pick up the pieces that rest.
"Dear Friends,
As much as it breaks our hearts to write these words, the final issue of Punk Planet is in the post, possibly heading toward you right now. Over the last 80 issues and 13 years, we've covered every aspect of the financially independent, emotionally autonomous, free culture we refer to as "the underground." In that time we've sounded many alarms from our editorial offices: about threats of co-optation, big-media emulation, and unseen corporate sponsorship. We've also done everything in our power to create a support network for independent media, experiment with revenue streams, and correct the distribution issues that have increasingly plagued independent magazines. But now we've come to the impossible decision to stop printing, having sounded all the alarms and reenvisioned all the systems we can. Benefit shows are no longer enough to make up for bad distribution deals, disappearing advertisers, and a decreasing audience of subscribers."
das war's also.
und dabei wollte ich schon seit anfang des jahres über ein wenig über meine liebe zu diesem magazin schreiben. das ist jetzt wohl hinfällig. vielleicht genauso hinfällig wie ein zitat des ehemaligen black flag-bassers chuck dukowski. der hat in der ersten pp-ausgabe dieses jahres im rahmen seiner liste der top 10- erfahrungen des jahres 2006 folgendes geschrieben:
"7. the 'real world' is a lie.
have you ever noticed that when people talk about 'the real world' it's always something bad? as though only mean things were real? screw that. if you think people are fundamentally evil you'll find a way to see the world that reinforces that."
das war's also. punk planet, ich salutiere. aber vielleicht ist auch das anstoß genug, um endlich mal wieder selbst den arsch hochzureißen. als erstes werde ich wohl aber heute abend einen trauertanz auf louise cyphre aufführen.
r.i.p.
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