OFF: the origins of "Alt" (post-paleolithic)

[Chuck Rosenberg]

In a message dated 99-03-22 16:31:29 EST, you write:

<< But the musical lineage that you're talking about goes back through
 the punk movement and the Stooges, and probably back to bizzarro
 proto-punk like Hasil Adkins, at which point I lose the thread
 of it.  ;-)
  >>

---I think Zappa did a lot--in '66, Freak Out was released and had in the
gatefold a definition of  a "freak" or "freaking out", which seemed the most
idealistic; that it was simply unmitigated personal, idiosyncratic expression,
through whatever means possible; dancing, music, clothing, screaming,
whatever... (that's a paraphrase). Obviously, though, this wouldn't produce
much music that would be palatable to many people besides that particular
freak(s). I mean, look at what people say about Amon Duul I. :) Oh, and I'm
sure there are at least a hundred people on this list who hate Zappa and think
he's a creep, but maybe we won't have a war about it... :)   Chuck