As people get older, they listen to less hot music: the "Coolness Spiral of Death"

The Black Satans! A gif so kvlt it won’t even display on Internet Explorer!

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muwahahahaha!!!

You might enjoy this.

The completely unnecessary spiral formatting makes a simple graph seem way more interesting than it is.

It’s unfortunately still big in Ethiopian pop.

And I think I detected its use on an album by Arabic singer Asalah*. Granted, that recording might be 3-5 years old by now, and its use was relativey subtle but IMO her voice is not one that needs (nor deserves) any such modification. Here she is in a somewhat “unplugged” setting:


(relevant portion begins at 13m 02s)

*So now that I think about it, I do listen to new pop music during my 40s!

So… is the end of the death spiral smooth jazz?

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God I hope not. At least I still cringe when I hear a smooth jazz radio station when shopping so I guess I am not that old yet thank Coltrane.

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So, who’s up for “Coolness Spiral of Death” as a band name?

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Only if they are opening for And you will know us by the trail of the dead…

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