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...

Comments

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

Hang on the mists of memory have parted a bit, and revealed that the subject of the terrible comic in question was... VAMPIRES!

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>

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

Surely vampires are now old hat!

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

No sorry I'm being unclear, her recent stuff is based on the premise that there exist kids outside Japan who are into actual Mod - scooters etc.

[sbp.livejournal.com]

Um, I think you'll find that the whole Britpop thing was very influenced by Mod.

I think Chynna is still doing Blue Monday - she's done about 4 collections of that so far. And of course she's now Clugston-Major.

[braisedbywolves.livejournal.com]

First Britpop yes, second one very much no unless I've missed something.