#snobism

[tinawiththeglasses]

Apparently, telling others you're into history is the biggest turn-off.

[eukafkasialtii]

as we ourselves become more snobbish, the more clearly we detect snobbism in others and deny it in ourselves

"René Girard's Mimetic Theory" by Wolfgang Palaver

[telavivdelhi2]

Evelyn de Rothschild - Wikipedia

Evelyn de Rothschild - Wikipedia

Sznobéria a maximumon: On the announcement of the marriage, the de Rothschild couple were invited to spend their honeymoon at the White House, where they agreed to stay one night.

[beautiful-basque-country]

Queen Letizia leaves a live interview after the journalist adressed her informally (she used “tú”).

We’re sure the Queen had the journalist whipped in her mind.

What a faux pas. Obviously, she should’ve used “vos”, “vuesa merced” or “vuesa majestad” instead.

We mean, medieval terms for a medieval institution, right?

[basnickudenne-blog]

#93

Do výlohy prázdně zírají, co za tajemství skrývají? Jsou to bez duše paničky, co rády jen Chanel na své tlamičky.

[1993revolution]

Au risque of sounding like a snob...

...anyone who knows me, knows I have quite some trouble with accepting that electronic music is the new representative and associated genre of generation Y ( is that us? or are we 0? ). It bothers me because it lacks the more subtle appreciation and education that one acquires through developing their music taste throughout different genres.  When growing up, by moving through genres may it be indie, metal, hardcore, you learn to love different approaches to music and you slowly build up an influential database. You start recognising influences of funk in Daft punk's music or recognise samples in Mary Jane Coles. You listen to a song and can appreciate the french house vibe.   The problem with a genre representative of a generation, a genre that becomes mainstream is that you lose all that and you begin attracting the kind of people that do not care about the music and it's roots ( not saying everyone is like that, but you get my generalisation). You get girls standing in line behind you asking ' whose on tonight' with eyes like plates who just decided to pop in because the flyer gave them discount. 

I went to see Machinedrum on Friday and Jacques Greene on saturday, at the exact same venue. What a difference! Friday was beautiful. The crowd was generally slightly older, calmer (even if majority everyone was bopping on MDMA) and more collected. Everyone was dancing, enjoying themselves and smiling at each other. When Machinedrum kicked in, not only did the pills, but so did the people. The crowd swayed with each other, moving at the same rhythm beat,pace, call it what you want, fixating the stage like a collective temporary microorganism.  The music was brilliant, the mix of electronic and live instruments reminded me of a more danceable, slightly more ethereal Dark side mixed with.. something else less south american than nicolas jaar.  That does not make sense on paper.. but it did in my head. oh well. The point is, i enjoyed it. a lot. 

And then we have saturday. I accept two responsibilities of my disgruntled afterthoughts. I was coming down and nothing made me come back up and  I was tired, having slept only three hours the night before. But for the rest, I was utterly unimpressed. my main thought of the night was.. ' SEND THE ESSEX GIRLS HOME'. Village Underground felt like fabric on saturday night. Lot's of girls that looked visibly out of place, either too smashed for no apparent reason or just truly geographically out of place. The atmosphere felt more aggressive and tense. People were shoving each other, trying to walk through me like I was casper rather than around me. People did not seem to care about the music, many standing in groups with their backs turned to the stage chatting ( although how a conversation can flow forth over the insane sound system at VA confuses me). The crowd was relatively young, primark hipsters and random old dressed up men who must have confused VA for an early NYE party.

Jacques Greene, who I thought I enjoyed, was not exactly exceptional. it seemed like he only knew how to transition between songs by doing a fade out and fade in. I'm not a musical engineer, and am aware that by saying so I come over like those boys on the couch saying they could have saved that goal better than Van Der Sar, but it really felt like that. It lacked subtly, ingenuity and originality. 

Saturday nights in London need rescuing. 

sorry for the pretentious rant xx