, Andy Warhol, 66 mins; The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1966, Ronald Nemeth [clip]; New York Dolls on Old Grey Whistle Test, 1973 [clip].
Recommended/Related:• Films: Flesh, 1968, Paul Morrisey/Andy Warhol; I Shot Andy Warhol, 1996, Mary Harron*; All Dolled Up, 2005, Bob Gruen*; New York Doll, 2005, Greg Whitely*.• Reading: From the Velvets to the Voidoids by Clinton Heylin*; All Yesterday’s Parties by Clinton Heylin; The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll*; Forced Entries by Jim Carroll*.• Listening: The Velvet Underground and Nico (s/t); White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground; The Velvet Underground (s/t); Loaded - The Velvet Underground; Chelsea Girl - Nico; The New York Dolls (s/t).
WEEK 3 • 7 FebruaryEntrance Music: The Ramones (s/t), 1976.Lecture: “Punk Is Coming, And CBGB Is Home”Films: Blank Generation, 1976, Amos Poe, 55 mins; Nightclubbing, 1975-1980, Pat Ivers/Emily Armstrong [clip].
Recommended/Related:• Film: End of the Century: Story of the Ramones, 2000, Michael Grammaglia*; Dancing Barefoot, 1995, Zdenek Suchy.• Reading: Punk: The Original by John Holmstrom*; CBGB and OMFUG: 30 Years From the Home of Underground Rock, by David Byrne and Hilly Crystal*; On the Road With the Ramones by Monte A. Melnick; Cindarella’s Big Score by Maria Raha*; The Heebee-Jeebies at CBGB’s by Steven Lee Beeber.• Listening: The Ramones (s/t)*; Leave Home - The Ramones; Rocket to Russia - The Ramones; Horses - Patti Smith*; Marquee Moon - Television*; The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! - Dictators; Suicide [first album] (s/t)*.
WEEK 4 • 14 FebruaryEntrance Music: Young, Loud and Snotty - The Dead BoysLecture: “Richard Hell and the ____ Generation”Film: The Blank Generation, 1979, Ulli Lommel, 90 mins.
Recommended/Related:• Film: The Warriors, 1979, Walter Hill; Dead Boys Live! at CBGB 1977, 2004, Dead Boys; Dead or Alive, 1986, Johnny Thunders; Kill Your Idols, 2006, S.A. Crary*.• Reading: Hot and Cold by Richard Hell; Cindarella’s Big Score by Maria Raha; The Heebee-Jeebies at CBGB’s by Steven Lee Beeber; “The White Noise Supremacists” by Lester Bangs (in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung)*.• Listening: Blank Generation - Richard Hell and the Voidoids*; Spurts: the Richard Hell Story - Richard Hell; Blondie (s/t); Talking Heads ‘77 - The Talking Heads*; Young, Loud and Snotty - The Dead Boys*; LAMF (the Lost 77 Mixes) - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers*; DIY - The Blank Generation: The New York Scene (compilation)*; No New York, Vols. 1-3 (compilations)*.
WEEK 5 • 21 FebruaryEntrance Music: Damned, Damned, Damned - The DamnedLecture: “England’s Dreaming: Instigating the Apocalypse”Film: Jubilee, 1977, Derek Jarman, 100 mins; The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979, Julien Temple [clip]; Rude Boy, 1980, Jack Hazan [clip].
Recommended/Related:• Film: The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979, Julien Temple*; The Filth and the Fury, 2000, Julien Temple*; Rude Boy, 1980, Jack Hazan; Westway to the World, 2000, Don Letts; Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, 2007, Julien Temple.• Reading: Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus*; Subculture by Dick Hebdige*; Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John Lydon*; Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb; Vacant: A Diary of the Punk Years by Nils Stevenson*.• Listening: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols*; The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle - The Sex Pistols; The Clash (s/t)*; Give ‘em Enough Rope - The Clash*; London Calling - The Clash*; Damned, Damned, Damned - The Damned*; DIY - Anarchy in the UK: UK Punk 1 (compilation)*.
