Originally Posted by Mutt

this industry is aging - all the guys who were young punks when it began are 35-40, i know so many guys who've turned 40 this past year and more turning it this year.

this biz is too hard now - there are nowhere near the number of young newbs coming into it, and of those that do very few will stick around long. the industry will continue to keep skewing older.

46 and it blows, it's bad enough aging yourself but you hit late 30's and 40's and people you know start popping off, parents, your friends' parents, uncles and aunts and even some peers which really does unsettle you. i have a sister who loves to gossip and i hate it, she can't wait to tell me when somebody we grew up with is sick or died and i told her to fuck off, if they're not in my life now i don't want to know about it. if they weren't close enough to us to go to their funeral it's just gossip.