In Defense of Loud Music
It's fitting that in our youth, the pinnacle of our naive disregard, when we threw caution to the wind like toilet paper up a tree, in frenzied rebellion, hormones raging, chemicals pumping and discontented that we first found music. Young people gravitate to music like snakes to a flute. With our meager funds we commit to buying all manner of melody and sound, attending live shows and singing and dancing in spirited gaiety . I will never forget driving with friends on summer days(maybe one of us knew where we were going but it didn't matter), windows down, with my head out the window--adding to the exhilaration, singing and laughing, playing air guitar in unison as the chorus hit....bliss. But then as we get older, mostly in deference to our blown out ear drums, we turn it down and begin to comply with societal norms. We change the dial to something less edgy and more public radio-y, highlighted by "driveway moments" from an informing news story that compels us to li...