THD - "evolution of our decay" album

[jdecay at att.net]

Agreed, when I think of the most amazing shows I've been to in Pittsburgh, a huge percentage of them were booked by Manny. Sanctum. Z'ev. Christian Death. SunShine Blind. Sorrow. Heck, the show that I will eternally kick myself for missing was his doing (Death In June). And that's not even including some of the awesome non-Goth shows he's done. 

J
-------------- Original message from John <anhedonia77 at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> I've been subscribed to this list for close to 10 years I'm guessing and 
> it never seems to change. While I don't really listen to a lot of the 
> music people subscribed to the list listen to anymore, I still stay on 
> it in case there is an actual decent conversation or there is news of a 
> band playing Pittsburgh that I wouldn't mind seeing. Over the years I've 
> noticed one thing that is consistent on the list, Manny has been flamed 
> many, many times. It almost seems like some readers can't wait for him 
> to respond to a message so they can bring up some shit that happened 
> however many years ago. I don't know Manny on a personal level, only 
> meeting him here or there at a show he is involved with. This discussion 
> got me thinking about the shows I have gone to that Manny has been 
> involved with and it made me realize that I have seen a ton of killer 
> bands solely because he put the show together or brought the bands to 
> Pittsburgh. I've been to a number of his shows that should have pulled 
> decent crowds but didn't because people in Pittsburgh would rather sit 
> at home and bitch that no good bands ever play here and that the 
> Pittsburgh music scene sucks rather than going out to shows. I really 
> think the guy deserves more credit than he is given based on the work he 
> has done for the Pittsburgh music scene in the past 20+ years. Sure, he 
> may have done some questionable things in the past, but who hasn't. I 
> just can't seem to understand why people would want to attack a guy for 
> a few things he's done wrong, when he really has done a lot of good for 
> music in Pittsburgh.