Would you still come to the dance, the day the music stops?

I often wonder what it would be like to live in 1950's post war Britain. Surrounded as we are now by technology ; Internet, mobile photos, digital this and that, automatic doors, automatic cat flaps come to that. The more simple existence back then does have its appeal, trouble is you tend to look back with rose tinted spectacles overlooking the hardships of to time, the long working hours, poor working conditions, coal fires, outside loo’s etc.So I ask you this...How much harder would life be, then and now without culture - music/ books/ art/photography come to that. Everywhere you look these days you see photographs/ drama - be it stage, movie or TV .

Indeed would life be worth living, how would we spend our time without those small luxuries ?

We would all become alcoholic sex maniacs !

OK, fair enough that argument doesn't hold any water, but you get my drift and so I offer you another of my favorite quotes, from the film Pitch Black ...

" it's amazing how you can do without the necessaries in life, so long as you have the luxuries"

And long may we wallow in our current luxury. Popular culture tends to be dismissed a trivial, but surely it is the elixir of life...

The photo's above are of The Beautiful Deadly Creatures, a sort of goth cabaret band. They may not appreciate that label, but i personally enjoy their show and the title fits for me. These guys are the perfect example of the freedom and luxury that today's society allows us. The more culture we have access to the further we push the boundaries, maybe technology and culture aren't that alike after all.