Punk is the contemporary folk of today, more than any other music except hip hop, at least in the US.

My daughter just brought home a cool new book on the DC punk scene (Positive Force, straight edge, Riot Grrl...) called "Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital" by Mark Andersen & Mark Jenkins, published by Akashic Books.

Only problem I've ever had with punk is the same problem I've had with folk: the purists annoy the fuck out of me.

Not only do we need to put a bullet through the jukebox, we also need to put a bullet through the high buck, high end instrument/vocal music education craze and the museumification of the music among & by middle and upper middle class fookies.