I could post an entry about how I saw Cuff the Duke on the weekend, but that would be disingenuous since I didn’t actually spy the lads with my own two eyes. I did indeed attend the event at the Horseshoe, but unfortunately only got an eyeful of ‘schwa-ville backpackers and one particularly obnoxious douche in a windbreaker mugging to his friends proudly about the amazing lofty perch he overtook despite the fact that he was tall enough to stand and not obstruct the view of about 40 people throughout the show. But I digress. The Torontoist had an apt review that summed things up quite nicely – meh-riffic. Not an exceptional show for regular Cuff fans and an odd un-symmetrical, poorly planned set list. Disappointing.
Even sadder is that Facebook is eating away what precious little free time I have left. After walking home from French class last night (WTF? I know, but it was so mild & crisp last night, I couldn’t resist the hike – despite the high heeled boots…the re-invigorated iPod goes a long way…Thanks to the brain-downtime spent half-heartedly watching the Oscars, I’ve got 3 new-to-me Pretenders albums, Kid Koala’s latest, Destroyer’s Rubies, Stones Throw Compilations…& many, many more I can’t remember…stocked & ready to go for gym & transit & zoning out) I returned home to find myself hunkered down in front of a computer for another couple hours trolling around for former H.S. classmates, co-workers & the like.
Why this fascination with connecting to old chums & e-chatting with current buds? Well, according to New York Magazine, it’s my i-g-g-g-g-generation….but I don’t know if I buy into that theory (loved the April article on the Grup phenomenon, didn’t hit quite so close to home…)…BoingBoing even touched on the collective G-Spots & led me to a bunch of Wikis on the subject of this not-quite-GenX-but-never-were-called-‘tweens’-posse.
As much as I loved reading through all the different definitions of the Silent Generation, the Boomerang Generation, the Gen-Z, Culture Wars Generation, etc, etc….in the end I give it about as much weight as star signs. Don’t you think that your tastes, values and attitudes are shaped more by your family, friends & hometown than what year you were born in? Even having older siblings probably skews’ your worldview – knowing about ‘cool’ music & movies sooner than the rest….or – from a York-U-perspective – wouldn’t having disposable income significantly increase your generational ‘buy-in’ potential? Aren’t there some cultural touchstones that reach across generations & link like-minded people??
Anywhoo, I’d like to see how the Facebook phenomenon takes off. I was getting overwhelmed w/ the MySpace clusterfritter, but still appreciate the access to videos (Sketchersons post their show’s vignettes online: here ) and streaming audio.
Sigh. Post Ahoy on your social media opinions & preferences….or write on my ‘wall’.
Peace
meegs
….shout out out out tickets are still available…what are you waiting for???
….CMW Showcase w/ We are Wolves, Besnard Lakes, Baby Eagle & more are almost sold out, though….you should really get on that.
