Comments on: Summer Reading List, 2008 http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/summer-reading-list-2008 music . media . web. culture Wed, 18 Jan 2012 02:16:05 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roy Christopher http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/summer-reading-list-2008/comment-page-1#comment-82824 Roy Christopher Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:02:27 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1585#comment-82824 Things here (southeast Alabama) are so dead as far as touring bands, that I wouldn't know either. It's the other end of the spectrum from up there. The closest anyone has ever come to this area is about two and a half hours away (Tallahassee, FL), and sometimes three (Birmingham, AL), but usually if you want to see anyone, you're in for a five-hour trip to Atlanta. That's just how it's always been here (I went to high school and undergrad here). With that said, I can't tell if the tours are slowing because I'm attending about s many as I ever have here (very few). Things here (southeast Alabama) are so dead as far as touring bands, that I wouldn’t know either. It’s the other end of the spectrum from up there. The closest anyone has ever come to this area is about two and a half hours away (Tallahassee, FL), and sometimes three (Birmingham, AL), but usually if you want to see anyone, you’re in for a five-hour trip to Atlanta. That’s just how it’s always been here (I went to high school and undergrad here).

With that said, I can’t tell if the tours are slowing because I’m attending about s many as I ever have here (very few).

]]> By: J. Wallace http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/summer-reading-list-2008/comment-page-1#comment-82822 J. Wallace Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:34:10 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1585#comment-82822 @Roy---that's one thing I don't see much chatter about here (aside from the recent price of gas post) but would LOVE to kickstart a discussion on. The economy is crap. What effect is it having on the bands? As in, what personal experiences are groups like BEDM and Menomena, and the P-Moose having in our current conditions? Where I am at, things in the music/indie culture scene don't look like they are slowing much....YET. But for how long? The shiny disc's demise is no doubt hastened by the price of fuel, but how long til the shows themselves start hurting? Maybe elsewhere they are hurting already. @Roy—that’s one thing I don’t see much chatter about here (aside from the recent price of gas post) but would LOVE to kickstart a discussion on. The economy is crap. What effect is it having on the bands? As in, what personal experiences are groups like BEDM and Menomena, and the P-Moose having in our current conditions? Where I am at, things in the music/indie culture scene don’t look like they are slowing much….YET. But for how long? The shiny disc’s demise is no doubt hastened by the price of fuel, but how long til the shows themselves start hurting? Maybe elsewhere they are hurting already.

]]> By: Roy Christopher http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/summer-reading-list-2008/comment-page-1#comment-82640 Roy Christopher Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:44:37 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1585#comment-82640 Bruce Sterling at <i>Wired</i> loves it, too: http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/06/what-the-hipste.html Bruce Sterling at Wired loves it, too:

http://blog.wired.com/sterling/2008/06/what-the-hipste.html

]]> By: josh k http://www.pampelmoose.com/2008/06/summer-reading-list-2008/comment-page-1#comment-82638 josh k Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:39:45 +0000 http://www.pampelmoose.com/mspeaks/?p=1585#comment-82638 reading list is getting some boing boing love: http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/roy-christophers-ann.html reading list is getting some boing boing love:

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/06/24/roy-christophers-ann.html

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