We Are Already Here
A lot of people are going to quickly assume we are a “counterculture site,” so let me make this absolutely clear: we aren’t.
As a matter of fact, there is no counterculture. Yet there are ideals which once were a part of various vibrant, (if short-lived), countercultures, and these rest close to my heart: self-expression, freedom, irreverent humor, an element of egalitarianism mixed liberally with pirate capitalism, a sense of pragmatic community, and even compassion. Somewhere along the way it became about toothless political movements, cool-points, and self-defeatism, sprinkled liberally with pointless elitism and a side of Who Gives A Fuck? Somewhere along the way it got co-opted. So it goes, brands are a dime a dozen. Life keeps on moving.
The old countercultures, if they even existed, are dead. The time is nigh to make way for the new, and leave the labels at the door.
[…] I’ll tell you what we disagreed about when I can figure out what it was. It more or less came out of nowhere, when he said that. For something completely unrelated, Alterati.com launches todayAnd there’s the new Occulterati with Taylor Ellwood and Lupa. Don’t miss that shit. Occulterati is bringing to light some of the most interesting characters out there, and bringing this platform into the net has really brightened up my imagination. The new creative influx of neopsychedelia has helped invigorate a current in the US that I’ve always worried would atrophy. Brenden did all the post-production on this episode, and it’s massive. It even has not one, but two bonus tracks. […]
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