The Garden State Effect
Over on Good Hodgkins there’s a very interesting essay on The Garden State Effect, which descibes and investigates the problems of bands emerging in popularity beyond their indie roots.
I just want to be able to see my favorite bands without some inebriated douchebag loudly & violently humping the monitor speakers during quiet songs in a cloud of his own cologne.
The article really hit home with me because it describes a trend that I’ve observed over and over with artists like Maroon 5, Guster, Zero 7 and Thievery Corperation (the last two thanks to Garden State itself). This part really rang true for me:
When I say that I want as many people as possible to like my favorite bands, what I actually mean is that I want as many people as possible to like my favorite bands for the right reasons.
A tip of the hat to Hodgkins for explaining to me how I’ve always felt.
July 8th, 2006 at 5:10 pm
A “woo” and a “yay” to that.