[kj] Good exercise someone on FaceBook recommended

[Alexander Smith]

I could *probably* do it, but if I'm being honest, they're bands I'd  
only know two or three song from each (if even that). The fact of the  
matter is, however, that I just don't have the time that I did as a  
younger person to invest in seeking out and immersing myself in new  
music.

I work with a guy who is about ten years younger than I, and he's  
constantly turning me onto new bands (mostly hardcore). It's cool, but  
I have to catch myself from saying cliched things like "Well, in my  
day, hardcore singers actually *sang*!" or saying "well, they're  
obviously just ripping off _____ (insert older band name here)." Like  
it or not, I'm an old poop.

I'm perfectly content with being 42. My parents listened to stuff like  
Cat Stevens and Sergio Mendes & Brazill `66, so it ain't like they  
spend a lot of time lamenting newer crops of music. But I know what  
you mean.

Maybe it's important to stay hip and informed, but I don't ever want  
to be that guy. You know the one I mean. The oldest dude in the club,  
strenuously trying to prove how hip he is to the young folks.

here's a perfect example of what I'm talking about:

http://getbackvassifer.tumblr.com/post/498681752/somewhere-ian-curtis-is-strenuously-frowning#Notes

Alex in NYC




On Apr 6, 2010, at 10:07 PM, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> "Joey Ramone" [sic], a friend of mine on faceBook, recently  

> challenged folks to name at least TWENTY *good* bands that STARTED  

> within the past decade.

>

> Not bands that have been around awhile but who have released good  

> stuff in the past ten years, like Wire or KJ but NEW bands that  

> BEGAN within the past ten years. 20 of them.

>

> Can you do it? It's good exercise to see if you ae becoming more and  

> more ike your parents and insist all the good shit was done before  

> younger people have had a chance to be ... born.

>

> I thought of around 50. You? :)

>

> -Oliver

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