effects of indie rock

"Now there are a few ways you can give in to musical obsession. You can give in
suddenly and briefly – such as when, over a course of a few weeks or months, you
find yourself hooked on a particular album (especially a debut album or a
breakout album) and start talking up the artist to everyone you know; but then,
after seeing a boring live performance or hearing someone you don't respect gush
about the music, you just as suddenly denounce the artist as being annoying or
unoriginal.
Or you can give in sporadically. This might happen if you are
dealing unfamiliar real-world concerns, such as a new job or mouth to feed, when
you have neither the time nor the energy to satisfy the rigors of a full-blown
obsession; it might also be that your passion peaked years ago and is only at
the edges of your synapses now. But the mania is merely in remission, it is
still there, waiting to flare up: a release of a new bootleg, an anniversary of
a hero's death, a reunion tour, a simpatico comment by a bartender; a delivery
of killer weed."

-- JOHN SELLERS, Perfect from now on, HOw Indie Rock saved my life