05/30/2026
Not my normal outdoorsy related content, but I have been feeling nostalgic lately.
Perhaps it is because I see my sons and students playing hackey sack while a bunch of them are wearing the box store reprints of Nirvana and Sublime T shirts not know a dang thing about the bands. But that’s ok. I am seeing something come full circle.
Some kids are messing with tech and screens a bit less and listening to music that created a generation of people (like myself) who developed a sense of tough independence.
So here I am, digging out my old CD’s, tapes, VHS’s, and DVD’s and starting to build a 90’s era basement. A place where there will be less screens and a lot more of a cultural environment where perhaps a much needed reconnection to oneself and each other can take place.
I finally came across a holy grail of a find on Marketplace today. I picked up this fully functioning Aiwa stereo with a 3 disc changer and double tape deck, all in perfect working order. Just what I was looking for to be the center piece of my 90’s basement. I am so glad I saved all of my original cd’s and burned ones too!
I can’t tell you why I grabbed this cd tonight. It was probably the album cover art. I enjoyed comic books as a kid, and this one feels like a comic to me. I would listen to this album straight through and didn’t really connect some the comedic references it contained as a kid. All I know is, if I were a parent and heard this blasting from my kid’s bedroom, I’d be wondering what the hell is wrong with him 🤣.
And if you are familiar with Green Jello…my cd is a rare original copy before they changed their name to Green Jelly by the way…I can only imagine what you were like in school. We probably would have gotten along very well and drove teachers nuts.
And here I am…wrapping up 21 years of teaching…funny how life works.
Did you listen to this stuff?
