A Question About EMO
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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...
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...
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Date: 2006-08-02 04:00 pm (UTC)fred is OTM.
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Date: 2006-08-02 02:52 pm (UTC)glam
goth
grunge
all circle similar territory, with much shared material
haha also: where is pozpunk genre?
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Date: 2006-08-02 03:02 pm (UTC)donnie darko, yes;
royal tenenbaums and all Wes Anderson films;
even eternal sunshiyiiine maybe, that breed of slightly-off-kilter.
igby goes down! <-- this film is a bright eyes song. also it has KIERAN CULKIN and CLAIRE DANES in it, the most emo thing ever.
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blue monday! and basically all things published by tokyopop? i kind of feel anime&manga is too dorky but that says maybe more about me? Akira, Evangelion, the general anime-and-manga canon.
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Date: 2006-08-02 03:12 pm (UTC)my so-called life -- if (present-day) emos are old enuff to recall it
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Date: 2006-08-02 03:29 pm (UTC)Is she still doing immensely mod-oriented stuff these days? Ironically the one area not rehabilitated into todays youth = hooray they have slain the ghost of influence! </dubdobdee>
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Date: 2006-08-02 03:18 pm (UTC)fvck off grandad!I think the word has wandered a bit.(no subject)
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Date: 2006-08-02 08:53 pm (UTC)I was going to say Sandman but that's more GOTH. Also, St Swithin's Day by Grant Morrisson (one of my favourite pieces of writing in any medium) is actually v.emo when I come to think about it: boy leaves job at Sainsbury's thinking he might assassinate Thatcher, steals Rimbaud book from Foyles (which he later throws over a bridge, saying 'Well, don't want them to think I'm queer...actually, perhaps I am'), dances in a graveyard to There She Goes, goes to Winchester and wonders why everything looks so very clean, sits in a cafe thinking about his ex and has an imaginary conversation with a girl, then writes Neurotic Boy Outsider on his forehead in the loos at Euston before seeking out Maggie.
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