Good Lord, are we now old enough to be nostalgic?
At 37, I'm in prime GenX territory. 

john micek


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
To: "Stewart Mason" <craigtorso@verizon.net>; <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: 25 overrated thingies


> I'd chalk it up to Gen Xer nostalgia.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stewart Mason <craigtorso@verizon.net>
> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 0:53 am
> Subject: Re: 25 overrated thingies
> To: audities@smoe.org
> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Josh Chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com>
>> >> 25. Joy Division -  Would such a fuss have been made of  this 
>> band 
>> >> had the singer not tragically killed himself right at the start 
>> of 
>> >> their career?
>> >
>> > No.  Indeed not.
>> Then please explain the sustained mainstream success of the 
>> remaining 
>> 3/4s of the band, the only veterans of the late '70s UK post-punk 
>> scene still making commercially and critically successful albums 
>> as 
>> recently as two years ago.
>> 
>> S
>>