You really can't avoid capitalism.. especially in these times where
everyone is making money it seems. With this new found wealth it is
understandable that the mainstream culture will experience the means
to attain some of the fined things in life. These finer things have
always been obsessed by the modern movement.
However you say that being a mod is much easier these days. I
disagree, with the amount of bullshit going on with the mainstream
culture biting off our counter culture I find that being a mod is
much harder. How can you be a mod when everyone is a mod..
I think this day and age is forcing social sub-cultures to redefine
themselves in order to be different. In a way.. you could see it as
an evolution and a progression of a certain movement.
With the advancements of the internet, cheap air fare, and the mobile
technology many of the "mods" original concepts and goals can be
achieved now. Realistically one can run his own business remotely
from another country. It is possible to travel the globe freelancing.
The modern movement is about to explode as we push technology and
lifestyle to the limit.
john
> > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 02:24:19 GMT
>> From: "Katrina Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Subject: I remember when scooters were ha'penny a dozen...
>>
>> > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > >It just keeps getting easier to be a mod. Hell, Piaggio is even coming
>> >back to America.
>> > >
>> > >Dan
>>
>> It might be easier in some ways, but it's not any cheaper. Clothes, records,
>> bric-a-brac, bloody annuals - they're all collectable now. Oh, for the retro
>> boom to pass and all the lovely 6ts clothes and bric-a-brac to be back in
>> the charity shops like it used to be (well, OK, it wasn't the land of milk,
>> honey and Mary Quant suits, but hey, just about...). Rant, rave, rant,
>> rave...
>>
>> Katrina
>
>Well, this will sound like "I used to walk five miles in the snow to
>go to school.."
>and I'll catch some flak, but here goes....and this only goes for
>America obviously...
>
>It is MUCH easier to be a mod now than when I first got into
>it around '82 or so. MANY more hard to find records have been re-issued on
>compilations, hell, THOUSANDS of records of all types...beat, soul,
>psych whatever.
>There is a network of scooter stores across the country now...(they
>were all closing
>back then...) Vintage scooter parts are being re-made. You have the
>internet (which we
>did
>not then) to meet and converse with people from everywhere, exchange ideas,
>find out about shows, records, clothes, etc. Books like "Sharper Word" have
>been compiled so you don't have to search out MICROFICHE
>(notice NO COMPUTERS) at the library to track down obscure titles
>like "Quant by
>Quant"
>or "Folk Devils..." , or even"Absolute Beginners" for that matter
>(Not a movie at that
>point and
>not easy to find in suburban Virginia almost 20 years ago...hadn't
>been reprinted yet)
>Short hair and three button suits are fucking mainstream now, you
>won't get beat up for
>having
>hair cut ABOVE YOUR EARS...I shit you not. Ben Shermans and Fred
>Perry and DMs
>(for the skin persuasion) are found in every mall in America now...
>You don't have to mail order them from England (and wait a month and get the
>wrong size etc...)
>Hell, we didn't even have MTV back then (not that that is anything great
>but...) or even cable TV! There are constant fashion articles in
>magazines about
>"mods".
>Most of the time they get it wrong, but people have a vague idea
>what it is now. TIME
>magazine
>did an article on the return of scooters and mod.....Even that
>super-lame brit-pop
>thing prompted
>a renewed interest in the Small Faces which produced a bunch of
>really cool books and
>that CD set.
>NEED I GO ON?......
>It takes MUCH less work these days. And I seem to find lots more
>cool stuff than I did
>back then...
>of course it costs more, but doesn't everything?
>
>Dan
>
>
>
>
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