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Reminds me of the Alice Cooper scene from Wayne's World. I was raised to believe that these hedonistic punks knew only sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Learning
by praeclarum 15y ago
Reminds me of the Alice Cooper scene from Wayne's World.
I was raised to believe that these hedonistic punks knew only sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Learning that they were in fact professionals who intimately knew their craft (and, yeah, also liked to have fun) is a blessing of age.
- pyre 15y agoThere were plenty that were just hedonistic punks. The lesson is that you can't just apply a blanket label to people.
- dredmorbius 15y agoThe other lesson is that once you apply a blanket label to people, it cannot be removed under penalty of law.
- dredmorbius 15y agoI've similarly been fascinated by business professionals whom I thought intimately knew their craft, only to discover they were hedonistic punks who knew only sex, drugs, and rock and roll.
- shin_lao 15y agoYou'd be surprised how much big stars actually have an ascetic life dedicated to their craft... At some point it requires so much work that you need a lot of discipline to make it.