EPISODE · Sep 27, 2021 · 31 MIN
The Vaporwave Iceberg
from Night Clerk Radio: Haunted Music Reviews · host Ross Payton, Birk McBirkinson
The Vaporwave Iceberg Support Night Clerk Radio on Patreon The “iceberg” is a meme template that has been used in countless subcultures to describe the descent of a fan from casual to obsessive addict. The template typically generates memes that are either light-hearted in-jokes about a fandom or an unfortunate display of gatekeeping and elitism. Recently, Ross found an iceberg meme focused on vaporwave so of course we had to talk about it. What started as a couple of people overthinking a meme results in an interesting conversation about what it means to talk to other people about music and your interests.The Original r/Vaporwave ThreadThe complete list of albums discussed can be found at the above thread.Music SampledECCO DREAMS CreditsMusic by: 2MelloArtwork by: Patsy McDowellRoss on TwitterBirk on TwitterNight Clerk Radio on Twitter
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The “iceberg” is a meme template that has been used in countless subcultures to describe the descent of a fan from casual to obsessive addict. The template typically generates memes that are either light-hearted in-jokes about a fandom or an unfortunate display of gatekeeping and elitism. Recently, Ross found an iceberg meme focused on vaporwave so of course we had to talk about it. What started as a couple of people overthinking a meme results in an interesting conversation about what it means to talk to other people about music and your interests.
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