Anyone can go out and buy hair color and spikes at the nearest mall. MTV plays all the latest punk rock hits. But punk rock is about much more than being in a band with your friends, drinking beer and looking punk. Punk rock is about putting out your own music and selling it yourself so it costs less for everyone. Shirts should be designed and screened by the musicians.
Punks question the idea of materialism and ideas of fitting into roles dictated by society.
They should also be accepting of the different lifestyles. It should be about grass roots distribution of information that the media can't cover because of censorship by big corporations. Erin Williams I am Idahoan As the landscapes that are my memories of Idaho retreat under urban sprawl, images seen in I am Idahoan will become a rare and precious few. I fear such scenes of beauty, hardship and bounty are never to be lived or loved again. The ICB Newsletter is published biannually in April and October.