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I've always like the way Cannonball explained it (small snip from introduciton of "In New York - Cannonball Adderley Sextet") MEK Greg Earle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/04/2008 01:41:56 PM: > kent williams wrote: > > It's also to separate the music from the scene, and to realize that > > slagging on a music/scene when it blows up is as much a Hipster > > transgression as following that trend. I was amused last summer > > walking around Brooklyn 'hipster' neighborhood last summer; it seemed > > like people who, in my shallow evaluation were, in fact, the dreaded > > hipsters, were modulating their fashion sense and coiffure to avoid > > the dreaded hipster signifiers. > > > > Being hip is too exhausting for me. You'll always be trying to stay > > ahead of curve, and nothing but eternal vigilance will keep you from > > staying with something formerly cutting edge, now declasse'. It's > > like surfing -- you want to be in the curl without the wave crashing > > over you. I'm content to like what I like and let someone else sort > > it out. > > For some reason, reading this reminded me of one of my favorite > quotes of all time (taken from the Epilogue section of the Sex > Pistols' "The Filth And The Fury" DVD, with a bunch of talking > head interviews): > > "It seems to me like the dividing line, kinda, between being a kid > and being an adult is that when you are a kid, you want to impose > yourself on the world and change the world to be like you, and be > congratulated for being yourself. > > The other side of that line is you realize that the world itself > is interesting, and you should take a look, instead of wanting it > to pay attention at you." > > -- Richard Hell > >
