I'll get another chance for a reality check at RMAF in two weeks.

One fairly wild exception - Rick Rubin spent quite a while in the Audio Note room this past CES. While he is, indeed, a middle aged white guy, he has produced the Beastie Boys, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Diamond and System of a Down, as well as some rap & hip hop artists (?) There's a weird and wonderful mix for ya!

I think maybe it's the same for most middle age white guys interested in this stuff - the reason that it seems dominated by middle aged white guys is that when we were kids we didn't have the resources to play but once we got to a certain stage in life we got to blow some of the cash we would have blown as kids if we'd had it.

I bet most of us are still mentally 17 year-olds who now have the chance to be really stupid with our money - a lot of pent-up frustration being unleashed.

At home digging out - getting there. Internet back up today.

As far as too old goes, think Grandma Moses; you just have to get inventive in your "golden years".

I've seen most of the history of punk films but not
The Decline of Western Civilation by
Penelope Spheeris. I think she did a followup to
that as well.

In retrospect, Repo Man is overrated, Tank Girl is
underrated.

Rhino just released a new boxed set of The Ramones.