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May 23-29, 2002 musicpicks Punk Disaster
Talking about what the word "punk" means in 2002 results in language-bending exercises that leave the word empty and exhausted, waiting to be filled by legions of hyper man-boys in shorts and Vans. Press releases and perplexed writers, not to mention the catchiness of the Ramones back catalog, have left the word nothing more than a reference to a set of sounds: manic bass playing, a Johnny Rotten-esque vocal sneer. And so you have the curious state where nine out of 10 people asked about the most "punk" tour on the summer circuit will point to the Pop Disaster Tour, where MTV presents co-headliners from the Californias north (Green Day) and south (Blink-182) at corporately monikered amphitheaters around the country. Which shouldn't be too surprising, given that, in this post-pretty-much-everything era, any word with even the mildest political bent is sucked dry of aspirations toward meaning as it is mass-heat-transferred to baby Ts on the sweatshop line. Pop Disaster Tour, with Blink-182, Green Day, Saves the Day and Finch, Tue., May 28, 7:30 p.m. $35, Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Mickle Blvd. and Riverside Dr., Camden, N.J., 215-336-2000, www.tweetercenter.com/philadelphia.
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