Eras etc

[skra75]

I'm having a late night drink in a way that I haven't done in quite some time. It's kinda refreshing actually.

My computer, once somewhat stylish and state of the art is now slow and tweaky. I have it stripped down now to just have itunes and internet. I have a fresh computer from work that has all my multimedia shit on it and it's just not worth it to me to bog down this poor old thing. Now, it's a jukebox. A fitting end! The sad reality is all my music is now on my business laptop and this old dog is relegated to being the keeper of music from 2003-2007 haha.

Anyways, in my pleasant buzz I'm reminded of darker and different days. My life now is more structured and stable but listening to an old Hot Chip track and I'm reminded of a time where I often beat my head against the wall trying so fucking hard to forget the bullshit mess of my life. There was a freedom but a definite chaos, like I was skydiving or something and it was fucked up. Those were very dark times and I feel like looking at that guy from that era now is like looking at a painting or something which cannot be fully comprehended.

My life is so much different now. Fuck, the whole fucking world is different. Three years ago I was on the brink of going broke and I couldn't afford shit. Now everyone one else is on the brink of destruction it seems and my sorry ass is finally catching up.

What the fuck am I trying to say? I don't know for sure. I know the feeling when I listen to these old songs and it's forming an era in my mind. It was a time when I was burning some shit up and staying up late dancing and burning my fucking candle at both ends. But it wasn't good, or was it?

Anyways - my point: I think it's really cool how some music can help to frame a soundtrack for an era, a time in a persons life. What is really cool is when these era's overlap with other people's experiences, and form collective eras. The 80's and 90's are easy since we grew up in those times - but what's next?

Will people wrap their heads around music from 1999 - 2002 and say : "man that Matrix shit was heavy! I don't know why but I was so fucking into the ramones." Or will they think about 2003-2007 and think about hot chip and mstrkrft and grizzly bear and dusty 80's synth pop shaped a time when we were all burning up our money and not giving a fuck because we were all in a collective social tailspin.

If you've read all this you're retarded but thanks for listening. Cheers!
* sips drink *

[ericlee]

sup, skra. It's great to hear you're ok.

Ain't lying, I didn't read all that but, there's some beefy paragraphs ya got up there which means you're alive and kickin'

aaagghhjjjffaaaliiiveee and kiiickken'

bumm data whoo.

I will not remember this post when I wake up at noon tomorrow.

[Dorothy Wood]

I was just thinking how there's so much stuff going on these days and people are into so many different things that there won't be as many commonalities within generations. It'll be more regional.

I predict that the writers of trivial pursuit questions will have more difficult jobs. they'll have to start writing questions about LOLcats.

[hpdrifter]

I read the whole post. Unfortunately I think my dark time is now. For the first time in my life I'm having to deal with actual adult problems. I wish I could be ms.peachy about them. I am trying and most days I am successful but sometimes not so much.

I have no doubt that the stuff I'm into right now will form a soundtrack to this era that will always bring these memories back. I look forward to the day I can be glad for it.