Around the 1980's, Porto started opening up to the cultural, musical and aesthetic change announced by (post)modernism. Resistance - and a search for the new - manifested itself through radio programmes, fanzines, concerts, and bulletin boards. The key motto was "for the right to be different". In those shifting times, besides some musicians, certain authors and editors stood out. António da Silva Oliveira (A. DaSilva O., 1958) was a key figure in the scene. He published, helped publish, and jumpstarted projects from a myriad cultural intervention domains. Through A. DaSilva O.'s "cursed" underground journey, we will trace a portrait of Porto's society in its transition to contemporaneity where the arts, music and their subversion play(ed) a key role.