I don't think anyone's been avoiding your questions, if anything, I think
everyone here has been extremely quick to respond. We anticipate every
email of yours, dying to find out the new ways you've managed to fit your
foot in your mouth.
-----Original Message-----
From: x x [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2000 11:33 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: don't understand
for all your talk you've managed to avoid completely my questions. no shit I
don't know anything about your culture, that's why I'm asking questions. If
you don't know the answers you may as well keep your mouth shut as get
defensive. It's really not called for.
Cheers,
Stephen
PS maybe I am living in a time warp because I still think of 70's designs of
clothing, furniture, etc as UGLY.
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew McCullough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>At 09:03 AM 2/9/00 -0800, you wrote:
>>I see exactly what you mean and I have two things to say about that:
>>
>>1. It would seem that the current desirable things for mods are what was
>>current in the 60's.
>Not for all...
>
>>Of course that was true then as well, largely because
>>those things were exactly that: current. It's not for nothing that they
were
>>called modernists I'd suspect.
>
>That is bad sushi, but without getting in too deep, it is believed by many
>that "mod" was a reference to modern jazz...not modernism.
>
>>Admittedly I'm no expert
>
>Recognized...
>
>>but it would seem
>>that to carry the true spirit of the thing people would have to be
listening
>>to the current cutting edge of music, driving the current cutting edge of
>>car (or bike) and wearing the current cutting edge of fashion. So you
don't
>>see too many mods painting up an '98 buick regal
>
>You also didn't see many 60's mods investing money in '58 Volkswagens.
>
>>all fancy and calling it
>>mod, or wearing the current line of tommy hilfiger and calling it mod
'cause
>>it's not, it's an '98 buick regal or it's the current line of tommy
>>hilfiger.
>
>Real mods of the sixties drove the fashion, they didn't simply follow
>mainstream trends.
>Same as today, mod fashion is driven by the sub-culture itself, not
>mainstream trends.
>I am wearing white Levis and a Brooks Bros shirt which were both purchased
>in 1999. Wow! I imagine that pleasing aesthetic styles will always be
>around...and mods will be there to wear them despite everyone else wearing
>the latest trend.
>
>>2. I have my doubts as to whether anything from the mid eighties through
>>late nineties could ever be considered classic anyway.
>
>People as naive as you said the same thing about the 70's, but now 70's
>furniture, designs, clothes, music, and cars are all coming out as
"classic".
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