Spent today drinking coffee, writing, working out, and catching up on some 2016 rock albums that I’ve yet to peruse. (Public disclosure: I skimmed my list from a list of 20 best albums posted by Pitchfork.)
My roommate comes home to the the pop/punk/rock raucous:
Her: What the hell is this? Me: It’s new. I think I like this one. Her: Yeah? What’s the point? Me: I wanna stay relevant. I wanna impress the young kids. (Insert wink here) Her: The “young kids” don’t listen to anything that even has a guitar in it.
I guess she does have a point....
It aint really about the young kids though. I enjoy staying semi-current. Because rock isn’t dead.
It seems my music loving peers fall into two groups. Either they love classic rock and the bands of the 60′s - 80′s (”I like the music most people like the most”), or they’re stuck believing the 90′s pop-rock/alt of their adolescence is still the only thing worth listening to.
Can’t a man love Led Zeppelin and Nirvana and still take interest in what’s happening today?






















