Lin and East Europe

I’ve been really undecided what to do for my final research paper, but I just realized I’ve been doing the research for weeks now already.

In Carnival of Revolution by Padraic Kenney he mentions big punk rock bands protesting in 1989. I was fascinated by this, and began Googling it right away (not exactly scientific research, which is why it took me so long to realize I had my topic).

I love rock music, and I was excited, although unsurprised, to find it had a voice within the revolution. Now that I know what interests me, I still have no idea what my thesis is. Saying punk rock helped inspire the revolution of 1989 seems too broad to fill up 15 pages. I want to be more specific, have something I actually need to persuade my audience of. So… we’re close but not quite there just yet.

I plan on doing some real research (instead of just aimless Google searches) and maybe scan over some of the readings we’ve done this semester to really try and solidify what I want to say and why rock was important. Meanwhile, any advice would be awesome.

Did Punk Rock Tear Down The Wall?