I’m starting to realize that the St. Louis Post-Dispatch web site is by far the most depressing major news outlet. Nowhere else will you find so many absolutely horrifying stories all in a row, updated with such regularity. Perhaps it is indicative of the high crime rate of St. Louis, or perhaps it is just fulfilling that expectation with it’s coverage. Either way, I find it fascinating.
Here is a random (less depressing than usual) day on the site:
I wonder if people were more productive in college before the internet happened. Probably, but then again you’d have to weigh the inconvenience of typewriters over the temptation to type absolutely irrelevant blog posts. Who would have guessed that the time consuming task of typing would become our chosen task for time consumption.
As I think about this Twitter-like design, I keep running in circles trying to figure out how it can be something different. The most exciting thing about for me, perhaps, is that the tag cloud on Prologue is actually incredibly useful, as opposed to many tag clouds floating around there. Maybe we can depend on it to do nearly all of the site organizing for us … and maybe that is what separates it most clearly from Twitter. Thoughts?
Well, screw $30. Anyone charging that much is going to carry some baggage that you already know about. Hit up the small clubs with local bands. Cost should be like $10 or less, you will hear something different than what you’re used to and you’ll get your crowd/being at a show feeling. Plus, you know, support local music and stuff.
Existential pondering moment: if you’re in the mood to go see a show, does it actually matter who you see play? Sure, Man Man in a Philly park was ridiculously amazing, but that’s because it was Man Man, and not because I had some burning desire to feel speakers throb something through my chest that night. If it’s the feeling of being in a crowd of people absorbing stage noise, does it matter, ultimately, what you hear? Doesn’t it all feel good, provided, of course, that it doesn’t just plain suck? I’m trying to plot a line here between going to see someone, and going to see whatever. Maybe it’s cost. Or energy needed. There’s no way I’m gonna throw down $65 on a ticket unless it’s for Björk or the like, and I’m certainly not driving to Boston unless whoever is playing is worth two hours on the Pike. But for $30 and an artist I’m passably into, is it worth it for that feeling of being At a Show on Saturday?
