Comments on: Punk Paper Publishing in Peril!

By: hotshotrobot

hotshotrobot — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 01:48:29 +0000

My friend Ryan got fired from reviewing records for PP years ago because they kept sending him atrocious screamo and his reviews had seriously devolved into 150-word blasts of “THIS SHIT IS SAPPING MY WILL TO LIVE!!! GAAAAHHHHLLLL!!! GAAAAAHHHHHLLL!!!” Ah, good times.

I used to read PP pretty religiously when i had just graduated college and was still into self-involved emo columnists. The last one i bought, though, was the one they reviewed our last record in, so i guess i kinda moved on. Still, it was nice knowing they were still there…i wonder how MRR keeps going if PP is on its deathbed?

By: amber

amber — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:32:45 +0000

sigh. thats depressing. i read it religiously when i was a teenager.

By: literati

literati — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:35:28 +0000

There’s actually a pretty good story about it’s founding, in response to the venerable Maximum Rock and Roll refusing to write about certain bands because they didn’t fit their very narrow view of “punk”. Punk has always been more about the DIY attitude than the actual style of music. (Just look at the Clash or Television.) 1994 was just about the time the world needed to be reminded of that.

PP is a hell of a lot more than a newspaper - it’s a chunky magazine, with musical, political and social coverage. Some of the best writing around was in its pages - thoughtful, well-researched, interesting stuff.

I LOVE the internet, but that doesn’t mean there’s not still room for the printed word. It’s kind of hard to read a website on the train, or in the crapper.

So, answer is, you should get very sad indeed.

By: Commissar Startastic

Commissar Startastic — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 23:10:57 +0000

13 years? Wasn’t 1994 a little late to be starting a punk newspaper?

But seriously how sad should I get about a print publication having physical world woes?