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GRANT from Page 9
Amy is also criticized for allegedly
exploiting her position as an attractive
young woman, read "she uses sex to
sell her albums." A brief glance over
the covers of many albums available
from women artists at your local Chris
tian bookstore will convince you in a
hurry that Amy is one of the last who
should be charged with this. But she is,
nonetheless, and she has replied to the
charge in a most mature and insightful
way.
In a recent interview she said, "I
want to be a complete 24-year-old
woman. And a lot of a woman at 24 is
sexual. It's not that I want to look sexy,
but some things just happen naturally.
I think it is an extreme to say that
because you are Christian you can't be
sexual."
I can live with that.
Amy Grant will be around long after
her critics have looked for others to
discourage. She does what is required
of a contemporary artist: She supplies
music we can sing to, music we can tap
our feet to, even music we can dance
do.
And she does more than is required:
She supplies music that will make us
better people if we take it to heart. She
brings messages of hope, challenge,
love and positive achievement. She
sings of a better world and lets us know
that we each have the resources to
bring about that better world. She
sings of a Savior who loves her and who
loves all of us. And she does it well.
Grant has been criticized because
her concert tickets now go for as much
as $15 a piece. But some things are
worth paying for.
Entertainment Letters
Punk rock isn't dead,
it's just not the same
Diversions (Daily Nebraskan, March
13) carried a great number of incorrect
statements in its "Punk is Dead"
articles. The main article began with a
quote from Greg Cosgrove: "Punk is
dead. All the real punks are dead. Now
there are just pseudo-trendy people
trying to feel nostalgic toward something
they were never involved in." The whole
ideaof punk is to get involved. Punk, by
whatever name, is alive and well today,
and more people than ever are getting
involved.
The DN referred to punk rock as
something that happened back in the
late 1970s, "Punk rock" has evolved
and grown in many directions since
that time. To say that punk is dead
because punkers do not look, think or
sound the same as they previously did
is just silly.
Terry Pieper's comments that "there
was never, ever a real punk scene in
Lincoln" and that those people who
discovered punk in Lincoln were imi
tators should also be clarified. The
Lincoln "punk scene," like any other,
both is similar to and different from its
counterparts around the world. Punks
everywhere have their own ideas, their
own conceptions of "punk."
Punk is used to describe such an
enormous diversity of people t hat it is
simply an inadequate term when used
to describe all those involved in the
punk movement. All people, whether or
not they consider themselves punks,
have a different conception of punk.
Punk will be to any person just what
that person makes it.
Calling people poseurs or imitators
demonstrates an ignorance of what
punk is about. Nancy Semin commented
that punk is "an individual thing." This
is absolutely correct; people will have
their own opinion of (and possible
involvement in) punk rock. It is this
flexibility which helps keep punk alive.
L. Kent Wolgamott of the Lincoln
Journal brings forth a final misconcep
tion about punk when he refers to The
Sex Pistols and The Clash as "the more
political side of punk." Many of today's
punk bands like M.D.C., Conflict,
Subhumans, and A.P.P.L.E. create
material dedicated to socialpolitical
change. They are well-informed, active,
and musically talented. The Sex Pistols
and The Clash had virtually no political
songs, nor did they play with a semblance
of the power, diversity, or integrity of
today's punk bands.
Punk rock is not dead, it is merely
different. Back in 76, punk was heralded
by rock critics as a logical end of rock
music a dead end, a genre of music
that would neither evolve nor devolve
any further. Now, 10 years later, we see
that punk has evolved it now takes
the forms of American hardcore, funny
punk, English hardcore, Industrial noise,
speed metal, thrash and numerous
other labels.
Punk is alive and well within a whole
host of bands The Dead Kennedys,
Black Flag, 7 Seconds and any number
of local bands like Cordial Spew and
Peer Puppet. Even the original form of
punk can still be found within the
music of Crass and other English bands.
What is dead is the commercial
bastardization of punk as expressed by
such groups as The Knack and Blondie.
Punk as we knew it in 1976 is dead, but
its spirit still exists.
Bryan Peterson
freshman
philosophy
Punk rock is dead?
We're still quite alive
O.K., Punk is dead, (DN, March 13).
Fine. I would rather not have punk and
have people playing music that they
like to play, like to listen to, and have
fun playing.
I play bass for a band, Peer Puppet.
We play what we want to play, and we
don't sing "Oh, Reagan sucks blah" or
"You look good baby, let's have sex."
We sing about what we care about and
what makes us mad, Punk may be dead,
I don't care, but Peer Puppet and
U.S.M.C. are quite alive, just to name
two. We are not meaningless and we are
real.
Hey, Terry Pieper, never a scene in
Lincoln? Haven't you heard of Baby
Hotline, Rapid Vapid, Cartoon Pupils,
Spastic Apes, Trendy Catholics, and
Wabofi? I could go do. Were the Spastic
Apes imitating by using a violin instead
of a guitar? And who was Wabofi imitat
ing? Do you need a map? The guys in
PSW weren't making a scene by putting
on shows at least once every other
week?
And Tom Phiegaru, you consider my
music dreamlandish? And you consider
a band that wore makeup real? Tom,
stay away from my music and talk
about what you know about, Pop Rock
Kiddie Metal. If you cited Motorhead or
Metalica it would be a whole different
story.
And to Stew Magnuson (DN, March
13), I'm afraid you are right. Slam danc
ing was once fun, but now the bigjocko
types think it's a survival of the biggest
punchout. At least we can say we had
fun when it was fun. Right Stew? But
hey, sometimes they aren't there and
we all have a right good time. Stop by.
Bernie McGinn
Lincoln
Deer photo poor taste
I found the photograph of the deer tion, I suggest you terminate the fea-
(DN, March 31), to be in terribly poor ture altogether,
taste. Who wants to see a darling little Charlie Vendl
girl sitting on a dead deer? If this is the sophomore
best you can do for your Gallery sec- business administration
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