"Happy show goers out West"? You seem to
reside in some sort of fantasy land. Where do you think that all the happy
fun people are? When you go on your "Yoyo A Go Go or Bust" trip you will
come to find out that where ever you go there is going to be trendy kids
sporting their thick black framed glasses talking about the shows they've
been to. Such is life. What ever music you are into and wherever you are,
some people are in it just for the status. I see that you yourself had
to throw around some band names.
I really don't care how old you are. Grow
up and just enjoy the shows that you go to. I do.
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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.
