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forsythIt's interesting how musical tastes change. I mean, I've sorta drifted sideways into listening to punk music now. Part of this is politics, since a lot of good punk songs are about politics, that's kinda the whole point. And part of it's my brother, who started listening to some, which was how I got exposed to it. But more I think it's my interest in politics. Looking through my CD collection, it reflects that a) I've spent way too much on used CDs, and b) my tastes are mostly fairly mainstream. And I tend to buy all of the CDs of a band if I like their music. But y'know, it doesn't matter. The whole point of individual taste is you don't care if something's popular or not, if you like it.
Anyway, back to the punk thing. Why I was thinking of that, besides listening to it, was the fact that one of my relatively close friends back in HS was this big guy, and a smart guy, and was in a punk band. Lots of (good) punk bands are smart, both in words and in issues. I never went to any of their shows or rehearsals or anything, though I thought about it a couple times. Heck, I don't even remember his name, sadly. Back then, I figured most punk was guys randomly screaming into a microphone to loud music. Which is what a lot of bad punk is, so I wasn't totally wrong. But I wonder what woulda happened if I'd been interested back then, and how I'd have turned out. This wasn't just a one time choice, it was days and days of choosing not to do anything. Which is what most choices really are, only a few are decide right then things. I wonder what he's up to these days.
Tags: Music, Mindscribbles, Me
Anyway, back to the punk thing. Why I was thinking of that, besides listening to it, was the fact that one of my relatively close friends back in HS was this big guy, and a smart guy, and was in a punk band. Lots of (good) punk bands are smart, both in words and in issues. I never went to any of their shows or rehearsals or anything, though I thought about it a couple times. Heck, I don't even remember his name, sadly. Back then, I figured most punk was guys randomly screaming into a microphone to loud music. Which is what a lot of bad punk is, so I wasn't totally wrong. But I wonder what woulda happened if I'd been interested back then, and how I'd have turned out. This wasn't just a one time choice, it was days and days of choosing not to do anything. Which is what most choices really are, only a few are decide right then things. I wonder what he's up to these days.
Tags: Music, Mindscribbles, Me
