punk was a way of aggrandising weird character traits and specific tics and making levels of ability interesting because it got rid of any notion of a norm so everything became fascinating and every failure became a breakthrough and every disappointment was like something awarded you, in heaven, which suddenly was these back-room gigs and wash-out art-centre shows and rehearsal-room jams, which were like new routes to immortality, man, like for a moment everyone was beatified or forgiven but of course then everyone began trying to play like everyone else and grace was suspended and there was a
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