I was listening to alternative rock stuff. Mostly Cake, Smashing Pumpkins, that kind of thing., I guess the vibe for my music choices were aesthetically outsider (we're alternative!) but actually pretty mainstream. Which sounds about right for me as a teen. And maybe now too? 😬
Oh, and I just checked, and 2000 was the year O Brother, Where Art Thou? came out, and I was just getting in to folk and bluegrass. i'd heard and liked some before, like when my dad would listen to Prairie Home Companion, but I didn't really know artist names or where to start, so the soundtrack game me some names to branch out with. And the "O Sister, Where Art Thou* CD with a bunch of female artists is still a favorite and also gave me some names to follow. Which is great, but also continues the theme of being aesthetically an outsider (cool because it's uncool, you know?) but actually pretty mainstream at the time. That was a popular movie and a popular soundtrack. So I guess I'm saying that I wanted to feel like a rebel, but without any risk.
I was listening to alternative rock stuff. Mostly Cake, Smashing Pumpkins, that kind of thing., I guess the vibe for my music choices were aesthetically outsider (we're alternative!) but actually pretty mainstream. Which sounds about right for me as a teen. And maybe now too? 😬
Oh, and I just checked, and 2000 was the year O Brother, Where Art Thou? came out, and I was just getting in to folk and bluegrass. i'd heard and liked some before, like when my dad would listen to Prairie Home Companion, but I didn't really know artist names or where to start, so the soundtrack game me some names to branch out with. And the "O Sister, Where Art Thou* CD with a bunch of female artists is still a favorite and also gave me some names to follow. Which is great, but also continues the theme of being aesthetically an outsider (cool because it's uncool, you know?) but actually pretty mainstream at the time. That was a popular movie and a popular soundtrack. So I guess I'm saying that I wanted to feel like a rebel, but without any risk.