Just signed up for a year and I can still only read the excerpt down the the "White Reaper" part. Oh well. Technology.
Anyhow, I think my kids and yours are close to the same age and my oldest emphatically likes "rock" whenever I ask him what he likes to listen to. I think that for him rock equates to the stuff that's opposite of whatever everyone else in middle school is listening to. He really digs Skeleton Coast though, as he should, though he hasn't warmed up to your earlier stuff quite yet because he's still freaked out about how many F-bombs there are (e.g., Metropole) and he's worried I'm going to play that with his friends in the car. Considering the vernacular used around the middle school I can't quite grok what the issue is, but OK.
You mentioned about kids that don't know what an album is, but I constantly see these kids online who collect vinyl. They certainly know. Is this just a rare phenomenon that I for some reason run into all the time? Are these just your typical nerds that just have a penchant for vinyl? If they were born into a different time would they be philatelists hording stamps? Anyway, it gives me hope that there's still a set of kids who like some semblance of an album instead of an endless stream of songs.
Damn. I don't seem to get these reply notifications until I log in so I'm a bit late reading this. Apologies. In the end everything with the subscription worked out OK! Now I get the excerpt link AND the full story link. Feast or famine. 'Tis the magic of the interwebs whether things work out or not. I like to think it's the three Greek ladies of Fate who tend to the threads of our lives have a new gig in webs of the Internet age. Fresh threads. As an aside, I frequently get Clotho confused with Cthulhu which can really throw off a mythology discussion.
Anyhow, the fact that you replied is much appreciated because I usually expect comments like this to disappear into a black hole. You're a stand-up guy. Thanks Brendan.
Just signed up for a year and I can still only read the excerpt down the the "White Reaper" part. Oh well. Technology.
Anyhow, I think my kids and yours are close to the same age and my oldest emphatically likes "rock" whenever I ask him what he likes to listen to. I think that for him rock equates to the stuff that's opposite of whatever everyone else in middle school is listening to. He really digs Skeleton Coast though, as he should, though he hasn't warmed up to your earlier stuff quite yet because he's still freaked out about how many F-bombs there are (e.g., Metropole) and he's worried I'm going to play that with his friends in the car. Considering the vernacular used around the middle school I can't quite grok what the issue is, but OK.
You mentioned about kids that don't know what an album is, but I constantly see these kids online who collect vinyl. They certainly know. Is this just a rare phenomenon that I for some reason run into all the time? Are these just your typical nerds that just have a penchant for vinyl? If they were born into a different time would they be philatelists hording stamps? Anyway, it gives me hope that there's still a set of kids who like some semblance of an album instead of an endless stream of songs.
Hope I can read past the "White Reaper" part some time in the future. Rock on, Brendan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fypFo1JTc_E
send me your email and I'll send you the whole thing. Sorry for the glitch. I'm just a writer, not a programmer
Damn. I don't seem to get these reply notifications until I log in so I'm a bit late reading this. Apologies. In the end everything with the subscription worked out OK! Now I get the excerpt link AND the full story link. Feast or famine. 'Tis the magic of the interwebs whether things work out or not. I like to think it's the three Greek ladies of Fate who tend to the threads of our lives have a new gig in webs of the Internet age. Fresh threads. As an aside, I frequently get Clotho confused with Cthulhu which can really throw off a mythology discussion.
Anyhow, the fact that you replied is much appreciated because I usually expect comments like this to disappear into a black hole. You're a stand-up guy. Thanks Brendan.