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  • Right out of school I got a job working in a shitty retail store where we would prank each other. For some reason there was a smoke detector still in the box that had a dying battery and chipped every few minutes. I would hide it in other worker’s aisles in the morning when we would straighten before opening. Fun times







  • Hikermick@lemmy.worldtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldOk, boomer
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    14 days ago

    IMO a big factor is that the production quality of music (as well as movies and TV) hit a point where it no longer sounds or looks as dated. Digital remastering cleans up any flaws, now the only tip off to the age is content.

    Yeah I’m hip to the schmaltzy tunes of the 70’s, I’m a big fan. Looking at you BJ Thomas.

    I’m sure there is good rock going on now, it’s just not making it into the mainstream. I’m a product of 80’s punk rock. It never got mainstream attention but it did spawn acts that did in the 90’s.


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    They have it backwards. Young people think old people had it easy. This is their justification for not trying. Truth is every generation has it’s challenges. Rather than turn to social media for validation, look for information. There’s no one-size-fits-all solution for everyone but if you’re facing a challenge, someone before you faced the same. Don’t listen to those who tell you not to try. Listen to folks who succeeded, what worked, what didn’t.

    PS The only derogatory I can say about the young generation as a whole is, where the fuck is your rock and roll? You’re listening to your grandparent’s music. Lame.



  • I first started listening to AM radio in the late 80’ s when I got a delivery job in a large urban city. At that time it was all local programing and they talked about local issues. That changed within a couple years when Rush Limbaugh went national. At first his show was very musical, nobody would confuse him with actual news. That changed when Bill Clinton was elected. Eventually almost all of the local guys were gone. It was cheaper than having to hire talent, an engineer, producer. They followed a business model started by Howard Stern. Instead of paying for programing these shows were given advertising time. Thats why you can find the conservative shows on multiple radio stations even in remote rural areas. It’s cheap. Sports stations could use these programs for filler in-between games.