http://archives.estonbond.com/2006/09/the-micropop-renaissance/ The archives of designer Eston Bond, 2006-2009. Tue, 04 May 2010 23:13:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://archives.estonbond.com/2006/09/the-micropop-renaissance/#comment-1797 Eston Bond Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:56:54 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/09/the-micropop-renaissance/#comment-1797 If that's the case, then you've missed the point of this on some level. I'm not arguing that people will defect from the niche back to commercial culture; doing so would be regressive in an information sphere in which everything is findable. Instead, popular culture would re-emerge not as a commercially-mandated, advertising-ruled system of appealing to the mass, but rather as a set of common preferences between people. If that’s the case, then you’ve missed the point of this on some level. I’m not arguing that people will defect from the niche back to commercial culture; doing so would be regressive in an information sphere in which everything is findable. Instead, popular culture would re-emerge not as a commercially-mandated, advertising-ruled system of appealing to the mass, but rather as a set of common preferences between people.

]]> http://archives.estonbond.com/2006/09/the-micropop-renaissance/#comment-1796 William Couch Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:44:32 +0000 http://hyalineskies.com/2006/09/the-micropop-renaissance/#comment-1796 This is easily one of the best articles you've written in a long time. And let me tell you, it's true not only in theory, but for me, all the way through. I got so niche, I abandoned subcultures all together and have gone back to mass pop culture...more or less at least. This is easily one of the best articles you’ve written in a long time. And let me tell you, it’s true not only in theory, but for me, all the way through. I got so niche, I abandoned subcultures all together and have gone back to mass pop culture…more or less at least.

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