• Punk rock … alive and kicking in a repressive state near you (The Guardian)
    http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/17/punk-rock-state-oppression-burma

    Towards the end of our conversation, I ask him the inevitable question: what appeals to him about a music and subculture that will soon be 40 years old? His answer is spoken with the same passion you would have found in London during the hot punk summer of 1976. “It’s simply an expression of freedom,” he says. “It has those do-it-yourself values. And it’s always opposed to the dominant culture. That’s why people like it.” Source: The Guardian