wow.
Geek chic look is clean cut
. and it’s thoroughly depressing because it means i’m older than i’d like to believe.
apparently an
emo
is getting popular again and influencing the youngins:
“To understand emo (sometimes called “emocore”), the
music must come first. Emo is an arty outgrowth of hardcore punk.
It’s less macho and aggressive; the lyrics often address idealistic
experiences and impressions — frustration with hypocrisy (or bad
luck in love), an appreciation for beauty (as well as the absurd).
Emotion is OK. In fact, the emo ideal is authentic, deeply felt
emotion.While Rites of Spring is credited as the first emo band,
Washington, D.C.’s Fugazi played a bigger role in defining the
genre and being recognized in the media for their uncompromisingly
anti-commercial attitudes.”
so then, of course, it forced me to check out
just how long it’s been since i shuffled into the record [sic]
store and bought something witth a decidedly emo-ish band name
like, say,
embrace.
yeah, that’d be around 17 years ago. oof.