Chapter 12. Pop Goes Steampunk
The steampunk world is rocked with the news that teen idol and global pop phenomenon Justin Bieber released a holiday music video that looks remarkably like steampunk. Is steampunk making its way into the mainstream? What is the relationship between music and technology? How is Justin Bieber like the Beatles? Culture change is messy!
As you know from Chapter 1, this entire project started when James and I were having a beer and he told me that he thought that steampunk was gaining in so much popularity that it was an indicator of something larger going on in our popular culture. As he explained, subculture like the Beats of the ’50s and the hippies of the ’60s were indicators that something much larger was going on ...
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