Not quite the aggressive, nihilistic stance associated with punk rock, perhaps, but rather a kind of thrifty, skeptical anarchism of the spirit, a liberating willingness to find inspiration and even beauty in what might conventionally be dismissed as rough, ugly or commonplace.
"No one, let alone an umpire, who has enough on his plate in the international game, wants to have to reprimand or babysit a bunch of boorish, childish adults during play for these ugly spats that are becoming commonplace.
First there were logical (but ugly) version numbers, like the once commonplace "Windows 3.1".
Ugly shopping scenes, a few involving injuries, have become commonplace during the bargain-hunting ritual known as Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving.
For what the unsigned writer captured here was one of those perception-shaking moments when (to borrow from Gertrude Stein) a style that would eventually be perceived as commonplace was still fresh and raw enough to seem ugly, to shock.
A writer for the Real Estate Record & Guide was not impressed by either the dispensary or the library, calling them both "entirely commonplace," especially the decorative terra cotta work, and particularly criticizing the "ugly and fashionable three-centered arch" on the library.
We need to acknowledge the ugly parts of our society that allow for these occurrences to be so commonplace and unpunished.
Indeed, ugly may come sooner, not later, if some of the lending practices identified by the Fed are commonplace.
And today social media has amplified the problem, with cyberbullying being commonplace amongst young people, and "revenge porn" being used to punish and seek advantage during ugly divorces.
It has become a commonplace, on the right, to label eugenics "progressive" (in order, presumably, to make the word "progressive" as ugly a smear as "liberal").