WEEK 6 • 28 FebruaryEntrance Music: The Raincoats (s/t), 1980Lecture: “Flowers in the Dustbin: The Future of ‘No Future!’” Film: The Punk Rock Movie, 1977, Don Letts, 86 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: Scum, 1979, Alan Clarke.Reading: Sniffin’ Glue by Mark Perry*; Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds*; Break All Rules! by Patricia Henry*; 1988: The New Wave Explosion by Caroline Coon*; Babylon’s Burning by Clinton Heylin*.Listening: I’m Stranded - The Saints; Pink Flag - Wire*; Cut - The Slits*; Stations of the Cross - Crass*; Generation X (s/t)*; In the City - The Jam*; Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Specs; The Raincoats (s/t); DIY - The Modern World: UK Punk 2 (compilation)*.
WEEK 7 • 6 MarchEntrance Music: The Fall In: Palace of Swords Reversed - The FallLecture: “UK D.I.Y. Regionalism: Manchester and Leeds” + special guest Jon Langford of the Mekons!Film: 24-Hour Party People, 2002, Michael Winterbottom, 117 mins; TBA [clips].
Recommended/Related:Film: Control, 2007, Anton Corbijn.Reading: Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds.Listening: Singles Going Steady - The Buzzcocks*; Real Life - Magazine*; The Fall In: Palace of Swords Reversed - The Fall*; Substance - Joy Division*; The Mekons Story - Mekons*; Entertainment! - Gang of Four*; The Stone Roses (s/t); The Smiths (s/t).
WEEK 8 • 13 MarchEntrance Music: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, 1980, Dead KennedysLecture: “The Demise of the Pistols and the Rise of West Coast Punk and Hardcore”Film: Sid and Nancy, 1986, Alex Cox, 112 mins; Louder, Faster, Shorter, 1979, Mindaugis Bagdon [clip].
Recommended/Related: Film: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Eyeballs, 2005, Eric Goodfield*. Reading: Punk ‘77 by Jim Stark*; Search and Destroy by V. Vale*. Listening: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys*; Sex Bomb Baby - Flipper*; The Avengers (s/t); The Nuns (s/t).
WEEK 9 • 20 MarchSPRING BREAK -- No Class.
WEEK 10 • 27 MarchEntrance Music: Nervous Breakdown EP, 1978, Black Flag; Los Angeles, 1980, X.Lecture: “Orange County Punks vs. Hollywood Punks and The Cops Against All”Film: Decline of Western Civilization, Volume 1, 1981, Penelope Spheeris, 100 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: The Mayor of Sunset Strip, 2003, George Hickenlooper*; Suburbia, 1983, Penelope Spheeris*; Repo Man, 1984, Alex Cox*; We Jam Econo - The Story of the Minutemen, 2005, Irwin*; Live in San Francisco September 2, 1978, 2004, Screamers.Reading: Forming: The Early Days of LA Punk by Claude Bessy*; Going Underground by George Hurchalla*; Enter Naomi by Joe Carducci*.Listening: Nervous Breakdown EP - Black Flag*; Paranoid Time EP - Minutemen*; Los Angeles - X*; MIA: The Complete Anthology - the Germs*; Dawn of the Dickies - Dickies; Weird World, Vol. 1 - The Weirdos; DIY- We’re Desperate: The LA Scene (compilation)*
WEEK 11 • 3 AprilEntrance Music: Bad Brains (s/t), 1982Lecture: “Get in the Van!: From LA to DC with the Hardcore Punks”Films: Another State of Mind, 1984, Adam Small, 78 mins; Nightclubbing, 1975-1980, Pat Ivers/Emily Armstrong [clip].
