Rock & Roll Case Study #2: "Hot Topic is the way that we rock?" How Le Tigre and MC Lars address the Adorno problem
...Hot Topic . Its as easy as making fun of emo kids. Its probably too easy. Hot Topic and its "mallternative" movement have created a gigantic market off turning punk against its own principles. The ethos of defiance and fighting conformity has been turned into a marketing scheme for the unenlightened. If youve got half a brain to you, you know...
