BadDazeRob wrote:
One of my pet peeves is when people use the present perfect tense of
the word "saw" when it calls for simple past tense.
"Hey, I seen you yesterday!" or "Remember that movie we seen
last week? It rocked!"
r:>)
YES!
True that State's always been a hassle to get into, especially when
coming from the "outside"and there's always been the vertical booking
issue , but it also used to be that almost any night of the week you could
go see someone playing most places, and be pretty certain they'd be
really good.
ALSO, and just had this pointed out me, that the MATERIAL that works
a lot of places doesn't always work for the crowds in State. More so "back
then" than now, no doubt. Were, and still are, playing to a very different
demographic than anywhere else.
Not to mention that a lot more bands were doing original stuff throughout
a night and a lot of that stuff was really good, could be heard on the radio,
and local music had actual local support.
Also used to have more "touring", regional, or even lower/mid level
nationals, if not bigger names. Not even just at Crowbar, but Café 210,
etc. and even at Stoney's, when it was around.
But, part of the problem of getting in there is that those who were in
regular rotation WERE that good. Now, too often, it seems like a lot
of them are just filler.
Granted, certainly not always the case. Still have the various Andy
Tollins projects, Spider Kelly, Tyne and the Fastline, McCloskey's
assorted bands, and others, doing regular gigs, plus, Pushing Red,
Mia Mafia and G211 all play over there.
But, it's still not as active or vibrant as it used to be.
Note: APPARENTLY, Lulu's has some cool, and varied, touring acts
from time-to-time (Or...did...if they're still open....), but does a horrible
job at letting it be known.
DaveP.
"You must be this beautiful to ride the Quagmire."
