Culture (Re)interpreted

Instigation Nation | Just Cause it's Cool | Passion Plays | Social Observations
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One of the great things about having all this content just laying around the interwebs is that the opportunity to go back and relive the past is open to just about anyone without a two-bit history degree or a time machine. Case in point, the series of blog posts, Rembert Explains the ’80s over on Grantland (where else?). Here, Rembert Brown, who came of age during the nineties and the oughts, offers his take on…

Futura 2000: Transmedia Back in The Day

Just Cause it's Cool | Passion Plays | Peer Power | Social Instigation | Social Observations
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Pioneering NYC street artist Futura 2000 & The Clash collaborated back in the 80s on this track, bringing together  b-boy culture and British punk. And 30 years later, it still sounds awesome! Back in high school,  was totally digging on these two different culture movements coming together and feeding off each other. It touched art, fashion, music and slang. A vibe and attitude that went truly transmedia. It also set the stage for a lot…

The Culture of Geek

Instigation Nation | Just Cause it's Cool | Passion Plays | Peer Power | Purpose Driven | Social Instigation | Social Observations
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We live in a culture where ideas, trends and other assorted memes often spread out from niches and become pervasive across larger segments of society. This phenomena ties back to the rise of Geek culture — what we sometimes refer to as being “geeked-out”. Today, one can be deemed a ‘Geek’ across any number of areas, from music, to street fashion, to role playing games. It’s all about really being into that one thing. Where…

The Culture of Retro

Just Cause it's Cool | Social Observations
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Sometimes old can seem new. This is profoundly true in fashion and music, where ideas from the past get remixed, repurposed and reconstituted into something refreshingly different for a new generation. And sometimes what’s old can transport us back to a time when we felt newer, fresher younger and invigorated. Taking us back to the familiar or what we believe we knew and allowing us to experience it “again for the first time” is a…

Facebook Timeline Tells Your Brand Story

Brand Building | Just Cause it's Cool | Social Instigation
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Just when we were feeling good again about the changes to Facebook, the soon to be billionaires club dropped Timeline in our laps. And like it or not,  your profile page and fan pages will never be the same. And you know what? It’s all good (well, mostly). Here are some highlights and observations from the team here at Budding Culture: COVER PHOTO the new eye-catching, 851 X 315 pixel descriptive visual of your brand….

P5: Where you at?

Just Cause it's Cool | Passion Plays
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Pizzicato 5 were one of my favorite bands back in the 90s. Like a lot of my favorite bands they managed to evoke retro-cool (and I love the mod 60s) while feeling very much of the moment. Twiggy was just a silly song that sounded great loud with a tacky cocktail in a room filled with orange naugahyde. /enjoy

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