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Johnny C:
I doubt there is any place where the followers of Animal Collective could be described as a particularly large group.
a pack of wolves:
It all depends on the circles you move in. If it wasn't for the fact that I'm interested in DIY music and live in a city which is probably the biggest mecca for people who also enjoy it in the UK, and that those kind of people tend to approach music in a similar way to myself and therefore have a lot of other sounds in common I doubt I would have met very many people at all who enjoy the same things I do. On the other, there are a shitload of people round here who seem to love Animal Collective, last time they toured they played quite a large venue for this city.
I was very surprised when I noticed Burial was getting a lot of interest from people who aren't interested in dubstep as a whole, much like when I found out lots of people had started buying Boris records that don't get all tingly anytime somebody says Corrupted. It makes sense though, he's a little different to the other producers and has a sound which I can see would appeal to people who like downbeat electronic music in general. He is very good so it's nice people are listening to his music aside from those of us who get all exciting by things with wibbly bass sounds or the kind of thing where you make gun signs with your hands and shout 'brap' in general.
Jackie Blue:
Jeez, where did you go to high school? I spent a lot of time between the ages of 18 and 21 in a very small, very redneck town in Tennessee (1994-1996) and even there and in that time period I knew a fuckton of highschool kids who were all about obscure music.
In the highschool I actually attended, in Florida, the captain of the cheerleading squad listened to industrial music, guys wore skirts to school and I couldn't throw a pencil without hitting twelve Sonic Youth fans.
Jackie Blue:
--- Quote from: Johnny C on 30 Dec 2007, 11:41 ---I doubt there is any place where the followers of Animal Collective could be described as a particularly large group.
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Even here in Knoxville, Tennessee - a town of 500,000, 85% of which could generously be described as "redneck", the Anime Collective show sold out a large venue and was filled to the brim with 18-20 year old kids who thought they were the greatest thing ever.
Johnny C:
Meanwhile in Regina DFA1979 had to switch venues at the last moment due to poor ticket sales.
The Arcade Fire were also not booked here the last time they were still not pompous enough to avoid Saskatchewan. The promoters did not think enough tickets would be sold.
It is in fact possible for a town to be shittier at music than Knoxville.
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