I just saw a great documentary on New York called: 1977 – the coolest year in hell. It covers the music scene, politcal upheavels and social problems which spawned in that year. No – it’s about a the pop culture revolution which happened! Which ironically include a diversity as wide as Disco, Hip hop, Punk, and New wave.
The interesting thing about the documentary was how creative people made stuff happen with limited resources as a response the decline of a city. Like all revolutions the change evolves bottom up.
In one scene the hip hop crew talk about taking electricity from a street lamp to get the power needed for their DJ. Awesome.
It has the wicked bonus of an inspiring retro graphics overlay throughtout the doco. Not to mention cool music and generally stimulating visuals.
Like all revolutions there’s some ugliness in this one too. You can decide which bits fit this description. But it emphasizes the infallible truth that environment shapes behaviour.
It’s all about unleashing energy, feeding on the creativity and energy of others, bootrapping, creating change, viral marketing and theatre. Doing stuff because it’s cool stuff to do.
Here’s a link about it form the VH1 website. I couldn’t find it on youtube(?) So if anyone has a link to it or some grabs, please add to comments.
All entrepreneurs should check it out.