Very cool piece. It always seemed weird to me that while bloghouse seemed to live alongside the era of the Internet Thinkpiece, there didn't seem to much writing about it when it was happening. As you mentioned, the genre didn't even really have a name until after the fact... which was probably one of the things that made it exciting. Once these things get named and codified, that's when the gatekeeping and halfassed attempts to cash in starting chipping away at what was appealing about the thing in the first place. I hope more folks start revisiting and rediscovering the bloghouse era.
I completely agree that half of what made it so exciting was the namelessness of it all! It was so fresh and without rules. It was awesome. I think people have always been interested in the era, but I do hope there is a fresh new zest for it all coming! Will obviously keep writing about it forever and would love to keep reading more!
Just had to make a account just to comment on this incredible article. When you described the feeling of Alive 2006 to 2007 which is something I will regret never seeing. It really took me back to when I listened to it for the first time and when you looked for other artists like Justice and the whole Ed Banger Records group, It was pretty much identical to how I also found them as well. Thank you so much for writing this. 👍👍👍
Ahh! Thank you so much for commenting and reading and sharing your experiences! I forgot to mention but I'll be sending a list of my fave underplayed bloghouse tracks later this week!
Very cool piece. It always seemed weird to me that while bloghouse seemed to live alongside the era of the Internet Thinkpiece, there didn't seem to much writing about it when it was happening. As you mentioned, the genre didn't even really have a name until after the fact... which was probably one of the things that made it exciting. Once these things get named and codified, that's when the gatekeeping and halfassed attempts to cash in starting chipping away at what was appealing about the thing in the first place. I hope more folks start revisiting and rediscovering the bloghouse era.
I completely agree that half of what made it so exciting was the namelessness of it all! It was so fresh and without rules. It was awesome. I think people have always been interested in the era, but I do hope there is a fresh new zest for it all coming! Will obviously keep writing about it forever and would love to keep reading more!
Just had to make a account just to comment on this incredible article. When you described the feeling of Alive 2006 to 2007 which is something I will regret never seeing. It really took me back to when I listened to it for the first time and when you looked for other artists like Justice and the whole Ed Banger Records group, It was pretty much identical to how I also found them as well. Thank you so much for writing this. 👍👍👍
Ahh! Thank you so much for commenting and reading and sharing your experiences! I forgot to mention but I'll be sending a list of my fave underplayed bloghouse tracks later this week!