On Saturday from 2-6 p.m., Holmstrom (with some help from The Shadow) is hosting a Battle of the Bands.
Here's more info from Holmstrom's Newsletter:
It’s happening! We will be printing a new issue of PUNK Magazine in time for the Sept. 28 Battle of the Bands at Tompkins Square Park. This will be the first new issue since ... 2023!
It will be printed in the same format as PUNK #1: Reverse quarter fold, 24 pages, only on newsprint instead of offset paper. This issue is meant to be a "Temporary Thing" (as Lou Reed said in a great song).
Despite many efforts to revive PUNK Magazine over the years, I've been unable to get back on our feet. BUT! It looks like this one just might be successful. I still believe that the print medium is better than the internet: It lasts longer. It doesn't keep track of who reads it, doesn't spy on everything you do. And it's so much fun to work with people to put together a magazine! Web stuff is too often a solo project…
So here we are: A new issue of PUNK Magazine is on the way. This issue is devoted to the upcoming Sept. 28 event at Tompkins. I'm not expecting to get rich, just want to promote a few bands I like. Which was my intent back in 1975, when I discovered the CBGB scene.
Free copies of the new PUNK will be distributed during Saturday's show.
Previously on EV Grieve:
4 comments:
John is a prince among men . The fact that some stupid muti million dollar punk band (green day...etc) has not handed him a life line for creating the culture they profit from is a crime.
@Milsub- Green Day doesn't owe nada to anybody. I personally like some of their stuff like a lot of acts out there. I also like Midnights by Taylor Swift and new(ish) punk bands like the Idles, Viagra Boys, Sleafood Mods, and Amyl and the Sniffers. They're popular because a different generation from the 70s can relate to them. Tim Armstrong and Rancid, also from the East Bay, are way better IMO. Who is more Punk than thou is the silliest argument I've ever heard. Who started Punk Rock?? Maybe it was Lou Reed , Ricard Hell. the Kinks? the Who? the Sonics? Link Wray?? The Bromley contingent in London? The first actual mention of Punk Music was a poster by Suicide in the EV in 1972. Point being it was a collective contribution that created the Punk virus with CBGS being the Petri dish and catalyst that propelled said virus around the world..........
@XTC exactly!!! As I've grown older I see it as Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash...every generation had their punk😉
Thanks for the rebuttal. The important thing to remember is it's my opinion and you absolutely get no say in it. But is just like evgrieve to pit one against another
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