The Argyle Sweater presents a surreal, hilarious (and sometimes punny) look at the world you think you know. Armed with a willingness to explore every edge of the surreal, Scott Hilburn’s creation presents his sharply unique take on history, everyday life and the truly absurd.
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Seiko said, 5 months ago
Far out!
Not!
margueritem
said, 5 months ago
Pretty true to life.
Bilan said, 5 months ago
They would rather see The Troggs.
Rockngolfer said, 5 months ago
@Bilan
You win ten internets.
JohnnyDiego said, 5 months ago
@Bilan
Ahh…
You’ve made my heart sing.
emptc12 said, 5 months ago
These days, I often see cartoons with this theme. Having kept a journal around 40 years ago, I looked into it and found I wrote that the Rolling Stones would probably still be a favorite among the then-current generation when they were old; that Grandma “Sunshine-Mandala” and Grandpa “Windsong” would be humming “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction” while in rocking chairs.
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We sneered at Lawrence Welk , and The 1001 Strings – but maybe the current generation looks at The Stones and The Beatles the same way. Sometime in the future, most likely, Lady Ga Ga will be hawking her “Greatest Hits” on 3D TV, as will Eminem, 50-Cent, and any gangsta rappers that survived assassination.
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And by the way, people in their sixties and seventies (married as well as single) are pretty frisky these days – what with Viagra and other chemicals. Venereal disease has been rising among seniors for some time. What the heck, they got the time and the money. Why should Youth be wasted on the young?
unicornstar said, 5 months ago
@emptc12
Too right you should have seen my 63 year mother jiving with my dad on his 65th birthday to"This Could Be The Last Time" They were the best dancers there and so much better than my generation or their grandchildren’s generation.
TheIrishInquisition said, 5 months ago
@emptc12
“Lady Gaga” and rappers will never reach the level of admiration, respect and appreciation that bands like the Rolling Stones and the Beatles enjoy. They’re simply not as talented. I’m 15, and the music I enjoy the most is all from the ‘60s, ’70s and ’80s. There’s some good music generated today, but the mainstream stuff isn’t worth listening to.
Fourcrows said, 5 months ago
@emptc12
I was listening to the Ramones at work not too long ago, and one of the twenty something interns said “aren’t you a little old to be listening to that kind of music?” I looked at her and informed her that I was 3 when their first album came out, and that most of the band has been dead for at least a decade. Then I felt old…
JohnnyDiego said, 5 months ago
@emptc12
In 1970 my new wife and I visited my Uncle in La Jolla, California.
He showed me his record room which included nearly a wall full of 78 rpm jazz records from the 30s, 40s, and 50s. Since I was, at the time, a musician, we began discussing popular music. My Uncle pulled out “Cherokee” by Charlie Barnet, circa. 1939, played it, and said, "This is a record that people will still be listening to 30 years from now, long after they’ve forgotten “Satisfaction.”
“Charlie who?” you might say.
prrdh said, 5 months ago
@TheIrishInquisition
I’m 65, so I think I can speak with some authority when I say that Sturgeon’s Revelation was just as true in those earlier generations as now.
As for Lady Gaga, I admit I thought she was all style and no substance until I saw her do a duet with Tony Bennett on TV a couple months ago. Lord, the pipes on that woman! “Not as talented” in a pig’s eye. I once heard Mary Travers from about twenty feet away in the mid-70s, and as exquisite as her voice was, Lady Gaga’s is in the same league.
BTW, given the economics and technology of the music industry today, WTF is “mainstream”?
finale said, 5 months ago
“Gimme Shelter” will be the morning wakeup song in the Home. I’ve already heard “Rock around the clock” in the physical therapy room where my great uncle is rehabbing after a stroke.
packratjohn said, 5 months ago
Haven’t seen the boys in a few years; “Bridges to Babylon” tour in BC in 98.
I think I’ll wait for the “Steel Wheelchairs” Tour.
hippogriff said, 5 months ago
TheIrishInquisition: The “old days” seem better music because the lousy stuff is forgotten. Classics are that way, whether J S Bach or Beatles.
Gwen said, 5 months ago
@prrdh
The hell of it is… there are plenty of great, talented artists out there that we will just never hear because of the money that drives the music industry and it always was and will be that way. Look at what Motzart went through during his life. It wasn’t ’til years later that he was known for his musical advancements.