The Automatik

Hurricane Katrina slammed into Louisiana and Mississippi seven months ago. Although the story of the storm and the aftermath is no longer on the daily national news radar, the people who lived in Louisiana and Mississippi are still struggling with the realities of its effects every single day. Although some areas have recovered, for a vast majority of the residents, very little has changed.
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Lately I’ve been listening to a lot of music from the 80s and, as I am wont to do, reflecting upon my formative years in that decade. I’ve also been thinking about a current trend that has reached back in time to transform those years.

It’s about access to pop culture.

I frequently marvel at the ability that people have now for accessing pop culture in a way that I never did in the 80s and even the early 90s, before the complete takeover of Internet life.
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