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As far as rock music is concerned, the possibilities of any substantial growth or any progression in the ideas behind the music are slim to none. As a result, all the music I've heard in the past couple of years can only be described as tedious: trying to flush out every last idea that got it's beginnings twenty-thirty years ago. These days, the underground has this deconstructionalist attitude, which I'm not condemming, but I wonder if there is anything left to really deconstruct. It just seems that rock music has come to a standstill ideologically and as a result, it has become much less interesting. Granted, there are bands out there doing interesting things and modern bands that I really like, but all in all I think most things coming out nowadays are pretty boring. Comparatively, the 60s and 70s produced more interesting music because the artists during that time were actually pioneering new territory and were having to do it in a way that forced it to be somewhat accessible. As a result, you get records like Frank Zappa's We're Only it For the Money, which is faaar more interesting than anything that has come out this year.
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