![]() ![]() The construction was a massive struggle both technically and politically and it spanned over decades. When David Attenborough was just 24, he helped director John Weiley put the film together and it is a uniquely raw and honest look at the confounding mess that was the long, arduous buildout process. “Autopsy on a Dream” is an utterly fascinating, long lost (buried in archives for 50 years) BBC documentary about the building of the Sydney Opera House. The journey it retells is unforgettable and essential for those who reside in the world of music. If you are interested in music venues, urban planning, city politics, cultural wellness, or even just unlikely stories where great happenstances bring a lot smart folks together who actuate a huge project, I hightly recommend the new book “This Must Be The Place: How Music Can Make Your City Better.” A whopping 6 chapters detail the process with the city of Huntsville and tvg hospitality. It is an arduous process, but what is happening in Huntsville truly shows the value of their work. Then, after an immense amount of work on the front end, they connect cities and people who can help facilitate their recommendations. In the most over-simplified sense, the audits they do start with a deep research dive into what a city is lacking with venues and other music scene infrastructure. Shain was strikingly modest and genuine about all the work his company has been doing with Music Audits for cities around the world. It took place at Jeff and Blues on the Orion campus and the evening had really warm vibes all around. I was genuinely blown away by the presentation and panel Shain Shapiro (the founder of Sound Diplomamcy) moderated with a few of the key people responsible for bringing the Orion Amphithear to Huntsville, Alabama. The Fireside Bowl: An unlikely place for punks of all ages By the way, a major shoutout to the Firehouse Community Center here in Birmingham - they do so many incredible to help foster young people through music.Īnyway, the story is worth the listen if you have the time. Having these outlets as prime entry points is essential to creating a thriving music scene in any particular city. Ultimately, and regardless of scale, live music is most predominantly about community. There is no telling how many legendary bands formed because the members were once kids who saw shows at spaces like these. Having all ages spaces like the Fireside in Chicago, the Einstein A-Go-Go in Jacksonville, and Jabberjaw in LA (to name a few) really opened the doors for such creative, vibrant music scenes. We started our band when we were still teenagers and often we couldn’t play at 21+ bars and venues. He had plenty of tattoos and a greased handlebar mustache and hair.I was honored that Man or Astro-Man? got mentioned in this recent WBEZ Chicago radio story as one of the memorable shows that happened at the Fireside Bowl. The Aldermen were 1950’s or something and the guitarist even pulled up outside on a huge chopper. Farm Team was a local band who played absolute noise and I really dug them. Not suprisingly, they were not up to the challenge and stood quietly in the back then left. Hilger commented live that we love the Misfits and we will play them every fucking time whether anyone likes it or not. The rest of the set of uneventful.ĭuring our set, we played ‘All Hell Breaks Loose’ last by the Misfits especially for him. He ignored me of course and tried to impress and bunch of girls who had come to see us and eventually jumped into the ‘crowd’ (what little there was) and landed on them. He punched himself a few times and I stood in the near empty club right in front of the stage egging him on for more self-destruction and other taunts. ![]() I had no respect for their singer because of his past bullshit and his ‘shocking’ antics which did not fly with me. Musically, I cannot deny that they were tight, original and overall professional. During their set he wore the same crazy outfit and sweated up a storm. Then he turned to us and I said that that was us. He commented to one of his band members, not knowing that we were the band, “Low Profile…wait a minute…I remember this band”. ![]() As we waited outside for the doors to be unlocked, their singer saw a sticker that had been freshly put up about 1 minute ago by Hilger. I was ready to confront them and fight if need be. In short, they had insulted us and also started a fight they couldn’t finish with a wild metal band due to their frontman’s antics. This show was with the Circus - a band we had played with before. ![]()
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