enjoy this Brian Looney writing
in the Scars Publications free 2011 PDF file chapbook: Punk Show
(click on the front cover image or the
title text to download the free PDF file)
No Hygiene Here
Brian Looney
There’s the lead singer. He looks out his eyes and not down his nose. He sits at a table, rubbing shoulders with the crowd.
They don’t pester him with autographs, they don’t scream in starstruck bewilderment, they don’t pull his identity to pieces. And the women, they don’t leer out of their eyes, melting with submission.
Bands of other genres don’t mix with the people. They wear expensive make-up and decadent costumes. They are withdrawn and unreachable. Their fans kiss the ground they walk on.
We don’t tolerate that kind of aloofness. We despise fanaticism. We’ve killed our idols and warred on godhood. Life’s mud has splashed us all. There is no hygiene here.