Which meant it was the first time I got to listen to music that only I could hear (a monumental experience for a young teen in a conservative christian family). This also coincided with the emergence of CD burning. As a result, I had so many new artists and genres of music that I could dive into and immerse myself within - it was a beautiful time.
A few of the heavy hitters that come to mind are: dashboard confessional, guster, the rocket summer, death cab for cutie, weezer, and phantom planet.
Feb 27, 2024
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As a kid I was already into music in a way, but nothing felt like it was my own taste. My parents gave me a love for pre-1980s rock— Beatles, Stones, Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, ect.
For my 13th(?) birthday my older sister gave me three CDs that I burned onto my iPod. They were:
The Suburbs — Arcade Fire
Oracular Spectacular — MGMT
Vampire Weekend— Vampire Weekend
Life changing in a way
May 3, 2024
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I remember working my first job at an ice cream shop and hearing Minus the Bear for the first time on a mix cd my coworker made. I knew I loved it immediately, and they felt so unique. Experiences don’t hit like that for me anymore. I still love music, but my experience with it is so different now. I blame my brain fully forming 🧠
Feb 21, 2025
i recently bought Lordes ‘Pure Heroine’ on cd and forgot how much i love the album. i was driving and watching the sky and pretending it was 2015 again, i had tumblr, wattpad, damaging my eyes by reading from a blue screen far too late while under blankets. i was reminded of being sad in a different way at a different age.
Jan 13, 2025
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I don't know how well this actually answers your initial question, I think it's more of a counterpoint to some of the stuff people have already said, but here it goes.
In the past (prior to social media or search engines) specific styles, specialized knowledge, and niche awareness actually took effort. You had to go out into the world and find a scene, be accepted, participate in it, contribute to it, and learn from others with specific knowledge within the specific sub- or counter-cultural scene. It took time, effort, and experience to craft an identity. Nowadays people cycle through various identities and trends like commodities because it takes no effort (they're sold to them by social media algorithms, influencers, brand accounts, etc.). It comes to you in your phone without you ever even having to leave the house or put in the time to discover it or participate in it (you just follow specific people or subscribe). You can be a passive observer or consumer, not an active contributor. As a result, you're not invested or tied down and committed to that core identity. You can cosplay depending on your mood or who you want to momentarily convey yourself as, because it's easy. Essentially, being a poser has become normalized. An identity is now something to be momentarily consumed and affected, rather than grown, built, and developed over time.
Granted, it's always been different in regards to "mass" culture and popular trends (both in the past and now). Those are impossible to miss and were always monopolized by specific trend setting institutions, but always by the time it gets to that point, the actual initial counter- or sub-culture that inspired it has already been coopted and has started to disintegrate under the weight and attention of mass consumption.
Feb 18, 2024
It's an action deserving of its own nickname. My cat's name is Gomez, but when he crosses his paws like this, he turns into Hodgkins Plumpersocks.
Feb 2, 2024
Please enjoy my attempt(s) to fill the void.
title: "pet; owner"
medium: hair
Jan 30, 2024