"Instead of sitting in front of the idiot box waiting for bombs go off Wednesday night, we sat out in the back yard till way after dark chatting with our son about music and we told him that every single generation is always absolutely certain that the music they grew up listening to is the best music ever made. The fact is, the music our generation listened to is the best music ever made."
Please note the social significance of music as an escape mechanism.
The article goes on with the inevitable enumeration, though atypical as it's not listed as it usually is with all the solemn importance as a recitation of the geneaology of Agamemmnon's staff.