>She said she didn't envy my age (who would?), but that I was around when
>punk first hit, and was old enough to remember the hippies, etc. Today, it's
>all rehash. I can see her point, kinda.
When I was fifteen, in 1984, I was sad because I'd missed it all too. But then I found out about the Minutemen, Husker Du, William Gaddis, etc. Just today I heard new, good songs by the Magnetic Fields, Joseph K, and Scout Niblett & Will Oldham. Shit still happens while teenagers mope.