|
Post by adamwalton on Dec 2, 2009 13:38:01 GMT
|
|
|
Post by neilcrud on Dec 2, 2009 18:45:53 GMT
Ace review Adam (of course)... How long do they remain on the Beeb site? Just thinking of copying it over in a fortnight or so for prosperity's sake.....
|
|
|
Post by adamwalton on Dec 2, 2009 19:04:18 GMT
Forever.
I wouldn't copy it over. "They" weren't happy about me posting my own playlists. Sorry for spamming your message board, you bum monkey. I'll stop if you want.
|
|
|
Post by neilcrud on Dec 2, 2009 19:12:59 GMT
Arse.
Is it the 'nature' of this site or auntie just wanting the exclusivity? - Spam all you like, the more people who read about what goes on outside their front door, the more chance they have of walking out of it...
PS... The Welsh bands listed on auntie's site have bits of info lifted in chunks off mine..!!
|
|
|
Post by Matt on Dec 3, 2009 8:13:30 GMT
Ooof get em' for that!
This is a good article although completly dominated by the past which is a big shame.
|
|
|
Post by adamwalton on Dec 3, 2009 20:27:07 GMT
Thanks for reading, Matt.
It's not dominated by the past, though, merely underlining that things have changed for everyone.
I know that significant subcultures exist completely independent of radio, labels, supermarkets etc. etc. but the point and the relevance here is that Future of the Left are the best example of an utterly current and contemporary band who have been marooned by a crumbling industry and a media who can't connect them to an audience commensurate with the praise they receive, seemingly, everywhere.
Your DIY model has been around for over 30 years too, remember. The real destructive effects of the industry failing (and I'm mostly happy about that) are being felt by the bands who exist betwixt and between the mainstream and the underground. I'd argue that the piece is very much about now. But if you're operating well away from 'the industry's' influence, yes, it might seem like these issues were dealt with and discussed a long time ago. For bands coming to the end of their (not at all lucrative) contracts, it's very much today's news.
|
|
|
Post by Matt on Dec 3, 2009 21:21:48 GMT
|
|
|
Post by neilcrud on Dec 3, 2009 22:48:57 GMT
<<The Welsh punk scene was largely south-based in the early-mid 1980s. There are exceptions - Anhrefn and Datblygu's logical commitment to singing in their mother tongue has inspired countless bands subsequently, although their influence on Welsh punk is minimal. Other than that, there are legions of nutcases who never actually got round to releasing much. Rhyl's 4Q are perhaps Wales' shining example of this: a cabal of boorish irritants who made headlines for their John Lennon requiem Imagine A Dead Hippy but never released any vinyl.>>
Ha ha ha...!!!!!
|
|