From: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org (fegmaniax-digest) To: fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Subject: fegmaniax-digest V19 #90 Reply-To: fegmaniax@smoe.org Sender: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-fegmaniax-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk fegmaniax-digest Saturday, October 8 2011 Volume 19 : Number 090 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Make a note of "grotty" [David Witzany ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:06:44 -0500 From: David Witzany Subject: Make a note of "grotty" Defining "cool" to the kids goes back at least as far as the early sixties, viz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QREeweMWTZk > Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 15:14:50 -0400 > From: lep > Subject: Re: How do you work this thing? > > Eleanore Adams says: >> I will judge some bands by their fans. For example : ICP (Insane Clown >> Party). Just watch 5 minutes of the video....http://vimeo.com/29589320 >> ea > > Have you ever seen the episode of Frontline called "The Merchants of > Cool"? It's probably a bit dated, but I've seen it two or three times > and was mesmerized by it. And it (kind of) explains Insane Clown > Posse (whose acronym now just makes me think of my ISP) and their > fans. The study of ICP the most amusing part of the program. > > The show is basically about marketing to teenagers, finding out what > the "cool" kids think is cool, and convincing everyone else to think > it's cool (enough to buy) until the "cool" kids move onto the next > cool (and profitable) consumer items. The absolutely fascinating part > to me is how the kids are soooo convinced they're making up their own > minds about what is cool while it's being shoved down their throats > (this may come as no surprise to anyone's who knows the basics of > marketing -- I, sadly or gladly, don't know much about it.) > > You can watch it free online: > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/ > > (as well as all the other fine episodes of Frontline.) > > as ever, > Lauren > > - -- > "people with opinions just go around bothering one another." -- the buddha - -- Dave. Dave Witzany witzanyd@gmail.com ...one of Nature's bounds checkers. ------------------------------ End of fegmaniax-digest V19 #90 *******************************