Recommended/Related:Film: American Hardcore, 2006, Paul Rachman; Bad Brains Live - CBGB 1982, 2006, Bad Brains; Minor Threat Live, 1988, Minor Threat.Reading: Going Underground by George Hurchalla*; I, Shithead by Joe Keithley*; American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Bush*.Listening: Bad Brains (s/t)*; Complete Discography - Minor Threat*; Bad Brains (s/t)*; Mommy’s Little Monster - Social Distortion; Damaged - Black Flag*; Flex Your Head (compilation).
WEEK 12 • 10 AprilEntrance Music: Everything Falls Apart, 1982, Hüsker DüLecture: “Stuck in the Middle - Midwest Punk”Film: You Weren’t There, 2007, Joe Lasurdo and Chris Tillman, 120 mins. Directors in person!
Recommended/Related:Film: The Complete Truth About De-evolution, 2003, Devo.Reading: “Peter Laughner” by Lester Bangs (in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung). All Over But the Shouting by Jim Walsh.Listening: Everything Falls Apart - Hüsker Dü*; Metal Circus - Hüsker Dü; Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü; Sorry, Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash - Replacements*; The Replacements Stink EP - Replacements; The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu; Terminal Tower - Pere Ubu*; God Says Fuck You - Electric Eels; Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo - Devo*; The Rich Man’s 8-Track Tape - Big Black; Throb Throb - Naked Raygun.
WEEK 13 • 17 AprilEntrance Music: Daydream Nation, 1988, Sonic YouthLecture: “Punk$ are Coming?”Film: 1991: The Year Punk Broke, 1992, Dave Markey, 99 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: About a Son, 2007, AJ Schnack; Last Days, 2005, Gus Van Sant*; Hype!, 1996, Doug Pray.Reading: We Owe You Nothing by Daniel Sinker*; The Trouser Press Record Guide to 90s Rock by Ira Robbins; Babylon’s Burning by Clinton Heylin*; Confusion is Next by Alec Foege; Nirvana: The Biography by Everett True.Listening: Bleach - Nirvana*; Nevermind - Nirvana*; Dry as a Bone/Rehab Doll - Green River; Melvins (s/t); Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles - Mudhoney*; Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth*; You’re Living All Over Me - Dinosaur, Jr*; Copper Blue - Sugar; Dookie - Green Day; 10 - Pearl Jam; Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden; Jamboree - Beat Happening; Sub Pop 200 (compilation).
WEEK 14 • 24 AprilEntrance Music: The CD Version of the First 2 Records - Bikini KillLectures: “Revolution: Grrrl Style” + “Homocore” guest lecture by Terri GriffithFilms: Girl Power, 1992, Sadie Benning, 15 mins.; Other titles TBA
Recommended/Related:Film: Don’t Need You, 2003, Kerri Koch; Songs for Cassavetes, 2001, Justin Mitchell.Reading: Riot Grrrl by Nadine Monem; Girl Guide to Taking Over the World by Tristan Taormino; Pretty in Punk by Lauraine Leblanc*.Listening: The CD Version of the First Two Records - Bikini Kill*; Frenching the Bully - Gits*; Fist City - Tribe 8; Undressed - Pansy Division; Deflowered - Pansy Division; Nice Ass - Free Kitten*; Soda Pop Rip Off - Slant 6*; Betti Cola - Cub*.
WEEK 15 • 1 MayCRITIQUE WEEK -- No Class
WEEK 16 • 8 MayEntrance Music: 13 Songs, 1988, FugaziLecture: “DC’s D.I.Y. Ethic - Fugazi’s Model”Film: Instrument, 1998, Jem Cohen, 115 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: Minor Threat Live, 1988, Minor Threat.Reading: Keep Your Eyes Open, Fugazi by Glen Friedman; Dance of Days by Mark Anderson; Banned in DC by Cynthia Connolly.Listening: 13 Songs - Fugazi; Repeater - Fugazi; Steady Diet of Nothing - Fugazi; In On the Kill Taker - Fugazi; End Hits - Fugazi; Instrument Soundtrack - Fugazi; The Argument - Fugazi; Trait - Pailhead; The Evens (s/t); Get Even - The Evens; There to Here - Joe Lally.Zine Exchange; Course evaluation and final discussion/wrap up.
