Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Still waiting for the return of Ted Lewis. http://www.wfuv.org/enews/0502/conaty.html Is everybody happy? Jim Shulman Bryn Mawr, PA Since 1959, cheerfully out of step with his peers. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+jshul=comcast.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of H. Ball Arche Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 11:36 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:White Stripes and waiting by the doorbell Begging your pardons, but, Jesus! you guys are old, or just quit listening. What about X, the Pixies, Sonic Youth, and Pavement? That stuff is every bit as special as anything made in the '60's. The first show I was old enough to drive to was Jethro Tull, touring in support of 'Aqualung', and yeah, I saw a ton of acts back then. But I always wanted to hear something new. That whole idea that there was a 'Golden Age' of rock'n'roll has always given me a severe PITA; it boils down to generational imperialism. Youth music should be of the moment, and possessed by the young as something of their time. In the nineties, my neo-hippie students couldn't understand why their fascination with the Grateful Dead annoyed me so. It was because, by looking backward, they were missing out on the really great stuff that they could totally own as being from their own time. Grow with it and stay young. Check out the New Pornographers. Arche (52)