tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055454.post155832305205588047..comments2023-07-14T02:16:13.834-06:00Comments on sample blog: Mike Hauserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18008007361237334363noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055454.post-84209078583508422782007-03-11T15:15:00.000-06:002007-03-11T15:15:00.000-06:00Andy, I know what you mean. I think Pavement in pa...Andy, I know what you mean. I think Pavement in particular are one of those bands who seem to better as they age. There is alot that I don't listen anymore too, however. Punk for instance. I don't listen to Hip Hop much anymore, unless I'm driving around with Brock. And there are alot of CDs I miss, from being poor and needing to buy groceries, and having to sell. <BR/><BR/>Maybe the question is whether, as one gets older, whether to listen with extreme prejudice or, to quote George Michael, to listen without prejudice.Mike Hauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008007361237334363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055454.post-88244170285302350852007-03-07T12:21:00.000-06:002007-03-07T12:21:00.000-06:00Hey Mike, I don't think I was really talking about...Hey Mike, I don't think I was really talking about ranking artists. I mean I guess saying "so and so is the X of his/her generation" is a way of ranking but only a way of ranking an artist against their own generation, and a severely limited way, at that. What I was more interested in is why certain people (me) seem to gravitate towards works of art from their own era--for me this somehow alleviates my alienation a bit--and then when or why this tendency ends--in the case of my dad... I don't know if this makes any sense...andy mr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13537015322710124840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055454.post-29535019302859793542007-03-05T13:38:00.000-06:002007-03-05T13:38:00.000-06:00I agree about the self-consciousness thing. Of cou...I agree about the self-consciousness thing. Of course I was one self-consciousness guy when I heard GBV et al. Indie Rock provided my self-consciousnes outlet. I think maybe the reason people don't like hearing so & so is the so & so of her generation is that it makes the original look obsolete in some way. But that's maybe from a conception we Americans have that new is better than old etc. I guess my whole thing is 'why rank?'. Tho ranking is fun.Mike Hauserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008007361237334363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22055454.post-31809735398349482352007-03-05T08:39:00.000-06:002007-03-05T08:39:00.000-06:00Hey Mike, I have been thinking some along the same...Hey Mike, I have been thinking some along the same lines. I remember in highschool when all I really listened to was Patti Smith, Neil Young, the Stones, and VU and then when I heard Pavement and Yo La Tengo and Guided by Voices and was really psyched that there were bands playing music that was obviously influenced by the older bands that I liked, but these people were closer to my age than my parents, and something about that was appealing to me. Also there seemed to be a certain kind of self-consciousness that you don't find in the music of the 60's that I identified with in indie rock. Then at some point a few years ago I realized that I liked bands whose members were about the same age as I am, and for some reason I stopped being interested in finding new music. Instead I was just content to keep listening to Slanted and Enchanted or Bee Thousand--probably in the same way that my dad would rather listen to Horses than Eleven Eleven, no matter how many times I told him that Thalia Zedek is the Patti Smith of her generation.andy mr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13537015322710124840noreply@blogger.com