Schöner Artikel: Bring that beat back: why are people in their 30s giving up on music? | The Guardian (Aug 22) von Daniel Dylan Wray
The capacity to be amazed, overwhelmed or sucker-punched by music remains a constant presence and ecstatic joy in my life. It’s something I’ve experienced a million times but when it hits it still feels new.
The sheer volume of culture makes it easy to feel as though we are trapped within a huge content-spewing factory working harder than ever to keep up with the production line. Stepping away from that madness makes sense.
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Dirty, dirty feet from the concert in the grass / I wanted to believe that freedom there could last (Willy Mason)