Nostalgia Weekend
10. March 2007 – 15:07 byI think I have never mentioned here that I was listening to Hardcore Punk almost exclusively for about 10 years, from the mid-1980’s to 1995. Well, in the early 1990’s I was also listening to other music as well but Hardcore Punk was still dominant.
Those 10 years had been really educational, learning a lot of things about politics, animal rights, gender politics, alternative ways of living, and even straight edge. Though in later years I felt alienated a lot. Music and lyrics had become dull and repetitive; gigs seemed to be clichéd gatherings of we-know-it-all-we-are-the-best people. Also my way of living had changed and I couldn’t relate to it anymore. It seemed I had become a person I used to despise just a few years before: 9-5 job, money, middle class. So those years had also been years of disappointment, failure, and lost “friends”.
Though in recent months I have bought some albums which were either stolen at parties or I had sold many years ago (I didn’t sell all though, maybe 350-400 records). The power and energy of the music has grabbed my attention again and it brings back mostly good memories.
Yesterday I have got some new CD’s from Flight 13 mailorder; check them out if you’re into the music. Anyway I haven’t stopped listenig to music since. Oh yeah, I have been sleeping for six hours but apart from that I have not accomplished much. So it’s officially nostalgia weekend here at Not So Relevant HQ.
Quite emo, eh? Well, Rites of Spring are on the stereo now. 
2 Responses to “Nostalgia Weekend”
Rites of Spring? is that old pre-Fugazi crew?
By Statto on Mar 14, 2007
Yes, kind of. Both Guy Picciotto and Brendan Canty have been in Rites of Spring. It’s the typical DC incest thingy.
By Carsten Pötter on Mar 14, 2007