ARTHI 3813 - Punk 101: The Culture and Future of “No Future!”Thursday, 1-4, room 1307, 112 South MichiganInstructor: Thomas Comerford, Adjunct Associate Professor, FVNM and ARTHI
DescriptionTartan bondage suits. Xeroxed fanzines. Anthems proclaiming, “No future!” In urban centers like London, New York and Los Angeles, punks embraced these kinds of statements and tactics in live music performances and in the production of records, zines, fashion and films. In examining the materials that document, mythologize or analyze punk culture, this course will explore and challenge notions about the aesthetics and worldview of punk and its legacy and discuss larger questions of memory, history and representation.
This survey course will consist of lectures, listening sessions, screenings and discussions. Students will be required to write in response to the lecture topics/screening/discussion/readings on a weekly basis in addition to completing a group ‘zine project over the course of the semester.
NOTE: Punk culture and thus the music, films and writing documenting and analyzing punk culture contains ideas, images, language and sexual and violent behavior that some consider to be offensive. Consider yourself warned!
Required Texts • You must purchase these or ensure you have access to copies!Please Kill Me by Legs McNeilEngland’s Dreaming by Jon SavageOur Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradArticles, chapters and book excerpts on the Docutek system. http://docutek.artic.edu/eres/ under instructor: Comerford. Password is “punk”.
Additional MaterialsRecommended (but not required) books, films or records are listed in the schedule if you wish to pursue a subject in more depth. An asterisk (*) indicates titles which are on reserve at the Flaxman Library.
Assignments1. Required readings. Please complete readings on time.2. Weekly responses to screenings/readings/lectures, 1-2 pages. Hard copies, please. TYPED. Hand written or emailed response papers will not receive credit.3. Group Final Project: ZINE. Details to be discussed in class.
WEEK 1 • 24 JanuaryEntrance Music: Electric Warrior, T. Rex, 1971Lecture: “Subculture Rocks & Glitters”Film: Velvet Goldmine, 1998, Todd Haynes, 124 mins.
Recommended/Related:• Film: Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, 1972, D.A. Pennebaker*; A Clockwork Orange, 1971, Stanley Kubrick*.• Reading: Subculture by Dick Hebdige*; From the Velvets to the Voidoids by Clinton Heylin*; Glam! Bowie, Bolan and the Glitter Rock Revolution by Barney Hoskins; “Of Pop and Pies and Fun,” by Lester Bangs (in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung)*.• Listening: The Stooges - The Stooges; Fun House - The Stooges; Raw Power - Iggy and the Stooges*; Metallic KO - Iggy and the Stooges; Kick Out the Jams - MC5*; Hunky Dory - David Bowie*; Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars - David Bowie; Roxy Music - Roxy Music*; Here Come the Warm Jets - Brian Eno*; Transformer - Lou Reed; Electric Warrior - T. Rex.
WEEK 2 • 31 JanuaryEntrance Music: White Light/White Heat, Velvet Underground,1967Lecture: “Exploding the Plastic Inevitable: NYC Pop and the Underground”Films: The Velvet Underground and Nico, 1967, Andy Warhol, 66 mins; The Exploding Plastic Inevitable, 1966, Ronald Nemeth [clip]; New York Dolls on Old Grey Whistle Test, 1973 [clip].
Recommended/Related:• Films: Flesh, 1968, Paul Morrisey/Andy Warhol; I Shot Andy Warhol, 1996, Mary Harron*; All Dolled Up, 2005, Bob Gruen*; New York Doll, 2005, Greg Whitely*.• Reading: From the Velvets to the Voidoids by Clinton Heylin*; All Yesterday’s Parties by Clinton Heylin; The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll*; Forced Entries by Jim Carroll*.• Listening: The Velvet Underground and Nico (s/t); White Light/White Heat - The Velvet Underground; The Velvet Underground (s/t); Loaded - The Velvet Underground; Chelsea Girl - Nico; The New York Dolls (s/t).
