[lbo-talk] Malaysian punks told to conform

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Thu Aug 28 09:37:48 PDT 2003


kjkhoo at softhome.net wrote:


>The punk and hard metal scene is, apparently, a largely Malay youth
>scene. They are banned from state-run radio and TV, both federally
>operated, but they have their own recording venues and marketing
>outlets, often the night markets where one used to also be able to
>obtain pirated VCDs and DVDs ranging from the pornographic to the
>religious, and their own gathering points where they perform and
>dance.

Don't these Malay youth understand they're being manipulated by the evil masters of corporate culture? Shouldn't they be playing traditional drums or something?

Doug



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