tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post29209238383221505..comments2023-07-04T11:48:15.633-04:00Comments on Positively Catherine Street: Heavy Metal Parking Lot: 2014 UpdateWilliam S. Repsherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00133278490771240664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-85556492385313535782016-12-18T09:19:34.604-05:002016-12-18T09:19:34.604-05:00You can get his book on Kindle for $2.99 or borrow...You can get his book on Kindle for $2.99 or borrow for free with Kindle Unlimited - Jalyn Graham Owens, Sr.:<br /><br />https://www.amazon.com/Graham-First-Twenty-Jalyn-Owens-ebook/dp/B018WPCB74<br /><br />William Repsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16690181505790748431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-10336680667384866302016-12-18T08:53:24.948-05:002016-12-18T08:53:24.948-05:00Yes, I'd read an article about him a year or t...Yes, I'd read an article about him a year or two ago also, related to his book. God bless the guy for having a relatively normal life!William S. Repsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133278490771240664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-65176734550673828452016-12-18T00:27:16.601-05:002016-12-18T00:27:16.601-05:00A podcaster finds Graham of dope!
https://youtu.b...A podcaster finds Graham of dope!<br /><br />https://youtu.be/yxhVh79FOkcBeatles Comment Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-87992886738965455202014-05-03T17:27:11.971-04:002014-05-03T17:27:11.971-04:00Here's another alum from the parking lot, reme...Here's another alum from the parking lot, remember the guy wearing the Star of David:<br /><br />http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-arts/2011/05/from-heavy-metal-parking-lot-to-hasidism-zev-zalman-ludwick--11142.html<br /><br />Beatles Comment Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-41311427336733052322014-04-15T19:51:04.387-04:002014-04-15T19:51:04.387-04:00You know, I'd agree that the internet has made...You know, I'd agree that the internet has made music (and culture more generally) more accessible, and therefore we see less in terms of "waves" of nostalgia but a sort of past-to-present semi-permanent merger. Everything is more or less there, especially on youtube, and it's easier to have something of the past to grab onto. You don't have to pay 20 bucks for a CD, you don't have to wait months or years for this or that movie to come on TV, and all that. Everything's now part of the massive present, and I think that's why the big 90s revival never quite happened. In a sense, the generation that made it up, and doubly so for whatever the hell you call the 00s, never let it go away.<br /><br />Re: Judas Priest, Rob Halford is actually a devout Christian (like Ozzy, Alice Cooper, and Dee Snider, etc,) of all things, a Christmas album few years back. Normally, these rock n'roll Xmas things are crap, but his vocal style makes it work in a sort of way. Check out his take O Holy Night. It's actually and interesting and impressive take in my book (though the instrumental backing sounds a little like Europe Endless from Kraftwerk):<br /> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B6Flt8BkisBeatles Comment Guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-13326893034825565182014-04-15T09:14:32.109-04:002014-04-15T09:14:32.109-04:00In the original article, one of the people who cam...In the original article, one of the people who came at me believed ALL the kids in the parking lot were spoiled rotten suburban DC kids, not in any way working class. But I know better: you couldn't really fake that look, or want to, in the early/mid 80s. I'd say a fraction of the people there were affluent ... and it was probably kids who had enough money to buy zebra-striped spandex pants!<br /><br />You can't fake used 70s cars ... your parents wouldn't be buying them if you had money. You can't fake that vibe -- most of those kids had "it." I do know that some of the town names rattled off are upper-end suburbs, but I'd wager that turn of the 80s, most weren't nearly as affluent as they are now, and they more than likely had bigger pockets of working-class families living "on the wrong side of the tracks" ... which every town has, no matter how affluent.<br /><br />I can vouch that Dazed and Confused was perfect timing. The early 90s were a ripe time for 70s retro, 20 years after the fact. Rhino primed the pump with their massive 25-disc Have a Nice Day CD series focusing solely on one-hit Top 40 pop songs that no one, and I mean no one, could cop to liking at the time. ABBA did not exist in America back then -- I know, because I was trying to buy their CDs, and none were released. There was a 3-disc Italian import that cost a small fortune, but eventually ABBA Gold came out in the UK, followed by More ABBA Gold, followed by movies featuring ABBA songs, followed by a landslide of retro 70s stuff (like That 70s Show).<br /><br />People will find nostalgia in the mid-90s -- it's our nature. It's happening now. With Nirvana being inducted into the RNR Hall of Fame, the time is now. Of course, one of the problems is many of the trends that came into play in the mid-90s are STILL dominant cultural forces, which is a mistake that's been carried out for decades by a dying pop music industry. Namely hiphop, boy bands and former Mousketeer girl singers acting like sluts. It's a tired equation that became standard in the mid-90s. The difference being in the 70s and 80s, this stuff would last a few years then blow itself out, something would take its place. Not anymore!William S. Repsherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00133278490771240664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24372649.post-24952038841410891422014-04-15T08:23:25.643-04:002014-04-15T08:23:25.643-04:00It's unusual to think that "Where are the...It's unusual to think that "Where are they now?" segment is now as old today as the original film was when the new part was released. (Similar in my mind to how more time has passed since "Dazed and Confused", the archetypical 70s nostalgia piece was released than years passed between the '76 setting and when it came out in 1993. Yet, as someone who grew up at the time, I can't imagine someone making a a mid-90s flashback movie.)<br /><br />When I see it (and I watch the majority of the stuff on the DVD with a particular friend every time he visits, once a year or so), I always think to that line from "Where Are They Now?" from Kink's Preservation 1 "I wonder what become of all the Rockers and the Mods/I Hope they're making it and they've all got steady jobs". From all appearances, the kids who made it to the reunion, turned out fine, and I'm glad to see they grew out of their party days as much as a middle class kid who went to college would. Sure, a good deal of them went on to be "losers", undoubtedly, it says something like a social background or a scene isn't by any means a "trap". <br /><br />HMPL has always reminded me of the older kids and teenagers from the time when I was young. I was 5 in 1986, and I can still remember people looking like that, though I had no real interest in music or in a "social scene" of any sort. Since my background is pretty solidly working class, though, I wasn't totally detached from the vibe you get in that documentary. That said, I would wager that a large minority of the revelers were rich kids from the DC suburbs (where I lived briefly after college and hated it). The Reston crew were likely relatively affluent kids who were just going along with the trends of the time, though the one lady did seem to really like the music. Beatles Comment Guynoreply@blogger.com