
Getting deep with Ian MacKaye, the godfather of DIY culture

It was while reading a book called Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad, about the history of punk and hardcore—which is a world I’ve also come from—that I started to think about the label format, especially the indie label format, as a really nice analogue. Because there’s this beautiful moment of all these great indie labels where they... See more
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Poet and professor Ross Gay on abandoning capitalistic achievement to seek the freedom of play – The Creative Independent
Loré Yessuffthecreativeindependent.comThe punk scene is just nothing but DIY, I feel like many people who were into things like that, skating, punk music, graffiti etc. have this extreme self motivation and ability to make something out of nothing. Which ends up following you through the rest of your life.
People always say I want to be successful and blah, blah, blah make money. It... See more
People always say I want to be successful and blah, blah, blah make money. It... See more