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A Resurrection of a Revolution (Again)<\/h3>\n
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by Carl Knauf<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something in the, something in the way you were.\u201d<\/em>
\n-The Union Underground, \u201cRevolution Man\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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I was in an airport restaurant waiting out a sizable layover, inhaling a giant burger which probably wasn\u2019t the best meal choice before becoming scrunched in an uncomfortable middle seat for two-plus hours. A family of four dined at the table next to me, and I took notice to the preteen girl on her phone\u2014not in that way, creep. With disinterest, she sported a Green Day \u201cDookie\u201d shirt, a black bandanna with printed red roses, and some Chucks on full display resting on the seat and not the ground.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s no secret that the \u201990s are back. Television and movie reboots, showy merchandising and horrible fashion have consumed the trendy public. The latter is something I\u2019m having trouble grasping; \u201990s fashion wasn\u2019t necessarily a trend, but rather a statement of carelessness. Work boots were scuffed, but not from labor, jeans were baggy and ripped and not purchased as such, shirts were stretched and tattered, and flannel was considered all-season attire. Showering was optional, hair was mangy and long and being on time and tidy were mere suggestions. It was gross, yet people desperately attempt to recreate the look in the modern era.<\/p>\n

Trends are trends so there will always be a validation of why a certain era repeats itself, but living in the \u201990s, and being just old enough to process the aura of the time, I believe it\u2019s not necessarily a decade that people should purposely emulate. Why do you want to look homeless and act depressed? Those are two real issues people deal with.<\/p>\n

Queue the music scene. Grunge music had a certain influence on the minds of young adults, and though I still love the style today, it truly shaped a confused generation. The obsession with self-loathing created a flock of unmotivated troubled youths and it was fantastic in a bittersweet way, but also something that should have stayed in the decade. I was a preteen when Kurt Cobain died and I had a Nirvana poster; I wasn\u2019t a preteen wearing a shirt of an album that was made years before I was even a thought or unplanned accident in my parents\u2019 minds. It\u2019s okay to expand your musical horizons, but don\u2019t lay claim to a scene you weren\u2019t even alive during, or too young to even process. I love the \u201960s, \u201970s and \u201980s, but the \u201990s and \u201900s are what I relate to and support like one of my disappointing sports franchises. Maybe I\u2019m just bitter because I\u2019m beginning to experience what past generations have.<\/p>\n

Old person phrase in three, two, one: \u201cKids these days just don\u2019t get it!\u201d<\/p>\n

This is how all generations act though: we grasp onto things from the past because they\u2019re still relevant and always will be\u2014especially music. I personally believe that attitude derived from music repeats itself every three decades. Let\u2019s assess (keep in mind that all decades and generations had a little of everything so don\u2019t get all fussy; it\u2019s just that some styles were a little more dominant depending on the listener):<\/p>\n