Yes, i am backing out of this discussion. why..
Fucking hell mate.. you know what... I am not going to disagree with
you for the amusement of disagreeing. But I will say that you summed
up some very good points.. However my opinions on the subject differ.
To me I see a bunch of people still living the original mod way, and
I just think that mod has evolved from then and though there is no
real "new mod" movement now.. I think it manifests itself in other
new things we see.
Then again.. when a discussion about hypothetical concepts turns an
entire list on me its just time to step back.. ;)
stepping back.. and going to miami.
john
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>From: John Drefahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>|
>| ...One last thing.. "High End fashion for well
>| paid 25-35 year olds" basically sums up the roots of the original mod
>| movements. Many attribute mod happening only because of increased
>| buying power of the English youth. I just see this buying power
>| growing increasingly stronger again as it has been for the last 10
>| years.
>
>Not to start an age-related war again, but the "original mod movement" would
>laugh their little backcombed heads off at the thought of a 35 years old
>mod. Modernism has grown with its followers, but at the very beginning 25
>was the end of the line! We should be talking of an age span 10 years
>younger, "High End fashion for (delete well) PAID15-25 year olds".
>"Original" mods were the first teens after the WWII who got employment,
>albeit in minor jobs. You simply can't compare the salaries of those working
>class lads to the ones earned by the pros who supposedly are Wallpaper et
>al's target (I say supposedly because no way there's that many rich young
>professionals to justify their HUGE circulation... I suppose that there's
>thousands like us who buy 'em / read 'em as eye candy - the stuff that
>dreams are made of...)
>
>Anyway, back to my point. What I mean is that this new trend of media /
>e-business / global-telecomunnication-network types are what original mods
>used to fight against by outdressing, outclassing and outsavvying them. Mod
>for them is a new toy they'll break in a year (if not shorter) and then
>they'll all suddenly go '70s disco or Bay City Rollers or whatever the
>powers-that-be think it's en vogue that season. Of course, in the meantime,
>they'll manage to
>a) put back all the vinyl, clothes and scooters we live and crave for where
>they belong: boxed up in their attics and garages, where nobody can find
>them for another 40 years or so, and
>b) give Modernism such a big SALE! LAST YEAR SENSATION! sticker that we'll
>have to bear with morons pointing fingers at us for the rest of the
>decade... wasn't the "Hey Austin Powers!" fad enough? Mind you, the people
>who feed these trends would do anything for a dime. They'll be selling the
>whole of the house from the ceiling to the basement. Mod bowl brushes,
>anyone? I've seen them do it lots of times. Remember the Paisley Overground
>embarrasment of the late 80s?
>
>Now, I fear for the souls of the soulies the day these "pros" discover the
>whole Northern thing, and descend like vultures pulling their VISA Platinums
>against those precious, 1-copy only 7"s (and scratching the life out of them
>trying to insert 'em in their top of the range CD players). That day, my
>friends, we'll see many grown men (and women) cry.
>
>And all of this grievance just because some clueless dickhead
>underassistant-to-a-well-known-publicist thought that Cameron Diaz would
>look so cute on one of those, what do you call them, trikes? Oh, scoots, I
>see... you know, like Kathy Hepburn in "A Cambodian Holiday". Blag. Curse.
>I'm off for a drink. And to see the Elephant Band, too. Cheers!
>
>---Pablo
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