tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post7874255116346068636..comments2024-03-29T09:25:08.645-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/29/24: Talking music with the kidsNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-37336969537608657652017-04-08T06:30:24.179-05:002017-04-08T06:30:24.179-05:00Some goofy millennials but REM an U2 is great/ was...Some goofy millennials but REM an U2 is great/ was great.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7560370450205680032017-04-08T06:26:32.217-05:002017-04-08T06:26:32.217-05:00Shouldn't plagiarize, Tom.Shouldn't plagiarize, Tom.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-30416990034648099342017-04-08T06:25:04.804-05:002017-04-08T06:25:04.804-05:00All those fancy coffee shops, overpriced for fools...All those fancy coffee shops, overpriced for fools thinking they are fancy.Privatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10757585399827295128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-76018512957249950382014-04-13T11:25:32.431-05:002014-04-13T11:25:32.431-05:00As a card-carrying young person myself, I can cert...As a card-carrying young person myself, I can certify that we do, in fact, mostly suck. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02181382637101102196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1998138508042118642014-04-11T00:05:36.201-05:002014-04-11T00:05:36.201-05:00"The Julie Ruin" - ***eyeroll**** - here..."The Julie Ruin" - ***eyeroll**** - here's some goddamned music for the 'kids'. Christ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ko2CvygFuCEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-120736165277334332014-04-10T22:58:02.758-05:002014-04-10T22:58:02.758-05:00Hi Neil, I'm 52 and I'm always looking and...Hi Neil, I'm 52 and I'm always looking and enjoying new new music and I find I actually know more bands and singers than a lot of younger folks in the office. Yes finding new hot artists is fun and exciting but the catalog of already published music is endless. I'm always amazed how some young people actually seek and find great music by the Beatles, Motown, and even 80's music. Most people are music snobs and very passionate about the type of music that appeals to them. When I was young I was so passionate about Punk and House Music it really played a big part of my life at the time. It was 1978 -79, I came out of the closet and rebelled against anything mainstream. LOL. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15221170985114721394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-7828309731793135612014-04-10T21:25:44.628-05:002014-04-10T21:25:44.628-05:00Another theory: Maybe she had a ticket for anothe...Another theory: Maybe she had a ticket for another performance that she missed and they were willing to take her ticket for a different one. That happened to me at a Broadway play. halcyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16153075174949462914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-72671522749234665722014-04-10T15:53:27.603-05:002014-04-10T15:53:27.603-05:00Of course, if you *had* heard of the band, you wou...Of course, if you *had* heard of the band, you would have (Julie) ruined it for her.Dave Jacquehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609959560089421718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-43165922200788464512014-04-10T13:55:12.724-05:002014-04-10T13:55:12.724-05:00I never would have imagined it. "A white hair...I never would have imagined it. "A white haired shadow roaming like a dream." That's about it. It's like I've already died and my animate corpse is haunting the places I used to be.Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59327321704472277622014-04-10T13:43:41.046-05:002014-04-10T13:43:41.046-05:00"I still can't believe they're going ..."I still can't believe they're going to accept my ticket and let me in." Yeah, I just thought she meant "I'm not worthy" in a facetious sense, to be permitted to share the same space as the great and powerful Julie Ruin. Though not *that* facetious. <br />Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41049557688024533962014-04-10T11:39:28.914-05:002014-04-10T11:39:28.914-05:00Do I not get a point for the nod to R.L.Stevenson?...Do I not get a point for the nod to R.L.Stevenson? (Or, if you like, Thurber?)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-31274516237253776032014-04-10T11:29:48.855-05:002014-04-10T11:29:48.855-05:00Neil,
