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I went to school with Alexander McQueen. He was called Lee McQueen then. We had to wear a uniform so I couldn't tell if he was that snazzy in those days. the gay thing though was definitely something that came later on.

Alternative modes of living certainly seems the most viable form of counter-culture these days. Certainly given the escalation in rents/mortgage costs, there's a good argument for people trying to circumnavigate the system without necessarily going down the old route of squatting.

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I have his TAZ book, but haven't read it yet.

That would obviously explain my hatred for popular, witty, good looking, talented people with large bank accounts and trophy wives.

I was living in London but had my rent paid and all that for the time i was unemployed. Don't think I'd get away with it for that long these days.

I was unemployed for three years after being made redundant. I spent my redundancy money on a second hand sampler and some other bits of equip and had a great time convincing myself I was gonna be the new Dillinja. Reality bit after three years so I ended up getting a job but I never once felt...

Swears is right when saying that Rockism exists in all musical genres. White techno fans are often particularly guilty of it, focusing on Detroit as this tough city in order to give some kind of social authenticity to the music. The whole emphasis on Jeff Mills' live skills is yet another...

Either way, William Gibson had a helluva lot to answer for when he invented the Panther Moderns.

As with any of those 'groups' mentioned, the degree with which they might be considered a counterculture depends entirely on how the term is defined in the first place. It's traditionally been used to describe a group of people that have opposed the dominant or 'establishment' culture (as in...

Have been looking at ideas of the counterculture in the 60s and 70s for a college thesis and started to wonder what a counterculture looks like, believes in, etc, today.

Pretty much agree with Hucks that acts like this won't change anyone's opinion; they'll just reinforce their original one.

Yeah, but anyway. Charlotte Church would mash her up in a fight. She's PROPER stroppy.

It's the sort of crap idea for a team-up that Jools Holland has made a living out of promoting. I'll bet Robert Elms loved it too. And Paul Weller. It's plop is what it is.