“All preferences are preferences, said the devil when filing his horns” (my translation into English of an old, Italian proverb)
The word “chic” has a content wide and not completely objective, more belonging to intuition than to rationality, except for a sure connection with the field of collective preferences. Differently, individual preferences belong to the field of personal tastes, intended as the subjective ways we perceive the inputs coming from our five senses, when exposed to the traces left by something in natural elements. While there can’t be any discussion, or controversy, about personal tastes, the content of what’s chic is a matter of dialogue, or multi-lateral communications. The concept of chic is a mixture of coolness, quality, and sophistication, often bound to the many faces of fashion. What’s chic is normally destined to a selected crowd, characterized by wellness, and by a will of underlining a certain social, or cultural, status. Be warned, when something is chic, is not necessarily linked to ideal beauty, given that appreciation can depend on a multitude of factors, and not exclusively on harmonic perfection of shape.
As implicit in the definition of the above, chicness can be one of the features of good reputation. Similarly to reputation, chicness is not extraneous to social choices, and to the widest meaning of politics. Of course, as it happens for any other social choice, what’s chic for you can’t always be chic for me. With other words, chicness is highly influenced by advertising, as a diffusion of news on the topic of reputation. I don’t know if I can be defined “divergent thinker”, however I don’t appreciate many things that have the reputation of being chic. Thus, I’ve decided to write the page you’re reading, about the chic that’s not chic for me, because I think that some of my preferences can be agreed. As usual, I propose a list of the chic that puzzles me. It is subject to updates, and can eventually be enriched by your opinions, that you can freely send to the e-mail max.lookdj@alice.it. The list of the disconcerting things, nowadays considered chic:
- All the body covered with tattoos;
- Androgynous looks, perfect for those who don’t care about the gender of the partner;
- Artworks and monuments as targets for catching attention on discussable environmental topics, by the means of shocking vandalizations, without thinking that those topics are exclusively useful to the economic interests of China, the country most responsible of global pollution;
- Bermuda shorts and flip flops, in order to make anyone resemble to a survivor from a nuclear catastrophe;
- Civil rights as synonyms of neo-feudalism, coming from political correctness;
- Cocktails at evening, just before driving towards a nightclub;
- Dance parties, barefoot and not fully dressed;
- Deviant masons as fictional culprits of alleged conspirations against the interests of left-wing political parties, even if freemasonry has proven of being part of leftism in various countries;
- Disruptive protest tactics, that catch a lot of public attention, even if it’s not the right kind of attention, and don’t meet any consent;
- Electric cars fully computerized for travelling around mountainous areas, even if on board computers don’t turn on when it’s rather cold, and the engine brake is absent, so that you have a heavy wear of the brake pads;
- Exploitation of pets for acquiring popularity on social networks;
- Going back to the future, without a time machine;
- Helpers of mob organizations for illegal betting, who fake to be referees or sports journalists;
- In case of attempts to stop them, to sustain dictators and terrorists, by invoking international norms;
- International legality, even if the 70% of adhering countries are cruel dictatorships and dangerous theocracies, far away from individual freedom and civil rights;
- Journalists who modify the news according to peculiar interests, economic or political;
- Keeping the smartphone turned on while eating or defecating, even if it might cause health problems;
- Multiple body piercing;
- Low-waisted, worn and torn blue jeans;
- Parental rights under the condition of mandatory vaccinations;
- Politicians or other public personalities who talk about catastrophic events, and post on their social network’s pages wrong pics, or comments lacking of congruity;
- Politicians who increase their own wages;
- Scientists who predict global catastrophes, without any previous scientific study, for promoting the economic interests of China, and of other dictatorships;
- Solar panels as a good solution for heating houses, even if they are expensive, work well only in the summertime, and are easily subject to irreparable damages from meteorological agents;
- Spending the money coming from taxes in activities useless for citizens, and opposite to the interests of entrepreneurs;
- Superstars of the mixer, who fake their DJ sets at nightclubs, while playing pre-recorded tapes;
- Teenager, female DJs wearing adherent clothes;
- The countries most advanced for doping in sports, China, Spain, and USA, that like superhuman performances, and are always one step ahead of antidoping;
- The idea of a new European Union, prone to corruption coming from China, and fighting against the US;
- To be a member of a youth gang, for having fun with collective crimes;
- To consider the activity of transplant of human organs as the best hope for mankind, while the average survival of the 80% of transplanted people is 1,5 years, with a general worsening of the quality of life, and the only true utility of that practice is a big business, often related to big wastes of public money and of sanitary resources, subject to far better uses;
- Wearing a lot of accessories, so that you look like a Christmas tree;
- Women who don’t wear stockings;
- Women more masculine than transexuals.
In conclusion, my comment about the old Italian proverb, reported at the beginning of the article. Well, the devil knows for sure how to get a large popularity, for instance, by convincing you of the chicness of his preferences. Coming to music, I think that the mix of the page might gain the reputation of being chic, because is a collection of classic tunes created by the Chic Organization, alias Nile and Nard, Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards.
File name is “expansion of the chic of Nile & Nard, by Max Look DJ (Jan 2026)”, about 1 hour and 21’ of dance tunes based on the ideas of the Chic Organization.
Some appreciated ideas of Nile & Nard, the playlist:
Sister Sledge – pretty baby
Sister Sledge – thinking of you
Sister Sledge – one more time
Thompson Twins – lay your hands on me
Sheila B. Devotion – don’t go
Diana Ross – upside down
Dazed – cruisin
Michelle Gayle – happy just to be with you (Nigiel Lowis)
Sugarhill Gang – rapper’s delight
Club House – superstition/good times
Craig David – hot stuff (let’s dance)
David Bowie – let’s dance
Kex – let’s dance
Tom Jones & Mousse T – sex bomb (Peppermint mix)
Madonna – like a virgin
Eclipse – makes me love you
Nerio’s Dubwork feat. Darryl Pandy – sunshine & happiness
Modjo – chillin’
Modjo – lady (hear me tonight)
Alcazar – sexual guarantee
Alcazar – this is the world we live in
Romina Johnson – my forbidden lover (classic disco club mix)
B-52’s – deadbeat club
