[bomp] Re: Cool Uniforms?

[Tim Lakritz <timdog_66@xxxxxxxxx>]

>Can you suggest any? I find something paradoxical
>built in to the very
>concept of a "cool" uniform. Cool conveys a sense of
>individuality in
>putting your gear together, as opposed to buying a
>copy of the Catalog 
>of
>Cool to determine that you need Ray Bans and a few
>Robert Mitchum 
>movies.
>Uniform, by definition, means a group of people are
>all doing something
>together to conform with each other. It's hard to
>reconcile that way of
>thinking with "cool."

What about Devo's uniforms (the anti-uniform!), or the
way lots of other bands throughout the history of
rock'n'roll (not to mention other musical genres) have
worn matching clothes (e.g., the Rolling Stones, Blue
Caps, Leg Hounds, etc.)? 

Seems pretty cool to me.  You could say that it
doesn't work on any kind of larger scale, but then
there are things like biker gangs...maybe not the most
level-headed people in the world, but they sure do
LOOK cool!




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