Ask the indie professor

I’m late to this series, possibly because I’m American and tend to fill my time with American press. However, I was recently linked to an article here and found myself reading the entire thing. The series is written by an anthology professor as indie music culture from a psychological point of view.

Ask the indie professor provides some insight on the great questions of the indie scene such as “why shout for a song the band will never play?” and “why won’t people get off their damn phones and, like, watch the band?” as well as deeper topics such as gender stereotypes. There is a rousing conversation going on in the comments of the latter, which also spurred great chatter between myself and friends.

Ask the indie professor, located at guardian.co.uk, is written by Wendy Fonarow, who is a professor of anthropology at UCLA, the author of Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals of British Indie Culture and has been to far more gigs than is strictly healthy.