A Hearty Welcome
Without a doubt, this blog is a work of passion, a fruition of long-lasting interests. Counterculture has always been a part of my life, whether through the music I was raised on, a series of particular interests and obsessions (I can especially cite a longstanding fascination with hippies from early on), or just the general sense of "otherness" I felt growing up, never quite fitting in. Either way, I've always been passionate about various cultures, music, and the combination of the two. The idea of communities forming around similar interests in genres, literature, and ideas captivated me, and for a long time, I've considered myself part of that counterculture world. So this project, a culmination of my passions, was inevitable. Fast-forward to my last year of music school, during which I found myself faced with the question of my senior project. A teacher encouraged me to put my interests to use and do a continuation of a presentation - a PowerPoint outlining the...