Monday, November 21st, 2011
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"Graffiti daubed on the walls of a flat by the Sex Pistols' Johnny Rotten could be as important as the discovery of early Beatles recordings – or even the prehistoric Lascaux cave paintings. The wild scrawls in the property once occupied by the punk pioneers give a unique insight into the origins of the 1970s musical movement."

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laurel (#4,035)

I say this as a Sex Pistols and PiL fan: let's wait 17K years and see.

(A+ title you have there.)

boyofdestiny (#1,243)

I feel like a "And that's when I hit 'Close Tab'" slug is more appropriate here.

Astigmatism (#1,950)

What is it with British papers' epic sense of aggrandizement? It's like living your entire life through Breitbart.

I have an autograph from Mr. Lydon from 1996, where the "W" in "Johnny Rotten Was Here" is expressed as a pair of boobs.

I feel like Indiana Fucking Jones right now.

"Self-Writing, Self-Written: A Semiotic Examination of Late 1970s American Hardcore Music Through the Tattoos of Henry Lawrence Garfield"

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