/takes notes. (I'm developing such a terrible list of research topics right now oh god. I AM A HALF-ASSED AUTODIDACT EDWARDIANIST GET ME OUT OF HERE. Well, no, don't.)

And I mean, just, like -- anything that requires significant equipment is going to either not make it through the apocalypse, or end up a state-sponsored elite art form. Even when you have the whole "knowing how to play your instrument is actually a disadvantage" aesthetic of like early punk, you still have to HAVE an instrument, and that's just so far out of reach. (Like, maybe traditional folk is instrument-optional as well? But that's SUCH a niche genre these days, I don't think it has the critical cultural mass. Which makes me sad, because while it's not my division musically I feel like there should be an Angharad hymn that scans to "The Queen of Argyle," but I'm not even going to TRY to figure out what hoops I'd have to jump through to justify it.)

/makes inarticulate flappy warboy-emotions hands. They all know like hundreds of hour-long songs with dozens of verses, don't they.