80’s Nostalgia has been going on so long that the teenagers who were doing it 15 years ago are now grown up and have kids of their own. Do they nostalgize their nostalgia? Is there anything else? Are we permanently stuck? Does this whining help? No to all, and the questions have become boring. The… Read More Sweep the Nostalgia, Or Why Cobra Kai Does and Does Not Suck
Back in the 90’s, when concepts such as “youth culture” seemed relevant to me, I was known to lament the chokehold Boomers had over pop culture. Every time the same damn Beatles songs were repackaged into a new format, I got incredibly annoyed, especially when someone my age bought it. Looking back, this exercise seems… Read More The Milennial Nostalgia Machine
Mud. Music. Bad acid. The blueprint for every Grateful Dead Phish tour ever? The dress rehearsal to Alatamont? A bunch of histrionic nonsense that doesn’t merit our attention? The birth cry of our post-modern Return of the Primitive? Or maybe it was just a thing that happened, and meant something to someone, and got pictures taken… Read More Woodstock is a Bird
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