Cultural Snobbery
Archive for the ‘Articles’ Category: Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
I found this article in the August ’09 issue of Vanity Fair and it got me thinking. Yes, this post is going to be a bit about me and my relationship with “new age” and “old school” culture and technology. Before you read this post, though, I ask that you read the article. It’s quite short, very interesting, and will explain the background of what I’m about to talk about.
I know I’m one of those people who enjoys the practicality and ease of those little MP3 players that hold about a million songs now a days, who has a couple of shelves lined with my favorite movies in DVD form, and who religiously reads certain blogs every week.
I do, however, also know that I am one of those people who believes that the smell, feel, and presence of a regular book with actual paper pages can never be replaced. And despite the fact that my Creative Zen (apparently the Vision M is no longer made?) comes with me on all of my road trips and is frequently connected to me stereo, I still feel as though those vinyl records are priceless. I still buy CD albums for their album artwork – I mean, someone got paid to spend all that time making those, right?
I feel, especially after reading this article, that our world is lost between technology and the culture that defines and defies personalities and stereotypes. It’s easier to carry around small gadgets that let us read whichever “book” we so desire digitally. Digital cameras can be carried around almost everywhere, but what happened to the old art of working in a darkroom for hours on end?
I know that I’m adapting to this new world of easy technology, however I still desperately cling to the artsyness that was pre-1990s.
Where do you feel you stand in this clash between cultures?
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