The Naff

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

What is the relationship between coolness and naffness in pop history.

A version of it wd describe pop history as essentially a story of a thread of coolness constantly besieged by naffness. This seems deeply unsatisfactory to me.

Comments

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

But arbiter still has to decide, yesno? Like Mr Hopkins' example of the dude in the deerstalker hat at the hip-hop club.

[plumsbitch.livejournal.com]

And that has huge amounts to do with context.

And, I'd say, (self-)confidence of presentation. Which may come back to the 'indifferent to cool=cool' thing...

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

ok but marge is saying" what if *i* am an arbiter?" -- those who think she is go and set up another club where this can be explored!

i think the stonecutters ep has much to teach us also

[boyofbadgers.livejournal.com]

Next logical step: do we need the 'club'? I think we do, and I think it has to be a club that others would want to join but cannot for some reason.