I hate it when old people, such as myself, post on old videos on youtube with comments like “They don’t make music like this anymore! Now it’s all Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber”. I guess old people forget that even in the 70’s, 80’s, and 90’s, pop music was pretty bad, too, or at least equally vapid, sexist, or anything else you might want to label it. If you are commenting on a Screaming Trees video about how awesome music used to be, then you are seriously having some 90’s nostalgia. And, dude, almost every indie band right now sounds like they come from the 90’s or from an 80’s Projekt label album or like a love child of Hope Sandoval and Jeff Buckley. The Pains of Being Pure at Heart sound more like The Smashing Pumpkins than The Smashing Pumpkins ever did.*
Speaking of 90’s nostalgia, I clearly need to move to Portland, where the dream of the 90’s is still alive. I watched this show for the first time with Z last night. It makes me miss Vermont, which is even more exaggeratedly organic/local bookstore/plastic bags are evil/let’s walk to the grocery store/wow, let’s sign up for this meditation retreat! than even the jokey Portland of the show.
My cat is at the vet and I feel awful. I’m going to have to drive to get her, which is nerve-wracking. Since my accident, I’m even more afraid of driving than before, but I know I need to deal with it now or it will just get worse a and worse.
*Wait, there is a different band that these guys sound exactly like to me, crossed with the Smashing Pumpkins. Maybe Slowdive? But not quite.
