DFW in Atlantic April 2005 Issue

[Ghetta Life]

I haven't read the Lethem article (is it online?), but it's funny that just 
this past week or so I've been remembering how much the music I listened to 
in my early teens became a part of my "identity" in my own mind back then.  
Certain music was cool, and I felt cool by the very fact that I liked it.  I 
don't think this has completely gone away from me, even now.  But it is much 
less so.  I don't think it's a "crutch" either, just a natural product of 
appreciation.

Ghetta

>From: Will Layman <WillLayman at comcast.net>
>
>I thought the Lethem piece was not so much a list of music/movies as it was 
>a serious exploration of the way certain young men (count me in) use the 
>art they encounter when they are young as a convenient crutch (or, as he 
>calls it, beard) to cover any real search for identity.  The line about 
>how, looking back on it, he realizes he wanted to wear a Talking Heads 
>album cover in place of his own head and shout, "Hey, here I am!" really 
>registered.

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