Ok, you asked for it; don't get all pissy when I give it to you. The origin of the "mod-target" is military. It is symbolic of the history of the British army, which relied heavily on archery before firearms. The colours are the national colors of England (hey! they stole ours... or something.) Ever wear Daddy's Gulf War jacket? This is probably how it became cannonized in the dressware of teenage amphetamine-amped baby boomers. Before that, it also was remarkable in post war modern art, where it had the nice quality of apparently non-representational, but not abstract. When our grandparents saw it in a piece, it struck a chord of emotion. In a peaceful world, it was a bit satirical; we'd lost a good portion of our 20-something population to miltaristic nationalism (ok, for the Brits, it WAS defensive... beside the point.) Today, it's got three uses. I often call it an "Anglophile Badge", as it comes on the lapels of American kids who talk like they've got a potatoe chip stuck in thier teeth. It also has a place in 'mod art though, as it cries for an attention to what was lost when the surreal, post modernism, and commercial "skateboard art", took domination. The third, and my favorite, is my use: I'm going to throw on a "mod-target" t-shirt, practice my English accent, and go to the mall to pick up on 15 year old indie-rocker girls. Think I'm kidding? avec l'ame thaddeus _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiMu.aVzSEg Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: [email protected] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
