[contextly_auto_sidebar] IF you live long enough and write for a living, there's a pretty good chance you will end up "curating" -- to use the current term - your own youth. That's what happened to me when I tried recently to make sense of where "alternative" or indie rock was 20 years ago today. I see it as a cultural high point, and its making -- as well as unmaking -- remain fascinating … [Read more...]