Originally posted by Rhett Miller:Wow, i was going to make these exact two points. As Rhett. Same points!
I don't think most people ponder whether the music they are listening to is "challenging". Most people want music that sounds good to them and entertains them. Which, unless you're a complete music junkie, seems sufficient to me.
Bands that sell out show in NYC do so because there are like 10 million people in NYC, compared to a much smaller population in DC.
Originally posted by Bags:even a stopped clock is right twice a day. :D
Wow, i was going to make these exact two points. As Rhett. Same points!
Originally posted by niro:Spoken like someone who doesn't have a clue. There are more than a few bands that are not from the DC area who cite DC-based bands as influences on their sound. Try to do a bit of research before you generalize…or, as you put it, "looking at one side of a huge polygon."
when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene.
Originally posted by niro:this is sarcastic, right?
people are we forgetting, when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene. if anything really, anything goes.
not to mention when people go to 9:30 i don't think any concert has been more than fifty percent washingtonians. you're forgetting md and va are there, and i've seen people as far as from europe come to shows here. diversity in music really soars around here.
really to say otherwise is looking at one side of a huge polygon. :cool:
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:Ian came to the most recent BigYawn show, I hope that means he likes us.
Originally posted by niro:this is sarcastic, right?
people are we forgetting, when you say the "current sellouts" at 9:30 represents the "DC music scene" that dc really doesn't have a representative music scene. if anything really, anything goes.
not to mention when people go to 9:30 i don't think any concert has been more than fifty percent washingtonians. you're forgetting md and va are there, and i've seen people as far as from europe come to shows here. diversity in music really soars around here.
really to say otherwise is looking at one side of a huge polygon. :cool:
DC is well known for having one of the most monolithic and stifling music scenes in the country. If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:I think you're referencing the scene in 1994…it's 2004.
If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.
Originally posted by Bags:point well taken, and i'm sure it was hyperbole even then … but i was just amazed that this guy with hubris to spare thought that DC has no discernable scene.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:I think you're referencing the scene in 1994…it's 2004.
If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:or go-go, if they're not totally narrow-minded and whitebread.
Originally posted by Bags:point well taken, and i'm sure it was hyperbole even then … but i was just amazed that this guy with hubris to spare thought that DC has no discernable scene.
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:I think you're referencing the scene in 1994…it's 2004.
If Ian MacKaye doesn't like you, you're SOL.
if you ask anyone who knows anything about music in this country what they think of when you say "DC music scene" and they either say hardcore or fugazi. pretty simple.
Challenge yourself by listening to some bluegrass. I don't hear that played much on corporate radio. Or is bluegrass "safe"?no bluegrass is my hidden treasure. i would say a good portion of bluegrass is safe if not most.