Okay, so I am starting this blog for anybody who is tired of The Scene magazine deriding and tearing down the music scene it is supposed to represent. They claim to be the biggest supporter of local art and events, but make a habit out of drooling snide sarcasm towards the town's creative ambitions.
Now, to any that know me as an often outspoken member of Peace Officer, you should know that I abide by a fairly strict set of moral maxims, which can be summed up as the following: 1) Don't be a hater, and 2) Don't EVER come wack!! To be fair, the hate in question in this entry is not mine for The Scene, but The Scene's towards "the scene". How can you claim to support local music on one hand, and steadfastly deny local artists an opportunity to be portrayed in a positive light, using often aged, uninformed and cynical platitudes bereft of any real inspiration in an attempt to cull social i.e. marketing i.e. real currency.
Basically, this blog is a response to the talent in town not getting appreciated, to stop our culture from being hoarded by insincere and misguided wagoneers. Bottom line is, THEY'RE DOING A POOR JOB representing our community, and WE DESERVE BETTER, even if we have to do it ourself.
For a corporation (yes, they are for profit, not for the benefit of the community) who depends solely on sucking marketing dollars from local establishments to survive, to leech a hipster attitude of derision in order to seem cool is pathetic at best, when really they are unprofessionally posing as posers..
P.S. Attention Eric Myers, next time pull your head out of your bong before you show up an hour late to your interviews to misquote us, asshole. Phish band?!? White-boy Hip-Hop?!?! Wileo?!?! GFYS!!!!
