Post-Hippie Domesticity

O HEY MOM AND DAD

i didnt know this was an unexamined phenomenon? it basically describes 95% of the (white, middle-class) people between 40 and 60 in princeton where i grew up.

incl. my folks. my dad is a creative director and even HAS A BEARD. and my mom works for a non-profit.

my dad totally looked like michael gross/squid and the whale jeff daniels in the '80s. i have pictures to prove it.

It isn't just domesticity, it is entwined with ideas about land, about the countryside - the hippie (late 60s) phase of this generation coinciding with (still) an urban decade, concerns of personal freedom, rebellion, sticking it to the man etc, but the post-hippie phase really coinciding with a move away from that, coinciding with economic uncertainty, and environmental worry - which could really tie in with ideas about getting away from the city, living the simple life

I guess the children of these parents coincided with a period where environmental concerns were pushed back into the background, the cyclical nature of things.

the comment abt beards/forests and hippie masculinity is genius. plz note I have never bearded or stached.

well not counting the invisible blond/fuzz mustaches my friend matt and I grew in high school

I kind of thought this was old news/taken for granted by now (even the blog post is from 2005).

Maybe with hindsight we can see that post-hippie domesticity is far less surprising when you consider that for every full-fledged hippie or raging 60s radical (which are not the same thing), there were probably 50-100 people on the periphery of those cultures who incorporated some of the ideas but never really imagined they were forging an alternative to traditional adulthood (or never more than vaguely entertained the idea). My parents certainly looked like they were of their time, read some of the right books and incorporated some of the popular ideas, but I don't think they ever seriously thought they wouldn't settle down, have kids, take out a mortgage, etc.

What about those Will Ferrell and Ratchel Dratch professor characters that always say the word "luvah" in some kind of weird Kate Hepburn accent, where do they fit in? (Sorry, couldn't find an image)

Also, maybe when Elvis made that comment about "bands like the Beatles and the Beards" he was onto something.

Oh man, my mom totally makes fun of me for listening to the Incredible String Band. Is that part of the vibe?

This weekend I was glowing because I found a copy of The Big Huge that looked like it had never been played. My mom was all "Yeah, that's because it probably used to be mine."

PWNED by mom.

the linked post is virtually contentless

tracer 8080, someone please draft legislation requiring mandatory blogging licenses

Compared to the post gabb linked on the worldbeat indie renaissance thread, it's a font of insight

( http://internetvibes.blogspot.com/2006/02/prep-osterous.html )

tracer is not feeling the vibe

I'm feeling that this kid has a lot to say about nothing

okay now i see (feel)

my dad was a mod in the 60s, so when everybody started cutting their hair and ditching the flares in the 80s he was like "about fucken time, fellas!"

Aw that last Whole Earth catalog pic is so sad. : (
Bye whole earth! Pouring 96 tears and a 40 for you, man.

i just think this is some of the most awesomely circular thinking ever:

Have you ever met a total middle-aged hippie? Still driving the VW bus, still wearing tie-dye, probably doesn't have any kids, never got a "real" job. Try to imagine one...

Now imagine the most tight-ass, corporate dad you've ever met. He wouldn't even wear sandals on the weekends. He's kind of racist. He listens to CD 101.9 and may not know who Jerry Garcia is.

OK, now imagine the adult/parent in between these two extremes: it's most of them!

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/856/1336/400/bellcurve.png

and yes he includes the graph.

That damn bell curve! It explains so much, yet so little.

why don't indie girls protest loss of womanhood? or is simon reynolds's sack story a myth?

my dad was a mod in the 60s, so when everybody started cutting their hair and ditching the flares in the 80s he was like "about fucken time, fellas!"

-- pc user, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 00:03 (3 hours ago) Link

I love the image of your dad yelling this as a 43-year-old mod