More potential bad news for some big names...

Comparing my generation growing up in the late 60’s -the mid 80’s to my grandkids generation is all you have to look at. In our day, music was king. Getting together with friends was king and you used music as a necessity. Good Lord, we revolved around music and music systems. On every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday night... every bar in town had incredible live music @ packed clubs. Shipped bands in from multiple States. After the bars closed these home systems was used for groups of music lovers. Sometimes well into the mornings! Why would current kids want a nice system? They don’t do "groups". Most are semi loners. At least comparing to the peace, love and rock and roll that we grew up with. On any given weekend my apartment would have several unknown to me rockers showing up to hear my kick ass system. And this was common. Back then, ALL the youngsters strived to have the best system in town. That just don’t happen anymore. Instead, they do earbuds and play with their phones.

msbel
Fully understand. The difference is obvious. The shrinking dollar. Kids nowadays must choose their preferences. Let’s back up to 1974. In the 1960-80’s (my generations) we could, and did, just about anything we wanted. We didnt have to choose one or the other. Plus, most of us had hot rod cars. Continual concerts, sky diving, white water rafting, Nascar races. Whatever was your desire. During those decades I worked at what most considered one of the crappy’est jobs in town. Just an entry level maintenance man at a really crappy factory. On those 7 dollars an hour wages I had my own nice all utilities paid apartment. 90 dollars a month. My car payment, which was a three-year loan (on a 2-year-old fully loaded 1973 Corvette) was 143 dollar a month. Health coverage was never an issue, as my union at work supplied health insurance and life insurance as part of your union dues. Every Wednesday, Friday and Saturday nights we partied till sunrise which took a fair amount of pocket change. But there was money left over for those kick ass stereo systems so you could drag the entire bar back to your house at closing time. Modern kids don’t have much of a chance. Hell, they can’t afford the hot rod, let alone anything else. The income to wealth gap has risen to where only the wealthy can live like we did "back in the day". Its sad. I was so lucky to be born a boomer...

msbel
Quite a story. And interesting. Thanks 
Until 2017 when I retired, I spent weekends inside a NHRA Super Stock'er. 25 years' worth of chasing Wallys. I won't contaminate the thread with a bunch of car talk... but take a ride with me. 

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYMv_JXPzI