WEEK 3 • 7 FebruaryEntrance Music: The Ramones (s/t), 1976.Lecture: “Punk Is Coming, And CBGB Is Home”Films: Blank Generation, 1976, Amos Poe, 55 mins; Nightclubbing, 1975-1980, Pat Ivers/Emily Armstrong [clip].
Recommended/Related:• Film: End of the Century: Story of the Ramones, 2000, Michael Grammaglia*; Dancing Barefoot, 1995, Zdenek Suchy.• Reading: Punk: The Original by John Holmstrom*; CBGB and OMFUG: 30 Years From the Home of Underground Rock, by David Byrne and Hilly Crystal*; On the Road With the Ramones by Monte A. Melnick; Cindarella’s Big Score by Maria Raha*; The Heebee-Jeebies at CBGB’s by Steven Lee Beeber.• Listening: The Ramones (s/t)*; Leave Home - The Ramones; Rocket to Russia - The Ramones; Horses - Patti Smith*; Marquee Moon - Television*; The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! - Dictators; Suicide [first album] (s/t)*.
WEEK 4 • 14 FebruaryEntrance Music: Young, Loud and Snotty - The Dead BoysLecture: “Richard Hell and the ____ Generation”Film: The Blank Generation, 1979, Ulli Lommel, 90 mins.
Recommended/Related:• Film: The Warriors, 1979, Walter Hill; Dead Boys Live! at CBGB 1977, 2004, Dead Boys; Dead or Alive, 1986, Johnny Thunders; Kill Your Idols, 2006, S.A. Crary*.• Reading: Hot and Cold by Richard Hell; Cindarella’s Big Score by Maria Raha; The Heebee-Jeebies at CBGB’s by Steven Lee Beeber; “The White Noise Supremacists” by Lester Bangs (in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung)*.• Listening: Blank Generation - Richard Hell and the Voidoids*; Spurts: the Richard Hell Story - Richard Hell; Blondie (s/t); Talking Heads ‘77 - The Talking Heads*; Young, Loud and Snotty - The Dead Boys*; LAMF (the Lost 77 Mixes) - Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers*; DIY - The Blank Generation: The New York Scene (compilation)*; No New York, Vols. 1-3 (compilations)*.
WEEK 5 • 21 FebruaryEntrance Music: Damned, Damned, Damned - The DamnedLecture: “England’s Dreaming: Instigating the Apocalypse”Film: Jubilee, 1977, Derek Jarman, 100 mins; The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979, Julien Temple [clip]; Rude Boy, 1980, Jack Hazan [clip].
Recommended/Related:• Film: The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle, 1979, Julien Temple*; The Filth and the Fury, 2000, Julien Temple*; Rude Boy, 1980, Jack Hazan; Westway to the World, 2000, Don Letts; Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, 2007, Julien Temple.• Reading: Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus*; Subculture by Dick Hebdige*; Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John Lydon*; Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb; Vacant: A Diary of the Punk Years by Nils Stevenson*.• Listening: Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols - The Sex Pistols*; The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle - The Sex Pistols; The Clash (s/t)*; Give ‘em Enough Rope - The Clash*; London Calling - The Clash*; Damned, Damned, Damned - The Damned*; DIY - Anarchy in the UK: UK Punk 1 (compilation)*.
WEEK 6 • 28 FebruaryEntrance Music: The Raincoats (s/t), 1980Lecture: “Flowers in the Dustbin: The Future of ‘No Future!’” Film: The Punk Rock Movie, 1977, Don Letts, 86 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: Scum, 1979, Alan Clarke.Reading: Sniffin’ Glue by Mark Perry*; Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds*; Break All Rules! by Patricia Henry*; 1988: The New Wave Explosion by Caroline Coon*; Babylon’s Burning by Clinton Heylin*.Listening: I’m Stranded - The Saints; Pink Flag - Wire*; Cut - The Slits*; Stations of the Cross - Crass*; Generation X (s/t)*; In the City - The Jam*; Germ Free Adolescents - X-Ray Specs; The Raincoats (s/t); DIY - The Modern World: UK Punk 2 (compilation)*.
