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It was propinquity, or serendipity, or both. I grew up in a neighborhood adjacent to Columbia University and had neighbors who worked with those guys. They knew I liked weird music- one of them gave me a CD of 'Philomel' for Christmas when I was 15!
I was nerdy in the pre-internet age only in the sense that I listened to middling 60's and 70's bands like Paul Revere and the Raiders at age 9 or 10 instead of Green Day and Nirvana. Kind of parochial. Def not too cool :)
― Adoration of the Mogwai (Deflatormouse), Monday, 15 March 2021 14:55 (three years ago) link
i think one is ok, two is definitely frowned upon, but if you do it three or more times it becomes something that is categorically different and maybe even better
― Zach_TBD (Karl Malone), Monday, 15 March 2021 18:52 (three years ago) link
relate to people upthread who say OKC felt like a pivotal life moment. it's not like i hadn't heard amazing, ambitious music by that point. i was already a fan of the bends. but OKC came out at exactly the right point: literally the day i finished my GCSEs, just as Britpop's shiny naivete was starting to fade. it felt right
― Party With A Jagger Ban (dog latin), Monday, 15 March 2021 21:07 (three years ago) link