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It's psychoanalytic, human, cheap, powerful and beautiful.
As a plus, I think the whole hippie-then-yuppie culture thing wore off as a cultural reference, basically because enough time has passed since the 60's or even 90's.
So it's pretty much a fresh slate and while everybody is doing all sorts of newer drugs, or trying to be all natural, I think it's super important to come to terms with acid.
Oct 3, 2024
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welcome back subcultures that have unifiying ideals; my deadheads, punks, hippies, plant-nerds, etc.
take a step back from rapid fire aesthetic trends! dont just window shop, lock in!
Feb 13, 2024
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as a way of life: hairstyle, music, bell bottoms, mustaches, weed + psychedelics
Jan 22, 2024
I think I am on board with your assessment @ACTUALLYASLEEP
Four reasons:
* stylistic diversity: punk was born and commercialized at one end, hip hop at the other. We take this for granted today but at the time the jaggedness of going from the Clash to Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Treacherous Three, and ESG (all of whom they collaborated with at one point) was exhilarating. The sheer confluence of everything was unprecedented.
* MTV as a cultural force: I mean, it was called Music Television ๐ and this was its finest hour. The assumption was that music mattered more than everything else, otherwise why would you watch it?
* legacy icons: Prince, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Bruce, Bowie. I could go on. You may not like them all but youโve gotta respect the bodies of work over decades.
* the roots of indie culture were born then: bands like R.E.M., Husker Du, Replacements, the Smiths and a million others were blazing a trail (radio, live DIY tours, etc) that created โCollege Rockโ and ultimately indie and here we are today staring in awe at what they made from scratch.
The Reagan era sucked to live through but a lot of great music came out of the struggle.
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Mar 14, 2025
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Honestly, so happy I didn't listen to people calling it bootleg NYC.
I think I'm speaking for all the London-pilled people who love those 50 minute bus rides on the upper deck, sightseeing basically the exact same areas every day.
Oct 3, 2024
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Keeps it much more fresh. Good to have different eras, themes and genres, and weights, especially.
Oct 3, 2024
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I'm biased because that's mostly what I do, but it's really one of the few interesting things right now.
I saw somebody recreate an entire The Prodigy concert 5 or 6 years ago, alone with a single mic, acapella.
Was anybody else there? Did this really happen? Did I dream it?
Oct 3, 2024