Reply #45: gah [View All]

I haven't watched broadcast TV primetime in about 4 months. I haven't listened to MTV, VH1, or top 40 radio for at least a year. The last "mainstream" film I saw was "Punch Drunk Love," and that's even considered "indy."

(onto the point)

I've pretty much stopped caring about all American pop culture. Last week my cd player died on a 200 mile roadtrip. I've gotten used to listening to Rob Dougan, Craig Armstrong, the Kronos Quartet and other similar artists. Strings, orchestra, soothing. Due to bordem of a long road trip I turned on the radio to cease the silence. Some guy named "50 Cents" was attempting to do...something...I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually music. More like talking in artistically vacuous lyrical ryhme to a horrible drum loop. I swear it literally gave me a headache, I had to pull over and get some Motrin. And from what I'm told by some, this dude is one of the best pop culture has to offer. Yikes. Why the hell doesn't my generation have a John Lennon?

It is tough to be a twenty year old in this country and not know what the hell everyone else is talking about with the "American Idol" thing. The only thing I remember is that some guy named after a sandwich won.