The good? (don’t worry, its not all bad).  With the exception of a few ‘bar regulars’ the gig was empty, there were more people on the patio. The band was at least tight, if not original. After 45 mins it was over.  It made me realize how good we have it around here, with so many great original artists and bands creating great music and art.
When I see this kind of lame show its both saddening and invigorating. As much as there is crap out there, there is way more good, and i have to believe that the good will win out in the end. The good, like the upcoming Culture Days weekend on Sept. 23-26 – There’s lots of great local stuff to be scene and heard. So let’s celebrate it, and not let it get swept under the lame rug.

Thanks 94.9 , Ashtray,  and Krome for at once making my ears bleed, only to open my eyes again.

Peace

“What do you seek?” they asked as they rode up in the clouds.

When they were as high as the moon the man began conversations.

He said “These are hard pressed times, there are many grubby hands looting the world, drunk on Texas tea. From the outside it’s hard to see, buts it’s burning down. The world is on the fritz and I brought you here to save it.”

“How do we do that?” they asked.

“You must slay the dragon on the eve of the electric blue sun – that is tonight.”

“This is abstract,” they said. “Something must be lost in translation.”

“Slow down!” called the man to the pilot. “We are approaching sacred ground.

Now you must go. When the giant wakes, follow him along the north wind.”

So off they went and soon came to a face in the lake.  She told them the secrets of the mole-men, and they knew how to slay the dragon.

Worthless blues were in the air and the world was an inferno, but the misfit friends knew the trick. They flipped a bent cigarette into the behemoth’s mouth. Puff went the dragon’s mystic fires as the asbestos hit its lungs! Free from the scorching flame, the one-eyed giant killed the dragon, and the rest is history.

That’s how the Micronite Filters saved the world.

Now let’s get drunk!

Also:
The Black Keys
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Mountain
The Black Crowes

I’m sensing a theme here…

And we’re continually being blamed for the industry’s demise?

More people are making music, and more music of substance is getting heard. So screw the ‘industry’, because without the audience, there is no industry.  Hmmm… Music with no industry… music for the sake of music, for art. Wow, we can actually use it to reach people, to say something interesting, useful, creative, inspirational.  What a concept!

So lets go back, back to a time when music was about telling stories and sharing ideas.  And let’s go back to vinyl – listening party anyone?

By the way, you should listen to the album ‘Avatar’ by Comets On Fire, now there are some folks who can play.

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