And that’s why I mostly see newer bands rather than old, because a live music experience in a small or at least smallish place is not replicable. The older bands mostly play either huge places or have retired.
If you assumed what music I like based on what concerts I go to you’d think that I like pop punk and emo as much as any other music combined, whereas it’s merely tied with classic rock for my favorite. And you’d think that I like metalcore and post hardcore much more than classic rock.
But post-punk ranks correctly. A lot of them still play and still play in small or medium venues. (But not The Cure. I’d see them if they played at a venue of 1-2000 capacity but I have yet to see that being booked. But I have seen Psych Furs, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Church, and in a broader sense, Sisters of Mercy, OMD, and Modern English at small or medium venues.)
I bought a “dad hat” from my kid’s school. I thought it was a hat that said something like “[Your School] Dad!” or something but apparently regular old baseball caps are now considered “dad hats”.
I do admit to wearing a baseball cap backwards, in one particular circumstance: driving my convertible on the highway. I wear a cap when I drive that car mostly to protect my scalp from the sun, but I’m paranoid that, at highway speed, there’ll be enough air turbulence coming over the top of the windshield that it could get under the brim and flip the hat off of my head.
Another thing that was cool when we were younger, but can be sad when we are older. Can be, there are exceptions of course.
I have been quoted at saying “There ought to be a quota on chubby, balding, old white guys driving around in a convertible. For every one old geezer there should be two with youthful Suzanne Sommers types with long flowing hair on the road.”
FTR I am neither chubby nor balding. I am old-ish & have been gray for 40 years.
But I think you’re right that I and my convertible would look better if along with me in the car were “two youthful Suzanne Sommers types with long flowing hair”. Less traffic and more beauty. Win win for all of us.
Doesn’t sound like much a win for the women to me. They get to share a guy two or three times their age (depending on how youthful you want them and how early you grayed) - woohoo! Seriously - it’s sadly still cool for men to talk about women as their decorations/toys (or alternately harridans, if the women are their own age or unattractive or actually expect anything of them). Not to say it never happens when women are talking, but in mixed company (and certainly online), comments are very heavily loaded in favor of the idea that women are there for men’s enjoyment, full stop. Even just walking around on the street - it’s all about what kind of women should be there and how they should look/dress to make men the men happy.
That reminds me of a strange story. Couple years ago, I was out walking without looking where I was going, and found myself airborne above three concrete steps down. I fell onto the pavement below the steps, taking the impact on my left hand and left knee. My knee was torn up and bloody as you’d expect. But it was covered by my long thin cotton dress, which was not torn or even scuffed. Go figure. It’s just as well since my flesh mends itself while my dress doesn’t.
P.S. Granny dress screamed “hippie girl” when I was young, and now… it’s an honest-to-gosh granny dress, screaming “old geezerette.”
It’s not that they are not cool and awesome, it’s more about them being priced out of reach for younger people. I worked for Bose for 20 years and the trend in the industry has been to putting decent sound into smaller packaging at a lower price point for mass consumption. But my upper level managers had killer component systems at home. A few even had high level recording studios at home and most were really good musicians.
Young, trendy music stars and rich audiophiles still buy huge systems, but the fans of new music cannot afford them. They are still cool, but out of reach for 98% of the general public
