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...reference. Iconic labels like SST and K Records, whose mission statement spoke fundamentally to the ethic of “Do It Yourself” and otherwise progress-in-obscurity, have been reorganized—transformed from cultural agents to cultural artifacts—in the shadows of the pseudo-indie juggernauts, Sub Pop and Matador. 2008 marks 20 years since the appearance of underground rock’s most ambitious, interesting, and accessible showcase of work—the showcase to which “indie” perhaps owes its existence—My Bloody Valentine?...
...retail business will be affected, as will its wholesale operation: small t-shirt design companies like Boston’s Johnny Cupcakes and merchandisers for music groups will likely be forced to shift priorities in an effort to cut costs. Hipsters and middle-aged, middle-class pseudo-hipsters may have to settle for generic brands in order to affordably complete their outfits.At the same time, though, history shows us that we shouldn’t be too quick to write off such a successful brand. In the 30s, during the Great Depression, there was a shift in consumer culture away...
...yuppified Democrats would abandon labor unions and economic populism altogether, marginalize civil rights, and attract middle-to-upper class whites with a boring but effective message of competent governance. This strategic shift would only ignite another culture war, one perhaps just as divisive, fueled by the Oedipal resentment of pseudo-bohemian youth against their suburbanite parents. Given the choice, I’d choose the Confederate flag and NASCAR over Starbucks and league soccer...
...tumultuous relationship between the adolescent Victor and Huston is one of the few things that Gregg seems to get right. These flashbacks are the only scenes that meaningfully treat Victor’s need to fill his parental void. while Victor bounces between foster families, Houston, a criminal and pseudo-terrorist, steals him away in bouts of blind but selfish love between arrests.Brad William Henke plays Victor’s best friend Denny, a chronic self-gratifier. Henke is a relative unknown but he offers an earnest and emotionally present performance that seems to exist almost in spite...
...skanky and surprisingly booksmart girlfriend; Henry and Alice, Ben’s best friends who continue to have sex so they can “get it right” despite their recent breakup; Marc Molina, the hip school guidance counselor; and Ashley, Amy’s witty, monotone, pseudo-goth younger sister. I would explain how all these characters relate to each other, but I have to be somewhere by next Tuesday.Now before you jump to any conclusions like, “This pretentious Harvard columnist is just hating on ‘Secret Life’ because...