tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10736511.post116401279695504188..comments2024-02-07T18:15:56.601+11:00Comments on Footpath Zeitgeist: Let me hear your body talkMelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08987383983530564029noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10736511.post-1164066083372142572006-11-21T10:41:00.000+11:002006-11-21T10:41:00.000+11:00Maybe I'm just wanting Bruce to be ironic. Lately ...Maybe I'm just <I>wanting</I> Bruce to be ironic. Lately I have realised that irony is the last refuge of the disappointed. I realised this when trying to come to terms with <A HREF="http://nownow.com.au/?p=698" REL="nofollow">Billy Idol's new Christmas album</A>.<BR/><BR/>Glen, I love the image of nattily dressed street toughs punching on. Evidently so did researchers, hence the wealth of material on mods and teds. "Reading too much into it" is the perennial problem, isn't it.<BR/><BR/>I'm hoping to get into some more phenomenological analyses to avoid the focus on texts that tends to drag cultural studies down. <BR/><BR/>Also, GET THIS! My word verification is "hipsr" !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08987383983530564029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10736511.post-1164024495869097462006-11-20T23:08:00.000+11:002006-11-20T23:08:00.000+11:00Was Bruce being ironic? I thought he was incapabl...Was Bruce being ironic? I thought he was incapable of irony. More fool me, perhaps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10736511.post-1164023418243745352006-11-20T22:50:00.000+11:002006-11-20T22:50:00.000+11:00I agree! I love how my enthusiasts always ask "Wha...I agree! I love how my enthusiasts always ask "What'll she do?" because it allows me to run away from the cult studs question of "what does it mean?" <BR/><BR/>your friend tucking his tie in can be read in terms of affect, ie so as not to experience the affects of embarrassment when he dips his tie in food or whatever. It is 'easier' (reduces the probability of something untowards happening) to tuck the tie in rather than have it flapping about. I also tuck my tie in when working. No rolled up sleaves or pointy shoes though. I am trying to bring the tie back into fashion. Apparently my ties look like some sort of 1950s jazz style. I need to get some 1980s skinnies.<BR/><BR/>Also another reason foir the tie-tucking is perhaps to signify a certain kind of street toughness, where the tie is tucked in so as to not get in the way while fighting. That is one reason I was told for the sharpies or whoever for having tightly cropped mullets in the early 1980s. this may be reading too much into it though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com