Underground culture

person who plays recorded music for an audience

market in which goods or services are traded illegally

thumb|Sun tanning|Sunbathers at [[Müggelsee lake beach, East Berlin, 1989]] Naturism is a lifestyle of practicing non-sexual social nudity in private and in public; the word also refers to the cultural movement which advocates and defends that lifestyle. Both may alternatively be called nudism. Though the two terms are broadly interchangeable, nudism emphasizes the practice of nudity, whilst naturism highlights an attitude favoring harmony with nature and respect for the environment, into which that practice is integrated. That said, naturists come from a range of philosophical and cultural ba

Grunge (originally known as the Seattle Sound) is an alternative rock genre and subculture that emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington, particularly in Seattle and Olympia, and other nearby cities. Grunge fuses elements of punk rock and heavy metal, and features the distorted electric guitar sound used in both genres, as well as bass guitar, drums, and vocals. Grunge also incorporates influences from indie rock bands such as Sonic Youth, Pixies, and Dinosaur Jr. Lyrics are typically angst-filled and introspective, often addressing themes such as social alienation, self-doubt, abuse

aggressive and fast subgenre of punk rock

A nightclub or dance club is a club that is open at night, usually for drinking, dancing and other entertainment. Nightclubs often have a bar and discotheque (usually simply known as disco) with a dance floor, laser lighting displays, and a stage for live music or a disc jockey (DJ) who mixes recorded music. Nightclubs tend to be smaller than live music venues like theatres and stadiums, with few or no seats for customers.

anti-establishment culture

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various alternative cultures

Rebetiko (, ), plural rebetika ( ), occasionally transliterated as rembetiko or rebetico, is a term used to designate previously disparate kinds of urban Greek music which in the 1930s went through a process of musical syncretism and developed into a more distinctive musical genre. Rebetiko can be described briefly as the urban popular song of the Greeks, especially the poorest, from the late 19th century to the 1950s, and served as the basis for further developments in popular Greek music. The music, which was partly forgotten, was rediscovered during the so-called rebetika revival, which sta

international organization of social revolutionaries

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venues that regularly provide adult entertainment, predominantly in the form of striptease or other erotic or exotic dances

deliberate altering of the human anatomy for non-medical reasons

Club and cultural space in Zurich, Switzerland; birthplace of the Dada art movement

state of equality for LGBT people and goal of LGBT rights movement from 1969 to 1980

thumb|upright=1.25|New York's 21 Club was a Prohibition-era speakeasy. A speakeasy, also called a beer flat, blind pig, or blind tiger, was an illicit establishment that sold alcoholic beverages. The term may also refer to a retro style bar that replicates aspects of historical speakeasies.

group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of culture

censorship-resistant wiki

anti-consumerist social movements tactic to disrupt or subvert media culture

social movement advocates a cultural shift toward slowing down life's pace

citizens of the Soviet Union who disagreed with the USSR's leaders

Psychogeography is the exploration of urban environments that emphasizes interpersonal connections to places and arbitrary routes. It was developed by members of the Letterist International and Situationist International, which were revolutionary groups influenced by Marxist and anarchist theory as well as the attitudes and methods of Dadaists and Surrealists.

modification to an existing circuit such as a guitar pedal, digital keyboard, or drum machine

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x-ray films turned into gramophone recordings

comic genre

Queercore (or homocore) is a cultural/social movement that began in the mid-1980s as an offshoot of the punk subculture and a music genre that comes from punk rock. It is distinguished by its discontent with society in general, and specifically society's disapproval of the LGBTQ community. Queercore expresses itself in a DIY style through magazines, music, writing and film.

genre of country music

community self-managed spaces in which anti-authoritarians self-organise activities

niche variety of third-wave feminism that embraces the coexistence of stereotypical concepts of femininity and female sexual empowerment; response to previous feminist waves which separated feminism and hyperfeminity

communal group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

child exploitation network

art movement arose in Los Angeles, California

film that is out of the mainstream either in its style, genre, or financing

Counter-culture, in existence since approximately 1970

misanthropic organization that advocates for violence, terrorism, and the destruction of humanity; its core principles are radical nihilism and antihumanism; gained notoriety for its actions in the form of attacks

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Gqom (Zulu: ), igqomu (), gqom tech, sgubhu, 3-step or G.Q.O.M is a South African electronic dance music genre and subgenre of house music, that emerged in the early 2010s from Durban, pioneered and innovated by music producers Naked Boyz, Rudeboyz, Sbucardo, Griffit Vigo, Nasty Boyz, DJ Lag, Menzi Shabane, Distruction Boyz and Citizen Boy.

defunct website that used hidden services through the Tor network

thumb|right|Tape recorder "Tembr" (1964) without casing (From museum of political history of Russia) Magnitizdat () was the process of copying and distributing audio tape recordings that were not commercially available in the Soviet Union. It is analogous to samizdat, the method of disseminating written works that could not be officially published under Soviet political censorship. It is technically similar to bootleg recordings, except it has a political dimension not usually present in the latter term.

novel by Jack Kerouac

Afro-punk (sometimes spelled Afro Punk, Afropunk or AfroPunk) refers to the participation of black people in punk music and the punk subculture. Black people's participation in punk music has existed since the genre's origins in 1969 with the ska movement of Boss Skinhead Laurel Aitken and his song "Skinhead Train" from 1969. Afro Punk has persisted to the present day, & it has played a key role in punk scenes throughout the world, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom. Notable bands that can be linked to the Afro-punk community and/or bands that include Afro-Punk members are

child pornography website later operated by Australian police as a sting operation

to provoke subversive effects through interventions in the process of communication

1960 film by Ranald MacDougall

multinational law enforcement operation culminating in 2017

underground film movement

cultural scene and subculture that was part of the hippie movement in California