Posted by Atticus on September 16, 2004, at 18:54:09
In reply to Re: poem ... Dragon Scales on Subway Rails » Atticus, posted by malthus on September 16, 2004, at 17:58:24
Hi Malthus,
Luckily I have an affection for outdated slang from the film noir of the '40s, the beatnik coffee-house and jazz club cool of the '50s, and the psychedelia of the '60s; the argot is so clearly intentionally outdated (I mean, it all predates my birth, after all) that I don't have to worry about being accused of trying to be juvie cool. Punk never developed any real slang unique to it -- too anarchic and disaffected and nihilistic to make the effort, I guess. What it did give birth to was an attitude that's so particular to my generation, the so-called Gen X: irony-drenched hipness, which has since been a major force in shaping humor from Letterman's to the gags on "The Simpsons." Interesting trickle-down effect. See you at the next electric Kool-Aid acid test. ;) Atticus, feelin' groovy
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