R.E.M., Chronic Town, and the Uncanny Weirdness of Small Town Living
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Growing up in the 80s and early 90s in a small town 100 miles from the nearest city meant a kind of cultural isolation that would be shocking even to young people living in those same small towns today. Finding music that did not fit into the corporate monoculture of the 80s in a pre-internet world took a lot of work. Local radio would not help you, and until “Smells Like Teen Spirit” crashed the gates in late ‘91, MTV served up a big Aqua Net-ed plate of hair metal.
R.E.M., Chronic Town, and the Uncanny Weirdness of Small Town Living
R.E.M., Chronic Town, and the Uncanny…
R.E.M., Chronic Town, and the Uncanny Weirdness of Small Town Living
Growing up in the 80s and early 90s in a small town 100 miles from the nearest city meant a kind of cultural isolation that would be shocking even to young people living in those same small towns today. Finding music that did not fit into the corporate monoculture of the 80s in a pre-internet world took a lot of work. Local radio would not help you, and until “Smells Like Teen Spirit” crashed the gates in late ‘91, MTV served up a big Aqua Net-ed plate of hair metal.