triphop, old-school goth-rock, IDM, noise, power-tronics, etc....

[j eric townsend]

>What about stuff at the DNA Lounge?

It depends, Jamie has to pay the bills first and satisfy his tastes second.   He's not as much a fan of the bleepy bloopy as I am,  but I like a lot of the other acts and clubs he hosts. (They keep track of how many times people vomit on different nights, apparently the asian rave nights are the worse).     I really like the DNA and how Jamie's been able to make such an improvement in the club scene by not being purely profit driven.   It seems to me (as a newbie to Pittsburgh) that Mr. Smalls is the same sort of venue.

It's really hard to figure out the SF scene. Art of Noise didn't even sell out Slim's (~200 capacity) while Kraftwerk sold out the Warfield (~2500 capacity I'm guessing).  Sisters or Nick Cave can play two nights in a row, and every ska band in the world seems to stop in the bay area but I couldn't find anyone willing to take a chance with a KOMPRESSOR show.   MC Chris played the Elbo Room (basically the size of the bar area at Mr. Smalls) when he was in SF, so maybe it's a matter of the size of the act and getting enough promotion.    I couldn't even give away my extra tickets for the last Crystal Method show at the Warfield so maybe that's not it.

One thing I do miss about the SF bay area that I'm hoping to find here are places that let DJs come in and spin music.   Even a crappy little bar in SF might have a decent PA and amps that you can plug into, the better bars and record stores will have a turntable or two and a couple of CD players.    Am I just not going to the right bars or record stores to see fliers for these sort of local shows?

>It'll be interesting to see the size of the crowd at Prefuse, given the large
>'crossover' rep that Scott Herren has, whether it translates to heads in Pgh,

I'm going to try and make the show if I can get away from work long enough.  What are shows like over at CMU?  Is there a bar?  Is it byob?
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