Sinister: Nostalgia is the New Rock and Roll

[Neil Hargreaves]

Even if you 
                  are not
                              intrested in biscuits nad k80's TV 
listen anyway....

 the last time I can remember talking about things 
like this a lot (though some people would say I do it all the time) 
was when I first came to University. And my friends also did a 
lot of it before we left University.
Okay here comes the wanky bit...
I think this happens amongst any group of people than need to 
reaffirm the fact that they have the same cultural roots and past...
We talk about these things not really to remeber them but just to 
confirm that other people remember them. So when We are about to 
leave or have just entered a social group we to it a lot to reafrirm 
or create links. Its a relief to know people think like that/ watched 
that programme...Since *we* dont have my much face to face contact we 
do it too... The weird thing is that in the nineties the cultural of 
childrens TV and stuff is a repeated one. Those cartoons weren't new 
when we watched them. We weren't first to eat those bars. So this 
kind of talk now can break down generation gaps too. And this stuff 
is still being repeated.
 Basically this is a kind of conversational pop music. 
It provides the same thrill of community and shared discovery. It 
unites poeple in the smae way...
The Hanah-Barbera theory of Infinitly Self Perpetuating Cultural 
Hegemony (hemogeny?) Explains All....

If you made it this far thanks. If you skipped down to this bit read 
the rest. Its more interseting than my usual stuff I think.

love
neil H



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" despite myself at times
  well i have felt
  not in the mood for any of this..."
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