The first chapter of an absurd weekend for us was a short performance at the Thunderbird Cafe on Butler st in Lawrenceville. It was a taping for Chanel 11's Raw Talent Pittsburgh competition which is a Battle of the Bands. As you may or may not know, we've sworn in the past that we would never again partake in any sort of Battle of the Bands event. I mean how can you decide an epic battle between a biker/metal/hair band that just busted out 'Carry On My Wayward Son' and Joe sad guitar guy, or Norah Jones jr. I mean sure you could say that one band is better at metal than the other is at alt country, but isn't that like saying the the Steelers are better than the Pirates (not that they aren't but the comparison is nontheless unfair and meaningless). We've lost in the finals and been told we needed to do more drugs (believe me we're trying, its on ongoing effort and we just have to keep at it every day). We've lost in the finals to a band who's bass player arranged the gig which was the prize for the competition, if you could call it that. We've also won when we we're good friends with the judge, which I believe to be a legit victory because we rocked pretty freakin hard, but still... There are so many bands out there these days and only so many gigs, pay to play, pre-sale of tickets by musicians, and battle of the bands are all symptoms of the current atmosphere, and they all suck. As lovers of many musical genres we all have to choose whether to spend our seven minute car ride listening to either Tool or Wilco, and surely some of us (not in this band) would sooner severe their ears then sit through the new Metallica, or 'Music Box' by Mariah Carey, but its all just different music, none of it better or worse.
Ideology is great, but not as great as seeing 28 North video aired during a Conan commercial break, so here is a link to our Raw Talent video, Don't forget to vote!
http://www.wpxi.com/rawtalentpittsburgh/index.html
Alex
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