Thanks for writing. As you can tell by the referen...

2011-08-09T00:05:54.164-07:00

Thanks for writing. As you can tell by the references to The Strokes etc, this is a pretty old essay. In some ways I think I was still learning how to coalesce my ideas into a loose-weave format that appealed to me, something wide ranging. Don't think I got there with this, but a few interesting ideas. Love the sound of that ABBA t-shirt!

Great essay/post, Mark. I have to admit I've o...

2011-08-06T05:31:45.205-07:00

Great essay/post, Mark. I have to admit I've only read the first half, being too eager to share some thoughts. (I will get back to the other half, promise.)

Love the idea that cool comes from spirit. I was concluding that, just before the Cathy Freeman paragraph arrived.

Perhaps the cooling of Cool happens when the mainstream absorbs the subversive, takes away its power. An example of this is the Tshirts "Punk" sold in KMart, the Greens getting into Canberra, a

My teenage son wore out his ABBA Tshirt about three years ago. He was gutted but he's six foot now and a tight, bright yellow ABBA Tshirt doesn't have quite the same effect. It was an original, handed down to him by my sister. (You can't get Tshirt photo prints these days that last so many washes as this one did.)

But as a ten year old in 2007, wearing a bright yellow ABBA shirt? Now that was Cool.

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Thanks for writing. As you can tell by the referen...

Great essay/post, Mark. I have to admit I've o...