Jett Black (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jett_black) wrote in ourunderground, |
Tour Details... *excitiement*
Reading through the details ... it's all so very rich in detail and exciting. Everything that I've imagined and more about the grit and the glory... and yet, for me, it's all imaginary... wonderful, and yet.. this wil be my first PIGFACE live experience... soon, in Portland, OR.
I'm planning on scheduling interviews with any of the artists who might have a few minutes between details to plop down and chat. Arrangements for an interview with Zeromancer have been established... and I am looking forward to this... I'm reviewing the album this evening, plus, I've reviewed a couple of times already a DVD compilation that includes a video by Zeromancer... the Beauty in Darkness dvd, vol. 6. All the same, I'd like to hear more feedback about what to expect, or maybe, if that's a trade secret, then non-stage details... what can we be privey to right away? I want to have a feel for what to ask, and what's interesting just to chat about with Zeromancer, with whom I may be the least familiar, thus far. There's the polish of the full-length album, Clone Your Lover... which, thanks, I have. What is the feel of the live show? that's what I care about most? what's the story? what's it like bumping and sweating and crying with joy, or serious pain? Feeling hungry? Feeling tired? having wonderful conversations? Making new friends? Planning future music collaborations? Gig swapping network? Clothing swapping network? Body paint? fire-works? or is that strictly off-limits these days?
What's the crowd appreciation feel like? the best thing to happen to the local music scene, show after show? How does this grass roots / street team movement compare domestically as to perhaps in europe?
What's frustrating about touring? Does it feel like battle scars in a punk rock glorioyus way? or is it just aggravating? or is that the farthest thing from an applicable description at all?
This live tour-journal thing is excellent, really. more than anything, i believe that the fans in the local underground, from town to town, will appreciate the indie support nature and turn this into a fantastic celebration of what it means to be "cool" in the underground, which from my perspective has nothing to do with pre-packaged displays of perfection. But, instead, has to do with that "we did this!" enthusiasm. To me, THAT is cool. To me, THAT is pretty much the only thing in the music underground that IS cool. That often entirely tacit understanding that the mainstream would never approve. The mainstream would never uplift the grass roots underground music scene to the level of popularity with all the backing of in-store props and promos and gigis, and billboard ads, and canned radio spots, and limos and big hair and searchlights and helicopters, and local radio personalities exploiting the opportunity to stamp their monikors on the event.
Maybe that will happen. Maybe it is happening already... but if it is happening now.. then the cheer in the underground remains the chant: "We Did This!"
and... that's cool!
23 years... I've been linked and enjoying all of this, and watching it grow within the technological advancements that make so many things so much easier... this window of communication a decade ago... unavailable.. 2 decades hardly even a consideration. it was live, or nothing else. and with all we have around us now, I believe that it's all drawing us back into the live show somehow... live and breathe and do whatever it takes to get back to this point locally, and when ever and where ever such opportunities become available...
Underground Inc must be applauded for making this tour and these opportunities so prolific now.. and i just hope to hell that the local fans in towns all acroos America get out and show appreciation for these live moments.
I'll kick back and be looking for your responses about how the live show and the personal flavour and communications associated with The UNITED tour overall is happening and bringing you closer together.
Cheers!
Jett Black - http://www.NocturnalMovements.net
Reading through the details ... it's all so very rich in detail and exciting. Everything that I've imagined and more about the grit and the glory... and yet, for me, it's all imaginary... wonderful, and yet.. this wil be my first PIGFACE live experience... soon, in Portland, OR.
I'm planning on scheduling interviews with any of the artists who might have a few minutes between details to plop down and chat. Arrangements for an interview with Zeromancer have been established... and I am looking forward to this... I'm reviewing the album this evening, plus, I've reviewed a couple of times already a DVD compilation that includes a video by Zeromancer... the Beauty in Darkness dvd, vol. 6. All the same, I'd like to hear more feedback about what to expect, or maybe, if that's a trade secret, then non-stage details... what can we be privey to right away? I want to have a feel for what to ask, and what's interesting just to chat about with Zeromancer, with whom I may be the least familiar, thus far. There's the polish of the full-length album, Clone Your Lover... which, thanks, I have. What is the feel of the live show? that's what I care about most? what's the story? what's it like bumping and sweating and crying with joy, or serious pain? Feeling hungry? Feeling tired? having wonderful conversations? Making new friends? Planning future music collaborations? Gig swapping network? Clothing swapping network? Body paint? fire-works? or is that strictly off-limits these days?
What's the crowd appreciation feel like? the best thing to happen to the local music scene, show after show? How does this grass roots / street team movement compare domestically as to perhaps in europe?
What's frustrating about touring? Does it feel like battle scars in a punk rock glorioyus way? or is it just aggravating? or is that the farthest thing from an applicable description at all?
This live tour-journal thing is excellent, really. more than anything, i believe that the fans in the local underground, from town to town, will appreciate the indie support nature and turn this into a fantastic celebration of what it means to be "cool" in the underground, which from my perspective has nothing to do with pre-packaged displays of perfection. But, instead, has to do with that "we did this!" enthusiasm. To me, THAT is cool. To me, THAT is pretty much the only thing in the music underground that IS cool. That often entirely tacit understanding that the mainstream would never approve. The mainstream would never uplift the grass roots underground music scene to the level of popularity with all the backing of in-store props and promos and gigis, and billboard ads, and canned radio spots, and limos and big hair and searchlights and helicopters, and local radio personalities exploiting the opportunity to stamp their monikors on the event.
Maybe that will happen. Maybe it is happening already... but if it is happening now.. then the cheer in the underground remains the chant: "We Did This!"
and... that's cool!
23 years... I've been linked and enjoying all of this, and watching it grow within the technological advancements that make so many things so much easier... this window of communication a decade ago... unavailable.. 2 decades hardly even a consideration. it was live, or nothing else. and with all we have around us now, I believe that it's all drawing us back into the live show somehow... live and breathe and do whatever it takes to get back to this point locally, and when ever and where ever such opportunities become available...
Underground Inc must be applauded for making this tour and these opportunities so prolific now.. and i just hope to hell that the local fans in towns all acroos America get out and show appreciation for these live moments.
I'll kick back and be looking for your responses about how the live show and the personal flavour and communications associated with The UNITED tour overall is happening and bringing you closer together.
Cheers!
Jett Black - http://www.NocturnalMovements.net
