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«c1»Cultivication«»
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«c2»And there is something I need to write
about... Lately I launched another
website from the amigawebring which
was listed as a totaly new one and
after the Internet Explorer on my
PeeCee at work had built up the page,
there was the title that made me doubt
about it beneath a big and colorful
domain logo, that said:«»
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«c4» "The Amiga Cult Site!"«»
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«c2»`What?` was my first thought. And my
only reaction was to stare at the
screen by asking me what I have to
read there.
What does it mean when a site that has
been launched the first time a few
days ago is already a cult site? Is my
brain doing its job not as good as it
should? Or was there something wrong
with reality?«»
«»
And I had to recognise that this one
was not the only site online which
claimed to be cult although it wasn`t
yet. There are also some others with
doubtful advertisment about its cult
state. And it is not only connected to
websites. There are also some programs
around which are known of course but
still do not deserve to be called cult
programs. But why became this way to
behave so popular? Is it not longer
possible to be not on the top? Do we
always have to be the best? Do we have
to fake what we make and what we are?
Is this the last instance before self-
denial of all amigians???
Of course this assumed cult is not
only concentrated on amiga - it even
has not started on it - but likewise
and that was what made me sad.I though
"we" were no fakers at all.Not in this
way. But I had to realize that a wrong
and bad way to get a product known
swapped from the world industry to the
computer system I love and always
respected for its independence and
honesty.Sad to notice that we are like
the others. Nothing special anymore...«»
«»
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«c4» And Now?«»
«»
«c2»When I am writing about something
that is not cult,I have to write about
what cult actually is. Also I don`t
want to loose myself and take you in
another depressive article about the
bad things connected to our computer
platform. I want to analyse the
problem, reveal the reasons for it and
hopefully solve it at the end.«»
«»
When starts something to be cult? Can
everything be cult? And aren`t there a
lot of things those were cult from the
first second on? How to decided
between "real" cult and things only
praised as cult? These are questions
that directly pop up in my mind. And I
am not only willing to find the
answers for them but also want to
investigate why the things I wrote
above are as they are?«»
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«c4» What Is Cult?«»
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«c2»Cult is always something special and I
guess you will agree with me that cult
is always something new. Or at least
something that wasn`t there before in
this special way. In a lot of cases
was today`s cult a yesterday`s shock.
When people where for example afraid
about splatter movies because of their
brutality and unhampared way to show
the sexual act, they became cult in
the underground scene very fast. Or
even trash movies which were only sh*t
(and mostly still are) developed to a
special kind of art. These movies were
so totaly out of order that they had
to be recognised out of order. But how
to judge something which wasn`t there
before? Something you don`t know? Is
it still pure crap or even art?«»
«»
Cult sets always new standards. Not
higher but always never-seen-before
standards. A cult object could be the
only one of its kind, but it could be
the first one too. "Baby" for example
was the first of its kind and even if
computers are standard and much faster
these days, this big and slow machine
remains cult. The c64 is already cult
too and even the amiga itself,
although still doubtful nowadays.«»
Anyhow cult comes "normally" (if you
can use this word by writing about
cult) from the underground scenes.
Mostly made by unknown persons. At
least unknown for the puplic. Cult is
also no mainstream. Never!
Cult has to be so impressive that it
has to become cult anyway! An example
therefor is "Odyssey" by Alcatraz.
Before the Alcatraz guys released this
movie of a demo, no one used a demo
this way.
Cult inspires! Not to copy, but to
develope own and maybe better ideas.
Even if this never happened in the
case of Odyssey - we saw a lot try
but fail - it often does. And it
should, thereby gets cult a function.«»
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«c4» What Is Cult Not?«»
«»
«c2»Cult doesn`t mean that it is good but
good stuff doesn`t have to be cult.
Cult has to survive. Anyway. A long
time. Nothing is cult that is in today
but already out tomorrow. And that is
the problem of a lot of things which
are declared to be cult today. As the
best example for such assumed cult I
chose boygroups. Started with the "New
Kids On The Block" - who are cult by
the way, because they found a new
direction of music and performance -
there are so many of them on the
stages today, that they can not be
cult anymore. Cult is, when the
natural demand on something is
effective higher than the possible
supply AND advertising that is needed
to cause this demand. Cult can not be
repeated, but boygroups are repeating
on and on. Always to be continued by
others. They are only pushed. Simply?!
Faked cult objects used by people
dependent to media and advertising.«»
Cult could also be something you never
see or at least you are waiting for a
long time.
So for example Mr. Wilson from the
american tv-series "Home Improvement"
who has never shown his face until the
last episode.
And DISC also got a higher state of
cult just due its two delays than it
had before. It maybe never could beat
RAW in the past but if you are able to
read this article and if you know how
many people have waited how long for
the eleventh issue to come true you
will know why it will surely get a
higher state of cult as RAW got or at
least why it has the chance to get it
now, won`t you?«»
«»
But who makes cult? Today the "new"
cult is mostly pushed or even faked by
media and advertising agencies. People
are watching tv and get told what they
have to buy, to say and to believe.
And it seems nothing is easier than
this. It started with the Barbie
puppets and had to be seen on the
Tamagotchi and Pokemon hype. It seems
people need someone to tell them what
they need, but this is already another
topic, I know.«»
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«c4» Cult Or Not Cult«»
«»
«c2»It is not always that easy to decided.
There is a grey zone everywhere, as
always. For example you will agree
when I say that cult can not be a copy
of something. But let us have a look
at the "Rocky Horror Picture Show",
which is without a question cult, but
which is without a question a mixture
of copies too! BUT IT IS cult.
More doubtful is therefore the movie
"From dusk `till dawn" by Quentin
Tarantino. This piece of funny
entertainment is of course something
special and it is a great mixture of
the best movies of its genre - the
modern Rocky Horror Show so to say -
but it also got pushed a lot as every
new movie gets these days. I must
confess I liked to watch it and I
think it had the possibilities to
become cult if it where not as pushed
as it was at the end.«»
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«c4» The Resume«»
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«c2»One point I still haven`t thought
about is the difference between and
the similarity of cult and culture? Is
it only a word family or something
more? But the deadline is near and I
am going to get out of breath and
words at this point. Write some
feedback and maybe I will publish a
sequel article and both of them will
become cult some time...«»
«»
At last I know this topic is too
complicate and wide as that I could
neither explain all my thoughts about
it in one article nor find the
ultimate solution. Maybe I should
write a book about it some time if
there is still none written yet. At
least I hope to make you think about
it and to ask yourself a question: Did
we already start to deny ourselves?«»
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«c4»Written by Zito & Incognito«»
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