Red Mosquito

Wow.

How come RM doesn't sell annual March Madness t-shirts?

Birds in Hell wrote:

Lament wrote:

Kaius wrote:What was it?

It was a picture of all of them from like late 1995/1996 that said "Hail, Hail" and then "#YIELD."

haha

Lament wrote:How come RM doesn't sell annual March Madness t-shirts?

Cuz we're pretty fucking lazy.

Actually, that could be the shirt.

Red Mosquito
We're pretty fucking lazy.
Pearl Jam!

I'd buy that

B wrote:Actually, that could be the shirt.

Red Mosquito
We're pretty fucking lazy.
Pearl Jam RIP!

Fixed

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I'd buy that

I would too.

Money grab in action.

Welcome back mcparadigm!

That was a good post, stip. I laughed.

Its funny coming from Spenno because SPenno has wanted to be 80 years old since he was probably 5.

Fuck growing up. We only live once. Stay young, stay vibrant, stay optimistic, stay inspired about the world around you. be open.

namaste, bitches.

What?

Strat wrote:Stay young, stay vibrant, stay optimistic, stay inspired about the world around you. be open.

Leaving 'young' out of that list, I think that's all great and not at all inconsistent with also welcoming the different perspectives that age can bring.

I know I'm probably (in fact, almost certainly) reading too much into the quote but the fetishisation of youth, or more accurately of adolescence, is something that bugs me quite a lot generally, as though inquisitiveness and creativity are the sole preserve of that age group. Believe me, I was a complete idiot when I was a teenager. When I see people chasing 'youth' as an ideal in itself, I think of it as a closing, rather than opening, of the mind.

Look, all I'm saying is that, as he gets older, I'd prefer Ed look to things like this:




And not so much to this:

How to grow older and remain interested in rock music while not forgoing a sense of maturity (or even dignity) is something I find myself wrestling with a lot. I went through a period where the pleasure I undeniably get from loud, simple rock music caused me a serious degree of guilt.

It's difficult. Trying to see rock music as a legitimate and meritous artform that can be disentangled from its association with youth/adolescence seems important to me.

I was much happier when I stopped feeling guilty about liking certain things

I need to work on that.

Birds in Hell wrote:How to grow older and remain interested in rock music while not forgoing a sense of maturity (or even dignity) is something I find myself wrestling with a lot. I went through a period where the pleasure I undeniably get from loud, simple rock music caused me a serious degree of guilt.

It's difficult. Trying to see rock music as a legitimate and meritous artform that can be disentangled from its association with youth/adolescence seems important to me.

i dont think youth/adolescence just represents immaturity. when i think of the association of rock music and youth, i think of hopefulness or the energy young people have before they become old and cynical. i'm not saying there isnt a part that is immature, its just not the only thing.

I think there's a difference between being young at heart and young in practice -- I wish I could still experience things, music especially, with the sort of infinite sense of wonder that I did when I was younger. I am happy to have my adult senses about me and my adolescent struggles behind me, but there's no shame in accepting that (for many people) there are virtues in youth that maturity inevitably wears down, and wanting to salvage those virtues for the long haul. When the desire to remain young puts an artist into midlife crisis mode, it's unattractive, but Neil Young strikes me as a great example of someone who has never lost touch with his inner kid (probably 30 % of his book was about model trains and his electric car, and even at age 70 he continues to look for ways that music might feel new to him), and has been a model of integrity for years to pretty much anyone who pays attention to him.

Music is a whole lot more than just sound, but in the end -- it's just sound. Any common understanding that certain sounds are more appropriate for certain age groups is arbitrary and ultimately means nothing. Enjoy your feedback with a clear conscience, Friend Spencer.

Guys, when I want to read about pearl jam bitching, I want short, edgy blurbs.