The dissonance between the way we perceive a person's appearance and then the actual experience of who they are once we get to know them, is one of life's great joys. My worst impulses from first impressions are proved wrong more than they are proved right, which says more about me than I would like. Thanks for the story.
What a great read to start my day. I grew up seeing so many of these bands (one of the benefits of growing up in Chicago with Wax Trax as my go-to record store and having Reckless as number two). Music has fueled my days ascending and descending, by wheel or by sticky rubber and metal, and so many of these songs still echo.It's instructive, as it is a mirror, a catalyst and a resin...
As I traverse mixtape projects with my students today, this really hits (just teaching HS students what a mixtape was is a lesson!). The Young Gods and Acid Horse on the lunch walk today...
Wax Trax and Reckless, the advantages of a big city. And yes, the echoes remain, still echoing, still transporting us. Teaching high school aged kids about mix tapes must be a trip! I mean, the fact that the whole concept devolved to Shuffle is one of this era's great tragedies. I am guessing that they weren't shouting "YES!" at the screen during the Compilation Tape Rules scene in High Fidelity.
The dissonance between the way we perceive a person's appearance and then the actual experience of who they are once we get to know them, is one of life's great joys. My worst impulses from first impressions are proved wrong more than they are proved right, which says more about me than I would like. Thanks for the story.
One of life's great joys, indeed. And as you noted, often an effective mirror, which brings a little less of that joy.
What a great read to start my day. I grew up seeing so many of these bands (one of the benefits of growing up in Chicago with Wax Trax as my go-to record store and having Reckless as number two). Music has fueled my days ascending and descending, by wheel or by sticky rubber and metal, and so many of these songs still echo.It's instructive, as it is a mirror, a catalyst and a resin...
As I traverse mixtape projects with my students today, this really hits (just teaching HS students what a mixtape was is a lesson!). The Young Gods and Acid Horse on the lunch walk today...
Wax Trax and Reckless, the advantages of a big city. And yes, the echoes remain, still echoing, still transporting us. Teaching high school aged kids about mix tapes must be a trip! I mean, the fact that the whole concept devolved to Shuffle is one of this era's great tragedies. I am guessing that they weren't shouting "YES!" at the screen during the Compilation Tape Rules scene in High Fidelity.
The best teachers set the best kind of homework. Thanks for the leads
Pebbles and Breadcrumbs
This is all super fantastic, Mark. Thank you for posting.
It was a real treat to revisit this, and to read a pre-release version of Randy's new book, which is splendid.