#i've heard it said many times that rise of american country music coincided with more people starting to live in cities than in the country

[novelistparty]

there's a lot about modern country aesthetics that are weird to me.

was watching a guitar technique video and it struck me that the style of the current Fender corporation is "totally decontextualized Country"

this is the Country Minimalism fast-fashion denim, beige couch, a blank gray wall trying to look like concrete, an amp that's literally a blank black box, worn boots that have never touched a pasture