i hate to have one of these at all but my big "WE DRANK FROM THE HOSE" opinion is that people younger than millennials really can't imagine what coming of age in a time of media scarcity meant - like, I would read about records and movies and not actually be able to see them for YEARS
like, at one point I heard of "Rum, Sodomy and the Lash" by the Pogues, and I went to my local independent record store - ALREADY more than most people had - but there was some problem with their distributor so it took me six months and cost me $25 to listen to one relatively well known album
i have an essay coming out about some 80s remixes & told the story about how i'd sit up late listening to the 2 radio stations i could rely on playing it & for a second i could see the person i was talking to was confused as to why i had to do that. i couldn't buy every record I wanted to hear!
