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The importance of being local

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est:
i am all smiles and high-fives with sp2 on this one.  firstly because supporting your local scene doesn't mean to do so at the sake of your eardrums/sanity, it just means that if you're bored on a friday night and a local band is playing then maybe you could go check them out.  if you like 'em then stay, go to more shows.  tell people about them.  if not, leave.  simple!  

secondly, Coldplay suck.  all the people saying "hey, that's not funny anymore, blah blah, whatever" are missing the point.  it was never funny.  it is not a joke.  they just suck.  it is a statement that deserves to be repeated until people get it.

Clara:
But...

Chris Martin is just so dreeeeamy!

No, but really, sp2 has a valid point. My area's local scene is in the process of dilapidation, it seems to me, and I came to this conclusion about a year ago when I went with my brother to see Sonic Youth at a local venue. The venue is small, but well-known, and we expected to see a decent crowd lined up for tickets when we arrived. Half an hour before the show, there were probably less than a dozen people there and my brother and I were scratching our heads as to why.

I mean, c'mon. It's Sonic Youth.

I still get angry, though, when I read that Broken Social Scene (or -insert awesome band's name here-) aren't coming to San Diego, but they're stopping at L.A.

I hate L.A. I fucking hate L.A.

Merkava:
Um, actually, yes it was a joke.

"for comedic value" was kind of a tip-off.

I'm not going to debate on that anymore, but it annoys me, seeing as how Coldplay is the LEAST of the problems with mainstream and the attacks against them are constantly being bombarded for no reason. Nobody important cares. So stop. I'm not a huge fan of Coldplay, but this is just annoying. I hate U2, but you don't see me going around saying "Bono sux hur hur lol nd his glases sux0rz".  

Anyway, I'm all for supporting your local scene. I am SO not attacking that mentality. I LOVE the idea. So let's just leave this whole Coldplay thing behind us now.

Luke:
Well, where I live, the only local scene I know of is a single group, most of whom are friends of mine, but sadly, I've never seen them perform, nor have I heard any of their music. My location is far too rural for me to expect to be in the midst of a local music scene anyway.

As for the anti-Coldplay issue, I highly suspect that the only reason sp2 carries on with it is that he was most likely amused when Maui & I got our feathers ruffled over it the first several times he brought it up. Sure, he says he does it here to piss "people" off, but really, who else has fired back?

And behind that, this is slightly less probable, but I'm also suspicious that the reason sp2 started dissing Coldplay with such dedication was that he discovered I like them quite a bit. I think I made sp2's bad list back when I brazenly suggested that he not express his opinions as if they were solid fact, which he has never really stopped doing. He never did completely understand my suggestion, I don't think, and this is why you're seeing what he now has in his location field.

I'm done here.

patch:
i work for a community radio station in my city where there is a minimum quota of 20%local. i havent played any local music for over 4 months because i refuse to play the terrible crap that is put out. i really wish that there could be a law enacted to ban all amateur acoustic guitar music.

you arent going to fool anyone by talking instead of signing!

also; i dont value local music when better things are going to be produced somewhere else. its just not sensical!

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