Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. How to Escape 1
5. Divas, Dudes, Queens, and Studs 13
6. Beatles vs. Stones 25
7. Reactionary Progressivism 35
8. Philosophy of Punk 49
9. Technology and the Future of Beauty 59
10. I Speak for My People 69
11. I Was a Teenage Terrorist 75
12. Detritus 87
13. Tangled 97
14. Holding on for Dear Life 111
15. Presence and Resistance 123
16. Beauty, Sex, and the Banality of Pleasure 133
17. Guns, Dub, Technique 141
18. Cynicism 149
19. “Don’t Mean Sheeit” 167
20. Appendix 179
21. Notes 193