I think 'underground' doesn't mean that you can't sell records, or sign with a label. What's exciting to me is the stuff that happens outside the traditional manufacturing, distribution and publicity systems. Is Watts Music 'underground?' or Sonic Groove? No. They're brick and mortar businesses whose survival is dependent upon them operating as good capitalists.
But they are 'underground' in that that sell outside the retail channels, to specialist stores. They're way out at the edge of things. And there is a consequent strain when people try to make the leap (Detroit Grand Pubahs?), because to really play in that larger mass arena you have to tap into a whole new structure for distribution. kent williams -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mp3.com/chaircrusher -- tunes http://www.live365.com/cgi-bin/directory.cgi?autostart=chaircrusher -- mix
