"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified before it can walk"

Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by etrautmann on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:14AM (#42918964)

Interesting, though I think this type of thinking os overly black and white. All art is inspired and derived from the context in which it was created. While there are obviously more and less original works, genre boundaries are often soft. This may just have more to do with what you were exposed to first or when you were born?

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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by namaria on Monday February 03, 2025 @10:16AM (#42918990)

I agree, this is just how I go about it. Not defending it on any general grounds whatsoever.

I acknowledge that a lot of the media I consume ends up being just part of a genre, and that I often don't even know the originals and only have access to simulacra.

But when I think about what I wanna read next, what albums to buy records of and so on, I prefer to go as far upstream as I can or know about.

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Re:"Anything threatening to be a subculture is commodified b... by JohnBooty on Monday February 03, 2025 @03:31PM (#42922632)

Everything is inspired by something else. Objectively, punk rock is "just" rock music in terms of instruments and chords. And Jackson Pollack was not the first abstract painter. Etc.

But, some things are clearly... more distinct from their forebearers than others.

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