> > > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 02:09:57 -0500 > From: John Drefahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re:I remember when scooters were ha'penny a dozen... > > 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 HUH? I don't think "everyone is a mod", and I question the validity of what you think the original goals were of the mods. I believe you're re-interpreting your own beliefs into it....much the way current "prophets" re-interpret the bible to suit their own agenda. Do you think the average 60s mod buying a cool pair of shoes and rare soul record on a Saturday afternoon was thinking about running a business from Prague? "Modern movement about to explode"? What are you talking about? And how are you personally "pushing lifestyle to the limit"? Such vague rhetoric sounds very silly. Dan > > Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 03:53:59 -0500 > From: Gus Ammar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: modernism...etc... > > Now I don't want to start a huge debate here, perhaps just a little > one....but I'm just curious: What purpose does everybody here think, if any, > modernism still has in a postmodern world? > I mean, all this talk about modernism is great and all, but what does > that even mean anymore? Isn't the natural progression of modernism now to > move into the postmodern. The fact that some of the contributors to this > list allow various musics, styles, vehicles, and ideas from past culture > into their current lives could be considered itself a postmodern act, > intentional or not. > Just curious as to what everyone's ideas are... > > -=gus=- > More silliness and slavish obsession to that one "M" word. Get off it. Why did some of the mods start calling themselves "stylists"? Nothing about "progression of modernism into the post-modern" inherent in that word is there? Nope. Dan _____________________________________________________________ Check out the new and improved Topica site! http://www.topica.com/t/13
