"any GenXer that saw more than one “show” a week at a certain point in their lives counts. And if you know what a show is then you know.
On that note, we are all in culture shock nowadays because shows used to be cheap and plentiful. Ticket cost to income ratio seems to correlate to CEO to worker salary ratio."
Oh, man. As a Gen Xer who spent several formative years in Athens, GA, seeing one "show" a week minimum, the cost of this kind of entertainment may be the most profound future shock I have experienced.
Same here big time. I was in Detroit in the late 90s and early 2000s. Wasn't making a ton of money but had an apartment and saw shows all the time. Venues getting squeezed because of money and real estate BS, the music industry changing, people socializing less, etc... it all ruined a perfectly perfect low-budget party.
"any GenXer that saw more than one “show” a week at a certain point in their lives counts. And if you know what a show is then you know.
On that note, we are all in culture shock nowadays because shows used to be cheap and plentiful. Ticket cost to income ratio seems to correlate to CEO to worker salary ratio."
Oh, man. As a Gen Xer who spent several formative years in Athens, GA, seeing one "show" a week minimum, the cost of this kind of entertainment may be the most profound future shock I have experienced.
Same here big time. I was in Detroit in the late 90s and early 2000s. Wasn't making a ton of money but had an apartment and saw shows all the time. Venues getting squeezed because of money and real estate BS, the music industry changing, people socializing less, etc... it all ruined a perfectly perfect low-budget party.
We listened to Nirvana in Kurt’s lifetime.