Sunday, January 9, 2011

Radiohead, Wayne Newton, Tosh.0 and the paradox of style

Taste are style are not synonymous, though they sometimes appear to be. We seem to believe that a sophisticated style is a great unifier; the truth is, style segregates. Like it or not, Nazi uniforms had style, but it definitely set them apart. Priests, postal workers, Quakers, and stone-cold gangstas all have a styles that segregate them, some deliberately, some unknowingly.

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