Here is a boat. I wish that it was a better shot, but the camera can do only so much. If Santa has worked his calculations out correctly, and is on top of correspondence, I may well be in possession of a slightly better piece of equipment the other side of this retched holiday season.
On other matters, the other day I was perusing the annual NME top whateveritis albums of the year and was reminded yet again of the cruel march of time. There was a time that I attempted to remain abreast of the comings and goings of the music world. I'd keep an eye (ear?) on the hot young acts, and was generally hip - if somewhat dismissive - to the critically acclaimed artists.
Browsing this year's top whateveritis, it quickly became apparent that I hadn't actually heard of, let alone heard the majority of the acts. Despondant, I click back to 2007, and find much the same thing. '06, '05, '03, on and on it goes.
Yes, it appears that 1997 was the last year that I could with any confidence claim to be in tune with the cultural Zeitgeist.
1997!
Man, it's a good thing that I think most people are idiots. Otherwise a dude might get depressed...
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Zac is being given a Big Day Out ticket this year...and the acts he is mostly hanging out to see are...Arctic Monkeys and Neil Young...typifying his love of a wide range of music.
And you are never too old to love music...I still go to the odd music festival myself (Woodford, Apollo Bay, etc and even almost bought a BDO tix this year)and am on the far side of 50. The youngsters are very tolerant of us oldies!!!
There's a long thought to be had about lizard-brain directed developmental hierarchy, etc., but I'm not smart enough to distill it. The short answer is, you enjoy good mental health, as evidenced by this declaration of yours.
Greta Keller or Marlene Dietrich? Beatles or Stones? Astaire or Kelly?
I feel like a cave woman!
Picture to words, and thanks to you! Have a happy Hamburg Christmas!
Rita, it is hard work getting old.
Now I know the Arctic Monkeys, and I am quite confident in my judgement that they are utter shite! And Neil Young? Cats being tormented!
That said, I think that Norman Greenbaum’s Spirit in the Sky is a perfect slice of pop and that Buddy Holly has more rock cred than Wolfmother, so what would I know?
I am happy to give the festivals a miss though, but I never really liked them in the first place. Stuck listening to some rubbish like Rancid or Frezel Rhomb (Jesus save me) while waiting for 45 minutes of a band you like (go The Amps]? Never again!
Radiohead’s OK Computer clocked in at number two, and I will pay that, with your mates The Verve in at three. I agree that one or two solid tracks aside, the album was pretty lacklustre.
Something must have happened to me in 1998 to change my record consumption so vastly. Maybe it was the Internet. I can’t remember. I was drunk a lot of the time....
Kitty, it is a troubling reality, aging.