The fact is that younger people are embarra...Neil,<br /><br />The fact is that younger people are embarrassed when people as old as us try to relate to them. In a culture which glorifies youth, we are irrelevant in their opinion and clueless as to what's "important". It upsets their view of the world when we "intrude" upon them. In their eyes, we're like that crazy uncle that you have put up with during family holidays but avoid the rest of the time. Of course, they are too young to realize that they will someday be in the same position.David P. Grafnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-48082976721168069592014-04-10T11:03:07.304-05:002014-04-10T11:03:07.304-05:00Points, Thomas, for the Philip Larkin reference --...Points, Thomas, for the Philip Larkin reference -- for the rest, the opening lines of his "Annus Mirabilis":<br /><br />Sexual intercourse began <br />In nineteen sixty-three<br /> (which was rather late for me) – <br />Between the end of the Chatterley ban <br />And the Beatles’ first LP.<br /><br />Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-41210446796428709562014-04-10T10:22:10.146-05:002014-04-10T10:22:10.146-05:00The Greeks took as a warning the legend of Tithoni...The Greeks took as a warning the legend of Tithonis, a mortal who became the lover of Eos, goddess of the dawn. His lady love got for him the godly gift of eternal life, but forgot to ask also for perpetual youth. Tennyson wrote a fine poem on the subject that begins with some memorable lines about the cycle of life and then moves on to explore the hero's plight.<br /><br /> "And after many a summer dies the swan.<br /> Me only cruel imortality<br /> Consumes; I wither slowly in thine arms<br /> Here at the quiet limit of the world<br /> A white-haired shadow roaming like a dream<br /> The ever-silent spaces of the east."<br />Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-711073400342098412014-04-10T09:21:35.316-05:002014-04-10T09:21:35.316-05:00Try talking to young people for a living.Try talking to young people for a living.Bill Savagehttp://chicagobydayandnight.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87850405550121000592014-04-10T08:50:21.717-05:002014-04-10T08:50:21.717-05:00I stopped paying attention to new popular music ar...I stopped paying attention to new popular music around 1963, the year sexual intercourse began. Nothing to be proud of, but the world is so full of wonderfull things we can't enjoy them all in order to be as happy as kings.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-38291962948034897922014-04-10T07:42:40.577-05:002014-04-10T07:42:40.577-05:00As a bike messenger in 1985 I used to deliver stuf...As a bike messenger in 1985 I used to deliver stuff to the old building and I used to love to peek into the grotty ancient lunchroom where Sun-Times employees were -- playing Scrabble. Heaven.Jean Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08035677024005539971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-68959315623462292462014-04-10T07:38:35.549-05:002014-04-10T07:38:35.549-05:00My sense is that she was so excited to see the gro...My sense is that she was so excited to see the group, that she couldn't believe she had a ticket, couldn't believe that it would work. I'll ask her about it, if I see her. Maybe we can have Part II. Neil Steinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-59618840022126891862014-04-10T07:07:42.169-05:002014-04-10T07:07:42.169-05:00I'm with Caren. I wondered about that "ac...I'm with Caren. I wondered about that "accept my ticket" line, too. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07484120063940493771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1156184778226403922014-04-10T06:57:23.456-05:002014-04-10T06:57:23.456-05:00A million thanks for the link to Julie Ruin's ...A million thanks for the link to Julie Ruin's music.<br />I'm being sarcastic, of course, as what that was is just screaming masquerading as noise.<br />I only listened to less than a minute as my constitution is far too delicate to take that before 7AM!<br /><br />Playing it might work as a way to drive rats & squirrels out of your house!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13978194163495589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1512693143764954612014-04-10T06:50:57.021-05:002014-04-10T06:50:57.021-05:00Actually, I'm intrigued by the "accept my...Actually, I'm intrigued by the "accept my ticket and let me in" comment.<br /><br />Does the band vet its audience? Do you have to prove yourself to see them live?<br /><br />Because I'm way too old for that kind of nonsense.Caren Tarvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652372965671115486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-45270614116550913502014-04-10T06:49:34.229-05:002014-04-10T06:49:34.229-05:00Young people should appreciate the classics! U2 i...Young people should appreciate the classics! U2 is still playing and releasing new albums!Caren Tarvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17652372965671115486noreply@blogger.com