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Ongoing History of New Music

Where Are They Now? Part 4

Ongoing History of New Music

Curiouscast

Music History, History, Music, Music Interviews, Music Commentary

4.8 • 604 Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

At some point, you may end up being invited to your high school reunion—and you’re probably going to go because you wanna see what happened to all those people… Where’s the jock that made your life miserable?...the girl or the guy who snubbed you for that date and broke your heart…the shy, nerdy guy who was really smart…who did well?...who got what was coming to them… But—oh, wait: people at the reunion are going to be thinking the same about you…how’s your hair and your waistline and your complexion?...dammit!...what am I gonna wear?...what am I gonna say to these people?...and so the anxiety sets in… But you’ll still end up going…why?...because we’ve all got the “where-are-they-now” gene…it’s only natural to be curious about the whereabouts of people we were close to (or at least in close proximity to) during an important time in our lives… Connecting people this way was one of the first projects for the internet…classmates.com went online way back in 1995…its sole purpose was the find anyone you might have gone to school with from kindergarten to university… This was also the purpose of a site called “Friendster” back in 2002…then came MySpace in 2003…anyone remember “hi 5?”...it showed up in 2004…then finally, Facebook in 2005… You know what we need?...a site that links together all the artists and musicians we once knew—a proper one-stop-shop where-are-they-now resource for music… As far as I can tell, such a site doesn’t exist so we have to piece together things ourselves….so let’s try to do that again…this is another look at lost Canadian alt-rock bands of the 90s and beyond… Damn…would someone get on that idea?...it would make doing a show like this a lot easier… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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

0:04.3

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

0:09.4

You may end up being invited to your high school reunion, and you're probably going to go

0:14.6

because, well, you want to see what happened to all those people.

0:18.5

Where's that jock that made your life miserable?

0:20.8

The girl or the

0:21.7

guy who snubbed you for that date and broke your heart. The shy, nerdy guy who was really smart,

0:27.7

who did well, who got what was coming to them. But, oh wait, people at the reunion are going to be

0:34.4

thinking the same about you. How's your hair? How's your waistline?

0:38.6

How's your complexion? Damn it. What am I going to wear? What am I going to say to these people?

0:43.8

And so the anxiety sets in. But, you know, you'll still end up going because you've got the,

0:50.2

where are they now, Gene. It's only natural to be curious about the whereabouts of people we

0:54.6

were close to, or at least in close proximity to, during an important time in our lives.

1:00.2

Connecting people this way was one of the first projects for the internet. Classmates.com went

1:04.9

online way back in 1995, and its sole purpose was to find anyone you might have gone to school

1:10.5

with from kindergarten

1:11.5

to university. This was also the purpose of a site called Friendster back in 2002. Then came MySpace in

1:18.5

2003. Anybody remember High Five? Yeah, that showed up in 2004. And then finally, Facebook came along in

1:26.2

2005 and killed everything. You know what we need?

1:29.7

We need a site that links together all the artists and musicians we once knew. A proper one-stop

1:35.6

shop, where are they now resource for music? But as far as I can tell, such a site doesn't exist.

1:42.9

So we have to piece together things ourselves.

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