There is nothing original; there is no progress. There is only anarchy. Using oral histories and auto/biographies from the early American punk movement, this show attempts to tease out an aesthetic trajectory starting with futurism, moving through punk rock, and ending up in our current new media environment, particularly interested in how aesthetic commitments emerge again and again, as a refrain, with different presentations, strategies, and methods.This blog represents some of the dramaturgical work leading up to (and probably including) the rehearsal process, which will probably begin in early August 2012 in the Marion Kleinau Theatre at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL.The show goes up the last weekend of September, 27, 28, 29, 2012.Compiled & Directed by Nichole Nicholson Assistant Directed by Poe FoyTumblr (3.0; @ahistoryofnofuture)http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e5bf53a2af4bcf3148eee02f2d12a3b9/tumblr_mmk8r9fEgH1qkwhkso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/50217524644http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/50217524644Sat, 11 May 2013 22:37:51 -0400howoddnichole<p><a href="http://dizzzynoodles.tumblr.com/post/37769935368/i-really-wanna-do-a-heavy-fucking-punk-song-where" class="tumblr_blog">dizzzynoodles</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>I really wanna do a heavy fucking punk song where all I do is get in the fetal position and scream “FUTURE! FUTURE!” like Squidward did in that one futuristic spongebob episode</p></blockquote>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/37777806089http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/37777806089Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:11:25 -0500howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdbsin9B2O1ql58wbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/36293488470http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/36293488470Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:55:40 -0500howoddnichole“We have extraordinary things happen in beds. We sleep, conceive. We dream. We make love. We are ill in our beds. We recuperate. So our beds are very important in our lives.”<br/><br/> - <em>Patti Smith  (via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://capitolfemme.tumblr.com/">capitolfemme</a>)</em>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/33679231976http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/33679231976Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:10:25 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5bdhp8b3R1r2wvrbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://torn1990.tumblr.com/post/33338653953/nichole" class="tumblr_blog">torn1990</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>@nichole </p></blockquote>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/33347791147http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/33347791147Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:14:05 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbnf10RIqn1qzdj7mo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://etownn.tumblr.com/post/33259951743">etownn</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Oh, Target. (Taken with <a href="http://instagram.com">Instagram</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/33278669034http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/33278669034Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:18:05 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbg4vbjRku1qe0sbyo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32987467021http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32987467021Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:17:54 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbendboQl51rrl56qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32925102244http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32925102244Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:31:58 -0400showphotohowoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7g6wraONM1rbzr3oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote> <p>Robert Mapplethorpe<strong>, Patti Smith</strong> 1978, printed 2005</p> </blockquote>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32924304914http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32924304914Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:10:15 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maauxsZN151rpiyaso1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://text-mode.tumblr.com/post/31469187364/diggers-communication-company-mimeographed">text-mode</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Diggers/Communication Company mimeographed handout, 1967. Taken from the book Punk: An Aesthetic, which will be published in a few days. Check out the text graphics of 1960s hippies, nerds and artists <a href="http://text-mode.tumblr.com/tagged/60s">here</a>. Thx to <a href="http://no-carrier.com/">NO CARRIER</a> for sharing.</p> </blockquote>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32827826888http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32827826888Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:51:16 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbc2hoTExc1rrl56qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32820482349http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32820482349Wed, 03 Oct 2012 16:05:48 -0400showphotohowoddnichole<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0kn2yCdhN1r3lispo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32747095943http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32747095943Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:50:33 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lia9x99NVD1qzftdso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32714166077http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32714166077Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:41:33 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb5v2d28Ss1rf53uio1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32711258070http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32711258070Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:05:28 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb7gstkGz41rrl56qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32659918815http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32659918815Mon, 01 Oct 2012 04:26:52 -0400showphotohowoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb6lbanU3O1rrl56qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32621436216http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32621436216Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:06:46 -0400picturesofthecasthowoddnichole<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_32446857231" src="http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32446857231/audio_player_iframe/ahistoryofnofuture/tumblr_m8o66kHBXG1rc81mp?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fahistoryofnofuture%2F32446857231%2Ftumblr_m8o66kHBXG1rc81mp" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chelsamander.tumblr.com/post/32429444012/the-velvet-underground-ft-nico-femme-fatale">chelsamander</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>♡The Velvet Underground ft. Nico - Femme Fatale♡</p> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32446857231http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32446857231Fri, 28 Sep 2012 02:41:46 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mayuqba4ts1qiafqgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32398413821http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32398413821Thu, 27 Sep 2012 12:26:40 -0400howoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mas2dxBIWP1rrl56qo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>opening night is tonight!</p>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32393292432http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32393292432Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:48:04 -0400posterhowoddnichole<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mas2gjRdh61rrl56qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32327312317http://ahistoryofnofuture.tumblr.com/post/32327312317Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:00:34 -0400posterhowoddnichole