Completely Conspicuous

Another installment of Driving With Kumar as I discuss the generation gap that exists in pop culture. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from Chelsea Light Moving, The XX, Blur and Mean Creek. Show notes: - Recorded on the way to WFNX Boston Accents farewell show in Allston - WFNX has been replaced by The Harbor, a "Variety Hits" station - FNX lasted 29 years - Driving through another torrential rainstorm - Generation gap in music fandom driven by a couple of NPR blog posts - Intern wrote about how she never pays for recorded music - Ignited industry debate, including a battle of blog posts between David Lowery and Dave Allen - Another post had an intern reviewing Public Enemy's It Takes a Nation of Millions... - Kid wasn't born when the album came out in 1988 - His love of hip-hop is defined by current artists like Drake - Couldn't relate to PE's intensity - I was struck by the lack of knowledge or interest in older music - Get off my lawn - As a kid, I was fascinated by music that came out