Hey, it's Alan, and I just wanted to let you know that you can now listen to the ongoing

history of new music early and ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.

I want you to take a look in your closet.

Are you the kind of person who won't throw out anything because you're positive, you're sure

it's going to come back into style one day?

Uh, I am.

Long after this stuff has ceased sparking joy, for whatever reason, it's still hanging in my closet.

I have these sport coats and suits that I paid good money for.

And even though I haven't worn them for years, I can't bring myself to throw them out.

Yeah, they look a little dated, but one day, maybe.

You know, hope it springs eternal.

None of them are going to fit, but, you know, that's besides the point.

For support, I look at my vinyl collection.

There was a time when vinyl was considered nothing more than toxic landfill. The future is all digital, we were told. Free yourself from all those bulky, dusty, crackly vinyl records. Throw them out! Throw them away! Well, for some reason, I didn't fall for that. I kept my vinyl. And now that the format has been revived, I look like some kind of genius.

Bottom line, though, is that even though many things in this universe come in cycles, we're not

always sure when something old will become new again. At some point, you know, it seems that

everybody enjoys some kind of a comeback, maybe a resurrection, a reestablishment, a reintroduction.

But you can never rush these things, especially when it comes to music.

Something has to happen where a significant number of people in different areas simultaneously come to the conclusion that it is definitely

time to revisit some older music and to put a modern shine on it.

This is what happened with Garage Rock at the very end of the 1990s in the early 2000s.

After laying low for a couple of decades, it roared back so strong

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