"After Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer Prize, the Washington Post blubbered that 'Kids aren’t starting garage bands' anymore, and 'Electric guitar sales are down 30 percent over the past decade!' Rock and Roll is not dead, former Rolling Stone writer Marc Weingarten declared, but it 'continues to lose traction with anyone under 40,' and 'it seems unmoored from its commitment to social engagement, especially among the young….' But to Carly Jordan and Carrie Courogen, both 26, rock and roll, particularly that music created three to five decades ago, still resonates. Their podcast, ’77 Music Club, is an homage to the music from roughly 1965 to 1985, with ’77 chosen as the name 'because 1977 is our favorite year in music history, period,' said Carly. I met them at former Television guitarist Richard Lloyd’s show at Bowery Electric, where they were singing along to the classic Television song, 'See No Evil', from Television’s debut album, 'Marquee Moon', often considered one of the greatest 'punk' albums of all time. ..."
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