Culture Creation

recently I have been looking at a few historical articles... audios... and pictures... it made me wonder on where the beginnings of many subcultures have come from? especially at its base... I have been heavily been into the music scene and have seen how subculture can influence the music. Sometimes depending on the sound of a type of music can cause a creation of a whole new subculture to come with it. I dont know all subcultures but I have been exposed to a decent amount.

Music has been getting labeled so many things lately. Just to use as an example... I will use the Core genre of rock since most people know about it... it has been sublabeled into such things as

Rock:
Oldies Rock- The Who (symbol of 40's-60's rock)
Hard Rock- Metallica (symbol for Rocker subculture and Manliness)
Symphonic Rock- Queen (symbol of Symphony+Rock merge)
Emo Rock- The Used (symbol for emo subculture)
Nerd Rock- Weezer (symbol for dorks and geeks subculture)
Visual Kei- Malice Mizer (symbol for otaku subculture
Alternative Rock- Incubus (symbol for 90's rock)

its funny how alot of subcultures argue with each other of whats coolest because they all have some sort of similarity in it... even just by being labeled subculture they have something in common.

I figured that the music scene will eventually be labeled too many things to come up with unless listed online and specified by search... What sort of irritates me is that there are alot of people who enjoy these subcultures... but i can say for every 5000 or so theres only 1 person who wants to expand or create more things for their subculture community. The sad thing really is that for the few that want to they stick in only that subculture community so they are even less exposed to other things.

Since im what i call a Subculture Hybrid... ill use myself as an example for this definition...
Subculture Hybrids is a name I made up for people who are multi-niched and multi-subculture... I feel people who want to live to their fullest should NOT be in only a single niche or subculture. Life gets real old real FAST if you do...

My Niches and Subculture Dissection-

Otaku> Cosplay> Manga> Anime> Model Building
Japanese Culture> Music
Dork>Dance Dance Revolution>RPGs >Computer News
Geek> Board Game> Collectable Card Games> Miniatures
Artist> Drawing> Composing> Film> Writing> Indie Music
Goth> Industrial Music
Punk> Clothes Style> Alternative Music


I would say Im more versatile then your average person because most people dont like dipping into anything from what I call their home subculture... Personally my home subculture was Artist. Some niches and subcultures are easier to join then others based on your interests of course.. Like Artists are almost destined to be future Otaku or have an interest in Dorky activities because it shares similar chemical stimulation of escapism the feeling of being out of reality and into a virtual world or setting which is unreal.

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What have I been up to?
recently I have been trying to make around 8 designs for boxes I plan to make prototypes of in the future... I also designed 12 dice pouches and have been looking on the internet for a variety of different products I think need enhancement to further the Dork/Geek/Otaku subcultures.

A Friend Named Anthony Molina
Yesterday I met for the third time with a friend I made in california named Anthony. He and his girlfriend Denise who is really hot invited me to lunch. Anthony is a great guy and his GF is hot! so how could i say no right? lol... He treated me to a burrito place I had never gone to, it was really good and especially good cause I didnt have to pay. We chatted a bit about how things were and then my art... and I told him about the one time I went with my friend Brian to Paradena which is about a 20 mile walk. I totally got destroyed that day my legs felt like total shit. I plan to see him again this week... I found out he loves all the same things I do and that he has a good heart... thats always something important to me. At home I havent been able to meet many people with a good heart... i label those people... people who have Pure Hearts. Those who care about others as much as themselves... people who are balanced in their decisions and have common courtesy. Its people like him which is going to make comming home hard, but im feeling so depressed in the house here it might just be for the best, but he is just so kind and fun... it makes me think twice about if anyone at home really would care if I did come back? well as far as friends go : /. I know I shouldnt care so much about other people but its apart of my personallity that I like the company of people...

Saiyonara Akira
Another one of my friends has gone T_T... my good friend Akira who is a fellow Otaku has gone back to Japan. He called me right before he left Oahu on his flight back to Fukuoka... The internet is a great thing in how it makes it so we can keep in contact. I always will remember those nights where we would compose Megaman music. Only he and one other friend have I been able to talk to Megaman about :/ and that other person is in WA so I guess im destined to keep my love for Megaman to myself T_T.

New Music!
even if im trapped in this hellhole I still was able to get Utada Hikarus new album! as well as a new 08 release for Flow, Asian Kung Fu Generation,Back On, and Ayumi Hamasaki!