It was, particularly in the NPR/Coachella circle of popular music. Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, Man Man, Devandra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Band of Horses, just to name a few.

I think Alex found the real root of the problem - fractured culture.

And mousepod is right - everything is derivative.

And yes, we've had this conversation before.

Really? Well if you don't see it then reposting his posts won't help. I've had enough of this anyway...

I distinctly recall some displeasure expressed at the 9/11 theme when that idea was was being tossed around for a party.

9/11 theme is not one I can or would get upset about. I can't, I was one of the people who thought it would be sick, twisted and done.

I know country gets a bad rap around here, but Brad Paisley has a really good song that fits in here called Welcome to the Future. You can watch the video here. It's country-rock. I hope you guys will take a listen and really hear the lyrics.

If you can't bring yourself to watch one CM Video the lyrics are here.

Todd, the baby of the family, turned 12 last weekend. Let me tell you, Mother-to-be, a decade is a very short time in a parent's life. A very short time indeed. You'll find out soon enough.


But yeah, feels like I've known you people forever.:p

Hippie!

:D

I joined MP 10/10/2002 !

We'v got a great TV reality show at the moment called "Electric Dreams" where a family's house is 'reset' to 1970 and every day it's updated with new technology for that year, so Mon = 1971, tues = 1971, wed = 1972 etc. It's really very interesting watching the march of appliances and gadgets, as well as the size of the house, ensuites appearing etc.

Funniest quote so far - from sometime in the 80's - Father is trying to load a game onto a computer from a cassette-deck, and he says "so far, I've spent 4 years trying to get this to work..."

I joined MP on 05-23-2001.
I just looked it up.
Haven't been online there in a long time...

No, no, Hipster.

There you go, it's the decade of the hipster. As defined on Cash Cab, a 20-something who listens to indie music and wears ironic t-shirts.

What the 90's meant to me is MUCH different to what the 90's meant to someone who was coming of age in that decade. Likewise, the 60's to me are all about toys, food, spacemen, and Tang with bits of world events sneaking into the picture. If you were 10 years older than I am, your references are a whole lot different. If you wern't born yet, your knowledge comes from a distillation of a stereotype or two.

The older you are the more personal references you have to the past - and oftentimes the more knowledge you have.

I've got a decent knowledge of music and I often hear music that is completely derivative of something I hated in 1982. Less often do I hear something current that is completely derivative of something I LOVED in 1982.

While my memories of the last few years may reference Coachella, Lucent Dossier, Walt Hall, and Mac and Cheese most people won't have the same 4 items on their list (or even know what I'm talking about!).

Hehehe - did we cause Mac & Cheese phobia, or fond memories? ;)