http://www.mbvmusic.com/2008/12/22/how-i-spent-the-better-part-of-my-morning/3857 Music Blogovision Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:11:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.mbvmusic.com/2008/12/22/how-i-spent-the-better-part-of-my-morning/3857/comment-page-1#comment-181 Ryan Catbird Mon, 22 Dec 2008 18:06:44 +0000 http://www.mbvmusic.com/?p=3857#comment-181 As I think about these past few years' migration of "indie" from "guitar music" to "dance party music," I start to wonder about how "indie" fans will age. I mean, is it sadder to be 48-year-old rock guy, wearing a threadbare vintage band t-shirt, standing in the back of the rock show, nodding your greying head to the guitars-- or is it sadder to be the 48-year-old, slightly-balding guy, squeezed into dayglo American Apparel spandex, pressed in amongst a throng of sweaty 19-year olds, all huddled around a guy with a laptop? As I think about these past few years’ migration of “indie” from “guitar music” to “dance party music,” I start to wonder about how “indie” fans will age. I mean, is it sadder to be 48-year-old rock guy, wearing a threadbare vintage band t-shirt, standing in the back of the rock show, nodding your greying head to the guitars– or is it sadder to be the 48-year-old, slightly-balding guy, squeezed into dayglo American Apparel spandex, pressed in amongst a throng of sweaty 19-year olds, all huddled around a guy with a laptop?

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