WEEK 7 • 6 MarchEntrance Music: The Fall In: Palace of Swords Reversed - The FallLecture: “UK D.I.Y. Regionalism: Manchester and Leeds” + special guest Jon Langford of the Mekons!Film: 24-Hour Party People, 2002, Michael Winterbottom, 117 mins; TBA [clips].
Recommended/Related:Film: Control, 2007, Anton Corbijn.Reading: Rip It Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds.Listening: Singles Going Steady - The Buzzcocks*; Real Life - Magazine*; The Fall In: Palace of Swords Reversed - The Fall*; Substance - Joy Division*; The Mekons Story - Mekons*; Entertainment! - Gang of Four*; The Stone Roses (s/t); The Smiths (s/t).
WEEK 8 • 13 MarchEntrance Music: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables, 1980, Dead KennedysLecture: “The Demise of the Pistols and the Rise of West Coast Punk and Hardcore”Film: Sid and Nancy, 1986, Alex Cox, 112 mins; Louder, Faster, Shorter, 1979, Mindaugis Bagdon [clip].
Recommended/Related: Film: Fresh Fruit For Rotting Eyeballs, 2005, Eric Goodfield*. Reading: Punk ‘77 by Jim Stark*; Search and Destroy by V. Vale*. Listening: Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables - Dead Kennedys*; Sex Bomb Baby - Flipper*; The Avengers (s/t); The Nuns (s/t).
WEEK 9 • 20 MarchSPRING BREAK -- No Class.
WEEK 10 • 27 MarchEntrance Music: Nervous Breakdown EP, 1978, Black Flag; Los Angeles, 1980, X.Lecture: “Orange County Punks vs. Hollywood Punks and The Cops Against All”Film: Decline of Western Civilization, Volume 1, 1981, Penelope Spheeris, 100 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: The Mayor of Sunset Strip, 2003, George Hickenlooper*; Suburbia, 1983, Penelope Spheeris*; Repo Man, 1984, Alex Cox*; We Jam Econo - The Story of the Minutemen, 2005, Irwin*; Live in San Francisco September 2, 1978, 2004, Screamers.Reading: Forming: The Early Days of LA Punk by Claude Bessy*; Going Underground by George Hurchalla*; Enter Naomi by Joe Carducci*.Listening: Nervous Breakdown EP - Black Flag*; Paranoid Time EP - Minutemen*; Los Angeles - X*; MIA: The Complete Anthology - the Germs*; Dawn of the Dickies - Dickies; Weird World, Vol. 1 - The Weirdos; DIY- We’re Desperate: The LA Scene (compilation)*
WEEK 11 • 3 AprilEntrance Music: Bad Brains (s/t), 1982Lecture: “Get in the Van!: From LA to DC with the Hardcore Punks”Films: Another State of Mind, 1984, Adam Small, 78 mins; Nightclubbing, 1975-1980, Pat Ivers/Emily Armstrong [clip].
Recommended/Related:Film: American Hardcore, 2006, Paul Rachman; Bad Brains Live - CBGB 1982, 2006, Bad Brains; Minor Threat Live, 1988, Minor Threat.Reading: Going Underground by George Hurchalla*; I, Shithead by Joe Keithley*; American Hardcore: A Tribal History by Steven Bush*.Listening: Bad Brains (s/t)*; Complete Discography - Minor Threat*; Bad Brains (s/t)*; Mommy’s Little Monster - Social Distortion; Damaged - Black Flag*; Flex Your Head (compilation).
