grady (factory@sprynet.com) wrote:
: Reggae, as it exists today, is the most artistically and culturally
: bankrupt musical form on the planet, for the most part. You've got to
: wade through 10 times as many shit reggae bands to find one good one, as
: you do in any other genre, *including* gangsta rap and even fucking
: mainstream country. 

Well, Nancy, you can't say that Magic 8-Ball didn't warn you.  The others 
gave you lip service, I imagine, but Grady serves up his opinions raw.  
Chapel Hill is a very "hip" place, and reggae is the music of aging baby 
boomers and deadheads.  Furthermore, the Skylight is the least "hip" of 
CH venues.  I had a band in CH called Tea Room, and the only place that'd 
let us play was the Skylight.  

Recently I found myself at some live reggae here in Madison, thanks to my 
ex's gf's desire to hang out where she could score some weed.  I think 
the joint was the "Essen Haus" or its neighbor, and it was packed with 
middle-aged deadheads and Greeks of the university variety.  Regardless 
of the "quality" of the music, the event was maximally irritating.  Who 
wants to hang out with a bunch of young brainless collegiates who've just 
discovered boo and who think that it's theme music is reggae?
 
But hey, to each his own, right?  You can have all the reggae you like,
and if you warn me in advance, I'll be on the other side of town with
whatever artsy and ironic stuff I like.  You're just going to have an
awfully hard time convincing a bunch of XYC jocks that they ought to NOT
play five other records simultaneously whenever they flip on a reggae
disc. 


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