ok. i don't live in the west and i can't help you about yr trip, but i
just wanted to say that i'd kill to be you. also, yr message kind of
despresses me.
i'll explain: i am, as well, a 17 year old girl, but i'm stuck in
KENTUCKY. yeah. ok. modest mouse was here about 2 years ago, but i
didn't see them cuz i couldn't get to louisville. the only "indie" type
shows i've been to were in athens, georgia, and cincinnati (pavement and
sonic youth respectively) so i have to Really Travel to see the indie
rock. and yes, the crowds at both of those shows were actually pretty
sucky. sometimes i'd kill to have some pretentious 20something indie
people around, because there is One other person in this town who is
into the music i am. i'm not trying to undermine you, cuz i can see
that it's annoying to be around those pretentious indiefans all the
time, but please, remember you have the music at least, and appreciate
it.
anyway. i've often thought the west would be a good place to go and see
all the good bands and all...but check out tour dates, and see how many
good bands entirely skip the west in favor of the east (they skip the
south too).
so. sorry if i've offended you or anything. i just wanted to say that.
kat evol
"http://members.tripod.com/terrarium"
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> OK. Here's the thing. I'm a 17 year old girl stuck on the uptight east
> coast. I hardly get to experience fun shows over here. Don't get me wrong we
> get our share of good shows, Modest Mouse, Chisel, the Make Up, Bratmobile,
> Yo La Tengo, and I even saw Braid last night. I mean Im sure it could be
> worse. The thing that bothers me though is that everyone here (New Haven, CT)
> is so pretentious about music it makes me want to puke. People go to shows
> just to be seen at them it seems. It's almost strict in a way and I try not
> to pay attention to it but it still ruins shows because they just aren't as
> fun. It's just a bunch of jaded 20-something year-olds grumbling about what
> bands they saw and who they hung out with; and the ones who are younger just
> slump and sway to the music and wear glasses because being a nerd is cool
> these days. For as long as I've been diggin' the whole indie rock scene I've
> just wanted to go hang out with all the happy show-goers oout west. Maybe Im
> wrong maybe you all hate each other, thats just how it seems to me.
