At 01:32 PM 4/24/99 -0400, they wrote:
>> 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.
heh. are you sure you didn't mean (Seattle, WA)?
i live in Seattle, in the heart of the so-called "happy west", and it's the
same everywhere. what you wrote exactly describes the club scene here, or
pretty much anywhere. unfortunately.
a lot of people just stay at home now, or party with their friends.
>elmer
