Re: [microsound] analog|digital or digilog?

[Ian Guthrie Yeager <iyeager@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Imo, Helmut Lachenmann does that kind of thing more
> engagingly.
> http://www.timescraper.de/ewre9801.html
> 
> Andrei
> 

Yeah, I love that piece Gran Torso for String Quartet....really dry,
scratchy textural stuff, a good headphone listen. 

On another note, I've been thinking recently about how the 90s and
00s (aka the naughties) are so wierdly schizoid, in that it seems like
there's a huge explosion in experimental form/techniques/musics
accompanied by a wierd sentimentality that takes the form of an obsession
with various things "retro." I mean, I notice this tendency in myself too.
I'm 24 right now, and it seems like people in their 20s and 30s (probably
a big chunk of us on this list) comprise the most sentimental generation
in a long time. 

"Oooh, look, a scooby-doo lunch box on the mantle!" 
"Hey, let's watch this the Man tape!"
"Wow, it's 'Safety Dance!'"

Why is this?