pickRead in December, listened over audio. I really enjoyed it, especially the earlier music references. As a teen who spent many hours listening to my dad‘s old record collection from the 60-70s, I totally related to the feelings the author evoked. As a Gen Xer I didn‘t get some of the later music references because I don‘t listen to a lot of current music. I had my set preferences in college (grunge, punk) & now I have a preteen that listens to
ncsufoxes lots of Taylor Swift & Olivia Rodrigo. Although they have been exposed to a wide variety of music (except country & most pop music) 1d
Billypar I just started this one, but the print version: seems like a promising start. I'm always curious in music-centric fiction what kinds of references I'll see: usually 'deep cuts' are avoided in favor of more mainstream references. But besides the pop superstar level, I think the list of 'mainstream' artists that almost everyone knows is smaller than ever in the age of unlimited access via streaming and shorter attention spans! 1d
AmyG I love Olivia Rodrigo! 1d
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