AUSTIN HAS BEEN A STRONGHOLD FOR LOCAL ARTISTS FOREVER....SEEMS LIKE IT ANYWAY.YOU CAN'T SWING A DEAD CAT WITHOUT HITTING SOMEONE WHO MAKES MUSIC,THIS SEEMS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF SOUTH AUSTIN-WHERE I GREW UP...

THE GROWING POPULARITY OF SXSW IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NUMBER OF "PROBLEMS" IN REGARD TO THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE HERE AND WE LIST SOME BELOW:

1.THE "NEW" LOCAL ACTS ARE ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION THE SAME BANDS THAT PLAYED IN '97 & '96 & '95 &...YOU GET THE PICTURE.......

2.IF YOU WANNA SEE THE HOT NEW ACTS FROM SAY....GERMANY....THEN AUSTIN AND SXSW IS THE TICKET!

3.UNLESS YOU "KNOW" SOMEONE,GETTING A GIG IN A CLUB HERE IS AKIN TO GETTING AN AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE...WHICH IS WHY WE STARTED CLUBSPIT AND PROMOTE OUR OWN SHOWS WITH OUR BAND AND OTHERS.

THE LIST GOES ON...BUT ENOUGH PISSING AND MOANING...WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT SXSW (OR SO BY SO WHAT? AS WE CALL IT) WILL IMPLODE ON ITSELF SOON.THE SOONER THE BETTER.......

COME BACK AND CHECK OUT PROFILES OF LOCAL GRASSROOTS BANDS HERE IN THE WEEKS TO COME....STARTING NEXT WEEK WITH....