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When I was about 10, the pop punk band Bowling for Soup released “1985,” a song about, among other things, the unique pain of being left behind. Sung from the perspective of a middle-aged mom in 2003, the lyrics highlight the anguish of being nearly 20 years removed from one’s cultural zenith.
James Scimecca is the audience engagement editor at The Dispatch, and is based in Hoboken, N.J. Prior to joining the company in 2023, he served as the director of communications at the Empire Center for Public Policy. When James is not busy generating shareholder revenue, he can usually be found running along the Hudson River, cooking up a new recipe, or scoping out a new karaoke bar.
