> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 14:56:52 -0800
> From: "robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Current state of MOD and Sharper Word
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Drefahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I was just very disappointed when someone slagged my post as a
> > completely uneducated one. I am not here to point fingers. I just
> > would like to have a good conversation of where we are seeing MOD in
> > todays society. This is really the only topic that is important to
> > me since I am not into retro clothes, I really have no interest in
> > obscure 60s music too much, but I do consider myself a mod.
>
> One thing I've never been able to understand, is why there are so many
> people wanting to call themselves mods if they have no interest in what the
> scene as it stands is about. I don't find many that worship Allah calling
> themselves Mormons, or many punks that call themselves ravers, so why is
> this so prevalent in the mod scene? Saying "I have not an interest in suits,
> not an interest in 60's records, yet I am MOD", I see as being very similar
> to throwing a Piaggio badge on an Alpha Romeo and calling it a GS.
> but wait, there is more...
> > I consider myself a mod because I do not recognize the boundries
> > placed on me. I don't believe in countries, and I don't believe in
> > borders. I believe in living anywhere you want and being smart about
> > it. I believe that smart people do smart things. Smart people in
> > this day and age live where they want and...
> > Ultimately I consider myself a mod because I have just always been
> > one step ahead of society. Perhaps some of you can relate.. maybe
> > I just grew up as that one kid that was made fun...
> > But I was never considered cool for my trendsetting behavior...........
> > I guess I am just a bit frustrated by this list at the moment. I
> > find that so much is lost in trying to prove that you can recreate
> > the past so well. Why worry about the past. The past is the past...
> >
> Why not just call yourself an internationalist, then? Or a 'smart'
> internationalist. Or some hip new word you come up with all by yourself and
> proclaim you're that. Say "I am a 'squeeziebop', and that means I am a real
> smart internationalist who loves modern Bauhaus, being a step ahead of
> 'society', trendsetting, being one of those kids, and looking forward by
> abandoning the things of the past such as 60's music and suits, and I am
> loving it!" instead of telling people how to do what they're already having
> a good time doing? I am going to go out on a limb and say you've probably
> not met many mods, or maybe have been shunned by one. I say this because I
> don't know *ANY* mods stuck in the past and because of your post's bitter
> nature... I mean, if you really want to be persuasive, you should try
> looking at speakers from the past, because this futuristic stuff is pretty
> lost on me... it doesn't work. And for being so forward thinking and
> trendsetting, this neo-mod image is probably older than you are, and it has
> never ended in revolution.
>
> > I really would like to talk about the future.. the future of mod.
> > Where are we going to take this movement and how are we going to
> > change the world.
> >
> Okay, I'll start. In the future, I think space-age record players should be
> a standard. I think Fred Perrys and Ben Shermans not should be held in such
> high regard by upstarts. Well, it's a start. The truth is, if you're going
> to beat up an opinion so obviously had by most mods, no one is going to
> listen to you. Why respect someone's opinions if he doesn't respect yours?
>
> > A list of Mods who refuse to talk about the future is probably the biggest
> oxymoron ever..
>
> I think a list of mods refusing to talk about the past would be much bigger.
>
> -robert
> p.s. wasn't that boring?
>
No, actually I agreed with all of that. Well said. I just didn't have the patience to
tackle it myself (again). Also, I probably would have been more abusive and
busted on him for bragging about his supposedly massive income and IQ rating.
Comments which strike me as overcompensation for lack of something, ...as
they both had zero relevance.
Will all the "mods" with "no interest in 60s music" please promptly jump off the
nearest bridge, or return to skateboarding or wherever you came from?
Dan
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