WEEK 12 • 10 AprilEntrance Music: Everything Falls Apart, 1982, Hüsker DüLecture: “Stuck in the Middle - Midwest Punk”Film: You Weren’t There, 2007, Joe Lasurdo and Chris Tillman, 120 mins. Directors in person!
Recommended/Related:Film: The Complete Truth About De-evolution, 2003, Devo.Reading: “Peter Laughner” by Lester Bangs (in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung). All Over But the Shouting by Jim Walsh.Listening: Everything Falls Apart - Hüsker Dü*; Metal Circus - Hüsker Dü; Zen Arcade - Hüsker Dü; Sorry, Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash - Replacements*; The Replacements Stink EP - Replacements; The Modern Dance - Pere Ubu; Terminal Tower - Pere Ubu*; God Says Fuck You - Electric Eels; Q: Are We Not Men A: We Are Devo - Devo*; The Rich Man’s 8-Track Tape - Big Black; Throb Throb - Naked Raygun.
WEEK 13 • 17 AprilEntrance Music: Daydream Nation, 1988, Sonic YouthLecture: “Punk$ are Coming?”Film: 1991: The Year Punk Broke, 1992, Dave Markey, 99 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: About a Son, 2007, AJ Schnack; Last Days, 2005, Gus Van Sant*; Hype!, 1996, Doug Pray.Reading: We Owe You Nothing by Daniel Sinker*; The Trouser Press Record Guide to 90s Rock by Ira Robbins; Babylon’s Burning by Clinton Heylin*; Confusion is Next by Alec Foege; Nirvana: The Biography by Everett True.Listening: Bleach - Nirvana*; Nevermind - Nirvana*; Dry as a Bone/Rehab Doll - Green River; Melvins (s/t); Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles - Mudhoney*; Daydream Nation - Sonic Youth*; You’re Living All Over Me - Dinosaur, Jr*; Copper Blue - Sugar; Dookie - Green Day; 10 - Pearl Jam; Badmotorfinger - Soundgarden; Jamboree - Beat Happening; Sub Pop 200 (compilation).
WEEK 14 • 24 AprilEntrance Music: The CD Version of the First 2 Records - Bikini KillLectures: “Revolution: Grrrl Style” + “Homocore” guest lecture by Terri GriffithFilms: Girl Power, 1992, Sadie Benning, 15 mins.; Other titles TBA
Recommended/Related:Film: Don’t Need You, 2003, Kerri Koch; Songs for Cassavetes, 2001, Justin Mitchell.Reading: Riot Grrrl by Nadine Monem; Girl Guide to Taking Over the World by Tristan Taormino; Pretty in Punk by Lauraine Leblanc*.Listening: The CD Version of the First Two Records - Bikini Kill*; Frenching the Bully - Gits*; Fist City - Tribe 8; Undressed - Pansy Division; Deflowered - Pansy Division; Nice Ass - Free Kitten*; Soda Pop Rip Off - Slant 6*; Betti Cola - Cub*.
WEEK 15 • 1 MayCRITIQUE WEEK -- No Class
WEEK 16 • 8 MayEntrance Music: 13 Songs, 1988, FugaziLecture: “DC’s D.I.Y. Ethic - Fugazi’s Model”Film: Instrument, 1998, Jem Cohen, 115 mins.
Recommended/Related:Film: Minor Threat Live, 1988, Minor Threat.Reading: Keep Your Eyes Open, Fugazi by Glen Friedman; Dance of Days by Mark Anderson; Banned in DC by Cynthia Connolly.Listening: 13 Songs - Fugazi; Repeater - Fugazi; Steady Diet of Nothing - Fugazi; In On the Kill Taker - Fugazi; End Hits - Fugazi; Instrument Soundtrack - Fugazi; The Argument - Fugazi; Trait - Pailhead; The Evens (s/t); Get Even - The Evens; There to Here - Joe Lally.Zine Exchange; Course evaluation and final discussion/wrap up.
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