Re:The Sixties Come Back to Life in "Everything Is Now"
by awongh on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:35AM
(#44258299)
idk, I think cultural elitism is alive and well.... no matter which area of culture you're in. If anything "curator" culture is making it worse, everything needs to be categorized, rated and put on tier lists.
Re:The Sixties Come Back to Life in "Everything Is Now"
by flir on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:21AM
(#44258164)
I think it's more about Capitalism. It took about 6 weeks for grunge to make it from a Seattle basement to a Paris catwalk, and that was three decades ago.
If it might make money, it'll get amplified.
Re:The Sixties Come Back to Life in "Everything Is Now"
by FuriouslyAdrift on Thursday June 12, 2025 @10:49AM
(#44258482)
Nirvana debuted in 1988 and it wasn't until 1991 that they hit it big and brought grunge to the larger music world outside of the region.
We were drowning in crappy corporate driven pop prior to that for years (with bright spots like techno, industrial, etc.)
Outsiders hate being excluded though so the barriers all get knocked down. In face our modern social norm considers any kind of exclusion a moral failure, even excluding people who dislike the social norms. Maybe this results in a more efficient (perhaps even more pleasant) society but the cost is unique local culture.