The last time I went to see live music here in LA was about six months ago when I saw The Hold Steady at the Henry Fonda Theater. The show was something of a disappointment but not because of the music; The Hold Steady and openers, The Art Brut were fine but a large portion of the audience seemed more interested in live blogging the show from their Blackberrys, getting the perfect camera phone shot or loudly mentioning that they saw the band at a bar in Brooklyn back in two thousand and who gives a shit. So, it was refreshing to go to the El Rey to see Nick Lowe and Robyn Hitchcock a few nights ago and find that the overwhelming majority of the people were just there to enjoy the show. As my wife and I waited for the show to start I looked around and saw no ironic tee shirts, nobody loudly mentioning when they first saw the artists; basically there was no hipster snobbery to be found. This is not as great as it sounds because as my wife said “Don’t get too excited; remember if you can’t spot the hipster snob, you may be the hipster snob.” She was probably right.
There's a review of the show here.
Monday, April 14, 2008
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Hi! I'm not sure if you would be interested in this or not but for some reason you were the first person I thought of when I found out about this today.
http://www.cassettefrommyex.com/
It is a new project from the co-creater of Found Magazine.
From the about: "They were into you, so they made you a tape. Today you don't have a cassette player, but you still can't toss that mix. We share the stories and the soundtrack to your earliest loves."
That is pretty awesome, thanks.
I used to think the hipster couldn't survive the cold because you can't imediantly pick them out. It is more like "The Invasion of the Body Snachers" around here, only you can't tell until they open they're mouthes and then it is too late..
Stay strong.
By your description, I have perhaps behaved in a hipster-esque fashion at a show or two and for that I deeply apologize to anyone I may have offended. But I did see Ben Folds Five open for Heather Nova at the Roxy in 1995!!! Alas, I'm usually only reminiscing with my husband and don't give a shit if anyone hears or cares.
However, I can pretty much guarantee there was not a hipster in sight at the show I went to last night (The music of Battlestar Galactica)! It was all nerdcore and so much fun! I did take some photos though. Damn.
Reminds me of a comic I saw the other day:
http://www.viruscomix.com/sympathiestotheband.jpg
Funny 'cause it's true!
Grr to Blogger comments. I did not mean to leave that anonymously.
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