THIEVES AND ASSASSINS
Moose Lodge, Long Island
February 2, 2008
This girl is about to get tackled by the guy in the football jersey. Well deserved, and the best thing I’ve seen in a long, long time.
High five to Ronnie.
Williamsburg
this is the GPS telling me to drive off the Queensboro Bridge
I just got back from a lecture at Parsons, Fashion Land campus with Steven Blush. The author of American Hardcore: A Tribal History gave a talk about fashion….to a prestigious fashion design program…..in New York City….a week before Fashion Week….about hardcore. Yes.
I mean if anyone is qualified to make such an absurd connection, it’s him but I ended up feeling like I sat through a 2 hour hardcore pep talk. He threw in some hair metal talk towards the end but we did thoroughly cover the different styles of jeans and t-shirts sported by kids at hardcore shows in the early 80’s. It also had a motivational spin that went something like “they did it, you can too.” I really fail to see a connection. However, he did a brief slideshow of hair metal bands from the 80’s and the fashionistas in the audience were wearing outfits that resembled about half of their garments. (Also, see Williamsburg.)
I briefly asked him his opinion about the state of hardcore today and he basically said something like “if it moves you, whatever, I guess it’s valid…but I’m not into it.” Fair enough I suppose, but it was said in a way that I could have said something like…I like “I think Brittany Spears is a revolutionary musician and exemplary human being, your thoughts?” and he would have given me the same answer.
