"where's my mascara? and i'm a man" -- YET MORE PROOF

[dubdobdee.livejournal.com]

[Poll #783950]

A Question About EMO

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

(arising from discussion on http://www.freakytrigger.co.uk/)

Goths of whatever stripe tend to have a web of cultural reference points/shared interests which are not primarily musical i.e. Tim Burton, Neil Gaiman, Giger I guess for the techno-goth bods, etc. (I can think of plenty of things that *I* wd consider 'typically goth' but which more knowledgeable types might scoff at)

ANYWAY what are the non-musical cultural touchstones for Emo kids? Books, comix, films, TV, designers or styles, not really fashion cos that's fairly obvious/apparent...

Le pop

[mippy.livejournal.com]

This is nearly as good as Mini Mini Mini by Jacques Dutronc. OK, that's a lie. But it's at least, er, tres amusant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c7ONfrDS3s&search=brice%20de%20nice

I used to listen to the French chart show, Le Top, on Radio Five in the early nineties for no reason whatsoever I can remember. There was a record called 'You' which I think got into the UK Top 40...or did I dream it? I can't think of any proper French pop stars that made it over here after then, but maybe I'm out of the loop...