"It'll need new takes on the tradition if it's going to move beyond Grumpy music and speak up for itself."

I suppose by that, 'glueman' you mean that it'll need to more closely resemble the types of recent popular music that you like? Punk, perhaps? I seem to recall that you're of the 'punk generation'? Remember, though, that punk is already over 30 years 'out-of-date'!

If that's not what you mean, what would a 'new take on the tradition' be like? What form would this 'new take' take, so to speak?