Um, yeah - we only get the bands come to Australia when there's
enough to fill a stadium, or on some huge loolapalooza-esque tour
type thing where you will always find Marilyn Manson or some other
cock rock crap headliners and if yr lucky maybe sonic youth'll play.
I don't even really like SY, but thats as good as we get. Quit yr
moaning! DIY. L.
> 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"
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
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plagarising Issadore DuCasse.
