T/S: Aging Mod Dudes vs Aging Punk Dudes

I thought that was Will Self for a minute

Sir Bradley Wiggins might buy that album, and then complain about the music not sounding like Weller.

(xps) Martin Freeman stars in the movie to launch the Jerry Anderson Cinematic Universe: 'Joe 90'...

In late 2010, Piller began to host a regular podcast called "The Modcast". This monthly podcast is co-hosted with Acid Jazz Records A&R man Dean Rudland, and features discussions about "all things Mod and beyond" including the influence of mod subculture on fashion, television and sport with guests such as musicians Steve Cradock, P.P. Arnold and Rhoda Dakar, the actor Martin Freeman and Olympic medal winning cyclist Sir Bradley Wiggins.

Sir Modley Wiggins.

Sir Cheatley Druggins morelike innit?

i don't mind so much when they're into the soulier more intersting end of the sound rather than dadrock but still could these Faces be any more Po?

I wouldn't doubt there might be some decent tunes on there. But I have much more respect for Bronies than these absurd fools.

I confess I do like mod clothes though!

I'm sure lots of good clothes could be deemed "Mod". But the whole po-faced package as presented here is bad!

Ever get the feeling you've been cheated...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMozUI76zvk

Paul Weller’s Birthday.

The thing I admire about him most is how he keeps reinventing himself a bit like that there Madonna.#paulweller pic.twitter.com/RBlWvYgJ1m

— Keri Warbis (@KeriWarbis) May 25, 2019

I can't wait to see him wearing cones on his tits.

disliked the red white and blue decal ever since i first laid eyes on it (= making airfix planes as a nipper, long before i heard of the who) and still do

not sure why: tho it occurs to me my mild trypophobia can't help

(i also always disliked the union jack, colours and design, long before politics came into it)

― mark s, Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:24 PM (two years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

full disclosure on this ^^^preening and pious post: making airfix planes as a nipper i *did* rather like the iron cross so

http://images.auctionhelper.com/images/10343/Freightdog%20Decals/PGS72004.jpg

a timely revival as I'm going to see the Varukers on their 40th anniversary tour tonight

that bloke off the Legal & General ad is from a band called the Phobics (who I don't know) but has also been singing for the Snivelling Shits recently (who I do know)

rip giovanni dadomo

What about us dudes that are just plain old aging?

Bradley Wiggins’ “My Culture Fix” in The Times did not go well. pic.twitter.com/lokEXqsENy

— Neil Forsyth (@mrneilforsyth) May 25, 2019

I never quite nailed what i wanted on the initial blurb here, really it just needed to be a "subcultures preserved in aspic and why?" kinda title

finds television "quite vacuous" apart from First Dates, which sounds like some good middlebrow action for a leg-pumping fool on a push iron.

yes sorry NV i was being quote lazy appending that tweet here

No the Wiggins is closer to one of my initial impulses, it made me realise this was done better in the OG interior life of Nole Gallagher thread, of which that Wiggins piece is the vertiginous real life counterpart

I have a lot of love for many aging goths

People as individuals are always better than our straw figures of them but it's interesting how some people seem to want to externalize their affiliations more than others. And like 90 percent of threads this started off as self-psychoanalysis as much as anything.

Yeah I feel ya, I think I’m just sort of envious of people entrenched in subcultures like that*.. it sucks when a perfect vintage look is ruined by pulling outta cellphone.

*no doubt a romanticized vision of belonging... still love fashion and things

https://secure.i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02554/Alan-Johnson_2554079b.jpg

he recently said on the wireless it was his bestselling coming of age memoir that was his greatest legacy, he really underrates himself as a style icon though.

Still got his hair so it would be hilarious if he went for the Weller cut - but then he's an original mod and not a saddo Jam fan so unlikely.

70 yr old bloke with a Wellender is a pretty classy look, lol he's only 8 years older than Weller so should go for it.

Who is this person?

Also:

Aging Mick Jones Actually Lost In Supermarket

LONDON — Mick Jones, founding member and former guitarist/singer for the classic punk band the Clash, grew confused yesterday while shopping at a Tesco supermarket and could not decide if he should stick around or head for the exit, market security confirmed.

“I almost called for help — this old codger kept pacing, mumbling that he ‘came in here for the special offer.’ His cart was filled with coupons for tea, though, so I figured he knew what he was doing,” said Tesco produce and fish-and-chips specialist Jennifer Bronson. “I see a lot of geezers like him come in and wander the aisles aimlessly. Normally, it’s not a big deal — it gets them out of the house. But he was spooked by all the people coming up and taking pictures of him.”

former postman + home secretary and self styled ace-face, the most august Alan Johnson - he's basically a total dickhead.

(xp) Funnily enough, one of the few times, after I first moved to London, when I was excited to see a celebrity in the flesh was when I saw Mick Jones in an M&S Food shop and, I must admit, I did kinda follow him around for a few minutes.

When me and my girl were at the Velvet Underground gig, we were trying to get ice lollies out of the vending machines at the back of the hall. We succeeded, and turned back to watch the band, and right there was Mick Jones and some of his friends. Man, he was thin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQqG8em2Qss

There's a guy in his 40s who's regularly on my bus to and from work who convincingly wears the Ben Sherman shirt / jeans / work boots / parka combo. I think a lot of that is because he has a buzzcut rather than a Wellend or similar hairstyle. Although today he was wearing a Liam bucket hat, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt that this was entirely for practically as it was very sunny and hot today. And I could hardly criticise his choice of headgear as I was wearing what my work colleagues refer to as a 'fishing hat' ie a repeatedly folded/crumpled up and sweated through khaki number from M&S.

practicality

aging goths >= aging punks > > > > > aging mods (throw them in the Thames)