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I'm not even being facetious that's kind of true in a real way the north of England never recovered from the Norman invasion the way the rest of the country did

in fact hasn't it been grim up north since essentially it was harried by William the Conqueror et al?

idk Rich I've heard it's grim up north

Always interesting to see these (justifiably) reverential outside takes on Chicago house, living here and it being such a part of the city's history, esp as its in a way that is fading a bit as Chicago continues to exemplify the national demographic trend of cities replacing lower-income POC...

hey yunno my bad Leo it was actually the most recent LP of Martin's later queercore band Limp Wrist, which makes more sense. For some reason in my head I was thinking it was Crudos. But there's definitely a tradition of crossover. A few years ago Theo Parrish played an afterparty deal at a big...

Also as I think I've mentioned before Chicago has a long running tradition of DJs playing between bands at hardcore shows. Not back the 80s/90s that I know, but a decade or more at least. There's significant crossover between key active people in diy hardcore and certain areas of dance music...

Waaaay before my time. I'm in my late 30s, so I was 7 or 8 when that place closed. Never heard of Medusa tbh. There was a similar, very longrunning (since late 70s I think) night called Neo - bit more narrowly focused on the dancy end of goth, postpunk, coldwave, etc I think - that a lot of...

Yeah that's also accurate. A looot of waiting. Really depends tho. Some trains are daily and you might know when it is each day. Sometimes it's a lot less clear. I spent my 19th birthday in a trainyard in San Antonio waiting. We hopped out of NOLA, train broke up in Lafayette LA, we went to a...

Yeah that looks like it might be good Lmao @ his answer to "who are the people in yr photographs", which rings very true. Stupid punk names do abound. I'll have to check it out. Seems like a guy if not inside then at least adjacent to the culture.

Yeah it suxx Dharma Bums is a bit better cos he's just being himself, i.e. a depressive drunk who writes about his more vital and interesting friends Not a big Kerouac fan Speaking of middle class kids choosing to reject normality, the Beats. Kerouac was a scholarship boy tbf, unlike most of...

@version I guess u deleted the post but no I never read Vollmann's book on riding trains. Maybe I should. I doubt it's very accurate. It's a hard culture to capture if you're not involved in it. Tho idk these days the kidz probably live Tweet everything (not that we didn't do plenty of stupid...

I have a lot of stories - hitchhiking too, and just that whole life - but over the years I've found myself thinking they're not that interesting in the scheme of things. One time maybe 12 or 13 years ago I was passing thru Albany and I wound up talking to this Burmese (Myanmarese? Idk what's...

There's a lot that could be said idk It's a tradition in the U.S. going back a long ways and crust punk etc types are just the most recent iteration, tho punks riding freight trains has been a thing since at least the early-mid 90s. The generation before that was like marginal types and I...

I guess you could say trainspotting is a weird hobby but most hobbies are weird if pursued enthusiastically enough and trainspotters are normal types outside that hobby, is what I mean

That's actually not true Railfans - what you all call trainspotters (whence "trainspotting" in the clocking a DJ's tunes sense) - are overwhelmingly white, middle-aged, dads/dad types, which is not surprising. It's in the same general realm as historical reenactment, another overwhelmingly...

It also makes me think of the wave of suburban ennui art around the turn of the millennium - American Beauty etc - and how badly it's aged the further we've gotten from the Clinton boom years

It's just like if you want to survive as a cool weird art person and you don't have rich/well-connected parents, it's like good fucking luck (esp if you're non-gender conforming, poc, have mental health issues, etc). Shit why tf else am I trying to become a programmer? Certainly not cos I find...

I'm not doubting that those people worked hard to earn what they have etc, tbc

Yeah I mean I'm not shedding too many tears for normies. Look at who you're describing. Affluent homeowners with good jobs in their late 20s or thereabouts. How many people do I know who would kill to be in a similar position, have that kind of security and stability. Not that it's impossible...

Idk @linebaugh I'd have to disagree that normie isn't pejorative, even if you replace ignorant with content It's basically the same as calling someone basic Or not quite the same but pretty close