Then you have people who cross over multiple subcultures - both creators and fans - and the fans in particular are good vectors. So you have people deeply immersed in subcultures, some of whom are indiscriminate, but some of whom are hugely discriminating, and then as a casual follower you find a critical voice that you like.
In short, I think you just accept you aren't going to see/hear/read everything great, but if you can't find good stuff now - it's probably you.
As for the balance of new and old - the old stuff is also becoming more and more accessible. It would be interesting to measure the growth of available back catalog, including YouTube.
]]>I think someone needs to get them an up to date copy of Time Out.
For those outside the area, houses in Walthamstow are just starting to break the £1 million barrier, as London's middle-class flee the tidal wave of Russian and Middle-Eastern money.
It's still a very diverse area - but that means a sizable Cypriot and Portugese population, plus a huge number of Russian speakers - and yes, a sizable Bangladeshi and Pakastani population, and Hindus. Which is not going to make the EDL happy, but their perception of it as a 'muslim area' is so way off that it's funny.
(I also presume they have never wondered down Brick Lane in the evening. Not their kind of night clubs I'd imagine)
]]>And then the next thing you know, they're arresting anti-arms trade protestors under the Prevention of Terrorism act - thus proving the government and police force cannot be trusted with a bad law, because it becomes too tempting to use it.
(At the very least, it should be tied up like police firearms usage - so much paperwork, that it would genuinely be a last resort option).
If the story had been based around any party that might realistically hold power, it would definitely have come across as sour grapes, or a gross mischaracterisation of UKIP.
Good law withstands such hypothetical challenges (even if an actual fascist government would not be constrained by it).
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