Philadelphia/New York, and got into the sXe movement with all the
assorted acoutrements for a while. I mellowed out, of course, but I
still think a lot of what the sXe ideals personified are pretty good,
but too much of a good thing, you know.
I actually got out of that scene for that reason - I like music for the
sake of liking music - not to be preached to exclusively. I'll go see
Fugazi in a heartbeat (well, not quite, since I have to find a
babysitter these days), but because I appreciate their history and their
music and the contributions they've made to music in general. That, and
you can't beat $5 shows.
- Jim
Kevin Graeme wrote:
>>As far as Good Charlottee being punk, there was an interesting article
>>in last week's Washington City Paper on the influence of Fugazi. The
>>cover had a picture of Ian and the boys, all dressed as puritans. The
>>theme of the article is that Fugazi is big it has crushed DC's scene
>>with high moral values.
>>
>>HMV is okay, if you like someone preaching at you, but most people are
>>more are excited by the fun side of music. The scene around DC is really
>>changing. While there are a lot of bands that still want to be Fugazi,
>>there are a bunch of power-pop and Oi bands popping up.
>>
>>
>
>That made me think of Consolidated:
>"We're not Fugazi. We're..I mean...we're not...we're not Fugazi. We're not
>in the..we're not in...we're not Fugazi. We're..we..they're way harder than
>we are!"
>
>Also, when you mention "sXe", are you referring to Straightedge? Just
>curious because it never happened around here and I've met people now from
>the east coast who were.
>
>-Kevin
>
>
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