But then you'd be missing out on Punk Planet, one of the most vital, interesting, and important magazines currently around. I can't recommend it more highly. I thought it tied our hands editorially, that we could only write about things that directly related back to punk rock. Now, though, I find the title liberating, because simply by including something in the magazine, we can redefine and expand what it means to be punk. What that all boils down to is making punk a culture of inclusion instead of one of exclusion.
Culture is something complex and multifaceted and can include a lot of different things.
Either you get it or you don't. Or you don't. To me, it's all the same thing. We get a lot of flack for including bands that don't 'sound punk' but to me, punk shouldn't have a sound. The more music magazines I read, the more I'm shocked at how tired they are.