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The modern ability to spend discretionary money on recreational experiences like concerts is historically new — a century ago, ordinary people had almost nowhere to spend money on entertainment beyond something like the opera.

After being struck by the die-hard, decades-long devotion of Dave Matthews Band fans at a new Grand Rapids amphitheater, Ben reflects that this kind of recurring recreational spending simply didn't exist as an option 100 years ago. ✦ AI generated

Ben Carlson · The Compound · 2026-07-15 · original ↗

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It just got me thinking like I don't know 100 years ago the ability to spend money on things you cared about just didn't really exist. It's a relatively new phenomenon... like recreational spending. Yeah... Yes. It really is kind of new these days. What did you do 100 years ago? You went to the opera.

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65:19like I don't know 100 years ago the ability to spend money on things you cared about just didn't really exist. It's a relatively new phenomenon >> like recreational spending. Yeah. >> Yes. It really is kind of new these days. What did you do 100 years ago? You went to the opera. >> Yeah. There was nothing like this for people to spend their money on. Anyway, interesting time capsule for me.

65:41It was like, oh, all the people I went to these shows when I was in college are now middle-aged and they're still doing it. >> Anyway, >> power to you. Not my thing, but >> I watched over the past couple of weeks. I I I saw two watchable movies. So, if you see them on the streaming, you can you they're watchable, but skippable skippable. I would say How to Make a

66:00Killing is a pretty good uh plane movie. >> Is that a Glenn Powell one? >> Yes. >> Okay. I did see he's had some stinkers actually, surprisingly. The people kind of give him a pass. >> It's an airplane movie. >> Okay. >> Uh and The Mummy. The Mummy was like The Exorcist. It wasn't like really a mummy movie. It was sort of like an Exorcist movie. >> That's You can't do that. You can't use

66:19reuse the name of another movie. Cuz I saw that my son was like, "Oh, there's another Mummy movie." I said, "No, this is a horror one." >> It was It was okay. It was totally watchable, but like, you know, also quite skippable. Um, so you're welcome for your service for for for my service. >> Okay. >> Uh, all right. I saw I told you this, Ben. I I saw the invite on Sunday night

66:37by myself and you know, I love to Raw Dog movies and in this case, it hurt me because I really wish that I brought my wife. In fact, I might take her to go see it because it was >> This is a date movie. >> This is a date movie. It was made for people our age. It is made for It is a husband and wife movie. Um, I pay a 24 I

66:58don't know 10 bucks a month. Duncan told me about this and you get a free a free movie once a month. So, I support the arts. I like to go. I knew nothing about this movie. Like literally nothing. It was written by uh Rashidita Jones and Will McCormack and it stars >> They have a good one that called Celeste and Jesse Forever. It's also a marriage one from 10 years ago that I really

67:18liked. It stars uh Seth Rogan and Olivia Wild are in a marriage that has lost its spark and they invite their neighbors over um uh Penelopey Cruz and Edward Norton for dinner. And that's all I'll say. >> It was a movie that takes place in one night. The whole movie is one night. >> Yeah, it was it was >> I think my favorite movie of the year. I

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