I’m over at eMusic Magazine again — check out my Q&A with Dan Zanes. This is the piece I mentioned last week that practically wrote itself. Here’s one of my favorite quotes from him, in response to a question about so-called hipster parents:
I know hipsters and I know parents, but sooner or later you’re out there
changing a diaper on a park bench, and how hip are you then? Parenting is such a
great equalizer. I had so much invested in being hip when I was in my twenties,
and when I became a parent, it was such a big relief not to have to think much
about that anymore. The thing about being a hipster is that it means there are
people who aren’t hip. When some people are hip, and others aren’t, it limits
the possibilities for true community… I think some people are attaching a little
more to it than is really there.
What a brilliant guy.
PS – In case you missed it, here’s my interview with Zanes from last November. Dan Zanes and I? We go way back…
June 1, 2007 at 1:48 pm
I have plenty of friends who are pretty cool people, and they like the Wiggles. And I’m all right with that.
From Dan’s lips to God’s ears…
June 1, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Wonderful interview! Congrats…
June 1, 2007 at 8:33 pm
Fortunately I was too old to be a Hipster when I should have been – now senility saves me from the whole issue.
Cheers
June 2, 2007 at 12:41 am
I fear the fact that I get chills over everything I read of his.
You did a wonderful interview, Amy. Thanks for asking real questions and not just rehashing the talking points.
He’s right that we’re a bi-(i’d argue multi-) lingual country, whether we acknowledge that formally or not. It’s cool that he’s embracing that and working to serve more communities than just his own inner circle. That he moves his circles outward. That he works at being inclusive. Community. And he lives it, not just speaks it.
I find Dan Zanes to be a really admirable man. Him and Mr. Rogers.