Tag: pop culture
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Subcultures are vulnerable because they form around shared common-knowledge texts (even if the shared text in question comprises nothing more than a particular vocabulary of new urban slang). In Web… more ›
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Each group shared cultural as much as sartorial codes, properly known only to insiders. Which is one reason why the establishment reacted so vehemently in the 1960s, because in being… more ›
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Saudi Arabia has a vibrant internet community. In 2014 Saudi Telecom Company (STC) had identified the need for a new service that better met the needs of “the Saudi youth”,… more ›
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If you are a devoted vinyl collector, an obsessive music fan, or — as is often the case — both, Discogs is very nearly a lifestyle. https://www.theverge.com/23899461/discogs-sellers-vinyl-cds-community-fees more ›
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A corrupt Empire is in cahoots with a sect of witches, and those witches are using future predictions to help manipulate events in their favor. https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/star-wars-dune-ahsoka-nightsisters-bene-gesserit more ›
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Last week marked the 45th anniversary of a show I was absolutely nuts about as a kid. I couldn’t let September 17th, 1978 go unmentioned. Oh, and apologies for borrowing… more ›
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The pioneering video game designer throws a spotlight on treasures of 1950s and ’60s Japanese cinema, including Yasujiro Ozu’s Tokyo Twilight and Nobuo Nakagawa’s Jigoku. https://www.criterion.com/shop/collection/579-hideo-kojimas-closet-picks more ›
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Desde que assistiu ao filme Orfeu Negro (1959), adaptado pelo cineasta francês Marcel Camus (1912-1982) a partir da peça Orfeu da Conceição, de Vinicius de Moraes (1913-1980), quando tinha 16… more ›
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There’s a ritual I do these days: In the evening, around 6 p.m., I walk downstairs and survey the line of young people who are single file around my block,… more ›