Music and work dominate the highlights today.  The godfather of punk and an extensive discussion on Grunge come at art from several angles.  Gen Z enters congress, and we can start planning to work longer as retirement moves the goalposts.  At the halfway point of the week, keep on grinding.

Iggy Pop and The Stooges are Punk Rock royalty, a term they would punch you in the face if you said it near them.  If you start counting back all the bands that include the influences of The Clash, The Ramones, and The Sex Pistols, without The Stooges, the scene would have looked very different.  The Cult's Billy Duffy, Bernard Sumner from New Order, and Billy Idol said The Sex Pistols set the stage for Punk Rock and the raw sound it allowed them to build on.  That natural sound, The Sex Pistols, was born in Detroit with The Stooges.

Robert Dean writes for Consequence and says Raw Power, The Stooge's third and final album, is the blueprint for Punk Rock.  Instead of punk rock royalty, early Stooges were the angels of chaos and fury.  Listen to Raw Power and decide for yourself.

Freshman Congressman Maxwell Alejandro Frost representing the residents of Florida’s 10th congressional district, is also a musician.  Frost has made independent artists one of his top priorities while he serves in congress.  Frost celebrated his election by going to see 1975 in concert; that's enough for us to vote for him!  Frost is coming into a tough job with strong legs and music in his heart; helping independent artists is a great place to start.  We will keep an eye on Frost and see how he does. 

The article from Consequence includes a list of some of Frost’s Go-To Tracks; his description of listening to The Cure in DC after a long day of work is relatable to us all. 

It is possible to climb the corporate ladder these days; the ladder is likely going wrong.  Think more switchbacks than straight shots.  Carol Hymowitz, who writes for The WSJ, has a good piece on the more extended work life facing most of us in the workforce today and all the turns it is likely to take.  The days of one or two companies and a forty-year work life have passed for many of us.

The worst case in the new working dynamic is when you retire from a long career and realize there isn't enough to retire.  If you still need to reach that threshold, now is an excellent time to prepare for the future.  With knowledge, there are abundant opportunities to make several pivots into different careers or even freelancer and self-employment options once the big corporate gig has ended.

Retirement will look different for most of us in the next 10 to 20 years.  The more you learn, experience, and stretch to accomplish now, the more you can do. 

Lauryn Schaffner popped up on our YouTube feed earlier this week with the first part of a series on Grunge.  The video series is called Who Invented Grunge?  We traced that back to additional articles on Loudwire from 2021.  The first video in the series is excellent and details the Pacific Northwest and California bands.  The Melvins were brought up several times, and when they interviewed frontman Buzz Osborne about the story, he always laughed, explaining that he and The Melvins were from California.

The story of Stone Gossard (Pearl Jam) and his previous band Green River was interesting, as well as how Chris Cornell started behind the drum kit at the beginning of Soundgarden.

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