Seems like we rolled bigger stones back then

Despite its perennial popularity as a pretext for books about popular music, the Cod has very little patience for boomer-driven masturbatory nostalgia* for '68, or '77, or '83, or whatever.  That said, having taken a moment or two to whack Bloglines down to a manageable number of unread items, watching the Bruni vs. Ko reservations system unfold in all its three fold glory made me sad. Frank Bruni vs. Ko Reservations read like a Lester Bangs** vs. Lou Reed*** for the Oughts, and that made me sorry to be living in the Oughts.****

*I stone ganked this phrase from Ms. Kate Ledogar, who is even handier with a brush than a keyboard.
**Yes,  the guy  Philip Seymour Hoffman plays in Almost Famous.
***Yes, the guy from the scooter advertisements.
****If Chang translates Metal Machine Music into an actual restaurant concept, all is forgiven.

Comments

[Marco]

I just finished "Laurel Canyon". After the early 70's chapters, I started to Evelyn Wood my way through the remainder with mimimal recall.