Flounder, you just dont get it buddy....You think that SoNo is an untapped resource for the members of this band? Smarten up Flounder....Upwardly mobile yuppies dont give a fuck about serious original music unless its boring white folk funk.......
Gencs, things like this kill the band. Ridiculous stereotypes that have no basis in reality. Is SoNo more yuppie than New Haven? Probably, but Thursday through saturday night SoNo is crawling with late 20\'s / early 30\'s people with money to spend that are looking for a good time. Boring white folks funk? Really? I don\'t think i even know what that is, let alone heard it around here. If you said...shitty 80\'s cover bands, then yes, but that still doesn\'t mean people wouldn\'t be interested in a kick ass band to rage one friday or saturday night...or timmy playing a busy thursday night show.
Maybe they aren\'t going to pick up a bunch of hardcore fans, tour rats or gypsies, but it could become a well playing and popular gig. Plus it is much easier to come up from Westchester and NYC to SoNo rather than New Haven or further north. You gotta give it a chance before you immediately knock it.
Getting back to the blind sterotypes...it drives me crazy. Do you know how many people refer to the B\'fast as a 3rd tier wanky jamband? Is that fair? Does that do them justice? Saying that is just as ignorant and unfair as calling everyone who lives down here an "upwardly mobile yuppy" (whatever that means).
I love you Gencs and your fandom is unquestioned, but you have to think bigger picture.
If a band member on here wants to come on and address this...or just simply say "I\'m not interested in trying" I\'ll let it die, but until then I will continue to give the issue support.