Daniel Samson

Wow, this video is pretty wild. Its a music video with a twist. It’s quite vulgar, but I think it works well in a weird way. Also the music is good.

I have been thinking and looking into a lot of aspects of city youth culture. I have been trying to take a look at the stereotypes of youth culture. One of the interesting aspects I am coming to appreciate is the huge influx of other cultures into the UK. Interestingly I have noticed things that may have started as American say and then ended up being mutated as they enter into South American culture for instance, I saw this with some of the graffiti books I have been reading. But then these visual styles come over here, continually bouncing back and forth. Of course all of this is because of the internet, being able to share styles, techniques etc quickly and easily I think has made a huge difference to how world culture develops.

This idea of global “cool” has been written about before, in a negative light here. There are indeed some interesting points to be made, it can destroy the sense of culture that a single place has. But at the same time, I think the internet promotes rapid change and evolution of ideas, because the entire thing is designed to be semi permanent in a state of flux and development. It would be interesting to see what kind of an effect the internet has on my age group, does it change the way they socialise, does it change the music they listen to, etc. I think probably Bebo is the best choice for youth social networks. Taking a look at people from certain areas of London was quite interesting.

This is quite an interesting film I watched regarding the Beautiful Losers group of artists. In it they talk about Graffiti, making, doing, being part of a culture. Running a gallery and a variety of other bits and bobs. Really worth watching. Below is the trailer.

I started writing this post a few days ago and seem to have lost the feeling and intention I had with it, but none the less I shall post what I have written already.