European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday july 1977 the stars an strides 15 John Roche has own version of kick Pecan game a number of games played when t wus a kid seem to Hove but Polit ical Washington is witnessing a great re Vival of for the Benefit of the the requirements for mkt Pecan As we played it in City Street were a empty a if Ron or More and someone who was to someone would Wick the ran in for As possible White the protagonist went in Trace of the players would Stool Olf mid he would then try to find them with maybe spot the prisoners would rather around the bid As the searcher went further afield to locale the lost the latter columns comments if smart und Fua would Roar kick the and free Alt the the person who was if thus found himself Back on Square the Washington version of kick theban far More sophisticated and for one president is permanently and it is a policy exercise Miner than physical enjoy let us take a typical by diligent and running n special cafeteria for senators and Carter believes he has trapped All the now he is certain his policy of nor mall Sitison with Papua new or his Energy or his tax measure will zip through Congress after a Brief interlude of self con his phone rings a congressional Liaison Man reports mournfully that Congress bus kicked the House has voted 21 against normalizing relations with Iasi Ianth the Senate has eviscerated his Energy and finding i supporter of his tax measure is like local ing a self confessed Nixon the president is what in the world is going in in that menagerie at the other end of Pennsylvania dont they realize he has just locked up that immense american voting bloc that reads the new York times Book review with an interview on his Reading habits Haven they seen in Lou Harris latest Joyful bulletin that his Overall Job rating is favourable by a 6135 that two thirds just love his it has been written that the wicked shall nourish like the Green Bay but heres always Hope for in addition to ruminating on the problems of original the president also gets on the Horn to speaker tip Oneill and majority Leader Bob they Are appropriately though one May suspect tip winks at an aide As he relates his and Byrd May be quietly tuning his after they surest to the was the one who Duffel his called for and denounced the Machiavelli Anim of his in they her received their firm support Dis pile rumblings at they have put their necks in the noose for him which Rai iinds them of a few patronage Mccomm Nealions to which there have been no the president apologies for these administrative slip thanks them for their sincere and goes Back to scheduling there is also fast movement on the Patron age front right now t suspect tip Oneill could get Benedict Arnold appointed chair Man of the joint chiefs of in Congress is having a Ball instructing the president on the nature of the separation of one of the admission tests in Miklon Johnsons while House was the ability to find ones Way Blind folded to the Capitol hideaways of he semite majority and Senate the last was the most difficult it like a stairway u a Broom i doubt if any of Carters aides could pass this Tost aided by Ragle scouts thus from the perspective of the the president has become a harmless figure to instruct the Peoples representatives on their month obligations to can play at that if the leaning on one moral supports financial Aid to folks leaning on can deny if the House vote 29sus to Cambodia or on the grounds these Are Gen Oddal dictatorships congressmen have read rest of Irmi Harris which indicates Strong opposition to the presidents Salt and african and a Deadhead on furthermore its a bit tin Nerving to democrats to see three House seals vacated by members of Carters considered Safe democratic and filled by republicans in special elections while Carter will be out of the line of fire in All representatives Are up for re Given the presidents Lack of popularity on issues which Are what count in House elections it makes sense to turn the lie ran against Congress in 1976 they can disavow him in any body for kick theban William Sabre Punk is a brutal part of All of us Punk is sweeping the country in popular violent sound rapes the eardrum Punk Rock it is or Groove with me in the ctr is the message fit such groups As the sex who Blaze their dumdum through the filigree of old establishment Rock in faddish fascist the apparent new nihilism is expressed in revulsion Chic Savage tears in material is de Rusty razor Blades jangle nervously from catgut and a dashing Cape made from an old Black plastic garbage bag is the new plus in the trend toward the glorification of super Stopple Ness has been noted Bob Greene of the Washington Star has explored Imperi Al Punk admonishing professional red necks Hamilton Jordan and Jody Powell to take their feet off the White House Furni whence this phenomenon who Are these insects hat have been spraying themselves with people repellent to Slan Guist Eric Partridge speculates that Punk is Hobo Lingo to describe very stale perhaps from inc French applied to a began As Slang term for a or buy kept by a and later was extended to cover Young in both substance and the word Punk has always been used pejoratively and usually carries the dual connotation of youth and now to the Success of Punk in music and fashion Springs from a rebellion against the material Success of rebel on the current cover of is rolling Stone la vastly successful Enterprise hat has become a Carter administration House three Rock stars Clad in precious White Silken who Call themselves the Bee gees from narcotics Slang by and a mixture of dope unless its an innocent reminiscence of Benny appear to be very wealthy Young the multimillion Dollar contracts of these idols Are turning off some of their a today rebels without causes Long for genuine not plastic they prefer bloodied local club fighters to Rich televised champions and identify with unsuccessful slobs rather than with million Aire musicians who exploit unsuccessful in with respectability now clinging to jeans and obscene the Young res need something of their own and have moved farther out to the studied Kook less of safety pins and dog in they Are scuttling like lemmings to their idea of individuality thai the uniform of the in the regiment of the in regimented we now know where Punk came from and Why it is now to a crucial ques Tion is Punk Good or bad jerking weak Middle Gers tend to waggle our Heads and say after ills an inversion of values a Punk head May be attracted by an attention get Ting display of but distaste is not taste violence is nil to be in revolt one docs not need o be revolt a new excusable among is hardly the american Way of but wait the aficionados of impressing their Sou heart with ostentatious Are invaluable to a new Breed of news known As the trends students of mass communication now have a barium to race the flow of a fad the of Mem to pmed 4n 1m it hmm my Muma Hill in sum w on a to Nemr to m commom Utt Tim Tun photo editors weary of Andy Young and Margaret Trudeau now have new celebrities to the Golden Daffodil hosts of talk show society Nave different guests to Book and a different topic to pick the seventh Avenue have a new Challenge of adaptation and every Magazine Art the Ren Dusley will treat Punk with con loftily Bej Weling the razor Blades and subtly altering the revolting editorialists will deplore the exal tation of sadomasochism in song and All for the Punk culture is one mocking the proponents of Punk Are spoofing the record the clothing the moviegoers who gape at jaws and wiggle their toes in the deep and jog to the the satiric Punk innovators Are flaying the that loves to be titillated by violence As Well As the trends try hat thrives on the need for a different drummer every the godfather of Punk is England an Thony author of a clockwork a novel and movie of a few years ago thai satirized our love of violence by portraying a future society run by goons their violent looking clothes and makeup aretha guiding spirit of horror show was the goons favorite meaning most of us though the irony Lay in equating horror with Good but author who is also an eminent had something deeper in mind horror show was a play on no the expression for Good in the soviet Only a word play perhaps but the Brief and meteoric emergency of Punk a rooted in a satiric reminder of the potential for brutality that lurks in every one of tart
