cool -hot / 1948 -2008
Hmmm,
Matt you are onto something , slippery sure , but a fun Saturday morning thread to jump into ...
Without quoting all the previous good points made , some observations /2 cents :
Checking new sounds , acquiring music as part of an armoring' larger matrix , yes but not only objects and stuff for 'show' , parts of survival armor to mirror - shade back out there
'cool as in (example) 'grace under pressure' and cool as in (example) ' in the know, superior to others' -
these descriptions don't seem so very different ...
Cool, you know when you see it , so Matt , I'm not sure you were off rolling things somewhat together.
The cool of blues - jazz - hiphop - rap - 'frozen wastes' of grime . That's not such a long ride from 1948 to 2008.
Seems smoking herb has been a constant - prehistory , now and post 20th century .
Cool as a way 'to control time' - hold that moment , yes definitely
Yoruba cool , 'the proper way to represent' , Fela - Michael Jordan's game face , cold faces /street face/grill ,
'Don't push me cuz I'm close to the edge' ... , chill'em - killed 'em . cold = survival
hip'. Well , i doubt i'll rd that book , Leland's photo helped make it laughable .
'hip' flips to dip(*hit) to easily . Once tagged 'hip' - next is the trip up
The Japanese character in Jarmusch's "M Train" . Not only are Nagase's mug and hair is frozen - his image of Elvis was frozen . And Tokyo still has it's share of these specfic cats - shabu drivers in kitted out chrome trucks , film and RW Yakuza wannabe's hung up on a just - so image , 'Yankee' quiff mongers , nuts driving through the streets blaring right wing drivel .
Bill Clinton as 'cool' , some could say he was 'hot' in his way too (not ref. in a sexual way , more in the 'media' way)
So overall, i'm throw in that cool is armor, difference , suss and possessing it can let you survive /get you out of a bad situation .
Ever got that feeling you were about to get mugged /rolled and you got out of it ?
Going to tend to rate that as more useful then some of the physical signifiers like authors soul patches/funny sideburns /the right trouser width/ the right book, CD under the arm.
The roots ancient powers 'witchcraft' - voudou thing figures in too, as pointed out .
Gut , core being feelings ...
And yeah, looked at another way another day -
it can all be a bit like a Dave Chappelle's 'When Keepin' It Real Goes Bad' skit
cheers all
Hmmm,
Matt you are onto something , slippery sure , but a fun Saturday morning thread to jump into ...
Without quoting all the previous good points made , some observations /2 cents :
Checking new sounds , acquiring music as part of an armoring' larger matrix , yes but not only objects and stuff for 'show' , parts of survival armor to mirror - shade back out there
'cool as in (example) 'grace under pressure' and cool as in (example) ' in the know, superior to others' -
these descriptions don't seem so very different ...
Cool, you know when you see it , so Matt , I'm not sure you were off rolling things somewhat together.
The cool of blues - jazz - hiphop - rap - 'frozen wastes' of grime . That's not such a long ride from 1948 to 2008.
Seems smoking herb has been a constant - prehistory , now and post 20th century .
Cool as a way 'to control time' - hold that moment , yes definitely
Yoruba cool , 'the proper way to represent' , Fela - Michael Jordan's game face , cold faces /street face/grill ,
'Don't push me cuz I'm close to the edge' ... , chill'em - killed 'em . cold = survival
hip'. Well , i doubt i'll rd that book , Leland's photo helped make it laughable .
'hip' flips to dip(*hit) to easily . Once tagged 'hip' - next is the trip up
The Japanese character in Jarmusch's "M Train" . Not only are Nagase's mug and hair is frozen - his image of Elvis was frozen . And Tokyo still has it's share of these specfic cats - shabu drivers in kitted out chrome trucks , film and RW Yakuza wannabe's hung up on a just - so image , 'Yankee' quiff mongers , nuts driving through the streets blaring right wing drivel .
Bill Clinton as 'cool' , some could say he was 'hot' in his way too (not ref. in a sexual way , more in the 'media' way)
So overall, i'm throw in that cool is armor, difference , suss and possessing it can let you survive /get you out of a bad situation .
Ever got that feeling you were about to get mugged /rolled and you got out of it ?
Going to tend to rate that as more useful then some of the physical signifiers like authors soul patches/funny sideburns /the right trouser width/ the right book, CD under the arm.
The roots ancient powers 'witchcraft' - voudou thing figures in too, as pointed out .
Gut , core being feelings ...
And yeah, looked at another way another day -
it can all be a bit like a Dave Chappelle's 'When Keepin' It Real Goes Bad' skit
cheers all