Roll Call

[joel monyok]

Well, I did not say much in the beginning but since so many have been
responding I thougth I would offer a bit more information. I started into
the scene when a friend introduced me to alternative in the 1980s and knew
that it would be the music of choice for life, that being sais, i listen to
and enjoy all music. My club scene started in the Glory Days of Metropol and
Rosebud. Attending many concerts. KMFDM, My life with TKK, Lords, etc. My
friend moved to Chicago and I moved more to the Goth music. I got to see
Mace and Low Sunday Ghost Machine in the beginnings and have been to some of
the first fetish balls in Laga. I was at the Upstage in the days of
Ministry...seems long ago. I fell out of the scene because of age and
distance-work can drag you down. But I still try to get to Pittsburgh
whenever possible. I went to Reined Force, Aethestic Perfection, and
Combichrist. Pissed I missed Psyclon 9. As I stated I was in Brasil-which
was a very cool country to visit if you enjoy a good adventure. I have all
over the US including and hawaii-great surf-little goth and alaska-all goth
and no surf. It was dark 20 hours a day. So here i am in Pittsburgh and
enjoy what mediocre culture we can hold onto. I went a few times to the
Pegasus but the crowd had long since vanished and became too young for me. I
mean no offense. At 40, I have seen much and done much-I am mellower now and
not needing to dress the part-I just want to have a beer and listen to f'in
great music. Am I asking too much for Pittbsurgh. PLease help the suburbs
find the venues-we are here and walking in the dark sometimes.

On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 4:34 AM, Sc&#39;Eric (aka sc&#39;Que?) <
scque at ymail.com> wrote:

>     Yo! --as the class jackass used to always yell out from the back of
> the class.  (Not that I'm much of a jackass, really...)  Nice to be
> re-acquainted with all of you... I mean "y'uns"!
>
> Sc'Eric here.  I've been living in State College for almost 20 yrs.  Been
> into the tunes since my second year out of college, circa '96.  Back then, I
> really liked the original post-punk and early goth-rock stuff.  By late 90s,
> I had discovered industrial artists like ChemLab, ClockDVA, SPK, Coil,
> Skinny Puppy... anything on Cold Meat Industry label... even the angst-pop
> stuff like NIN and Stabbing Westward floated my boat... a lot.
>
> In about 2000, I was introduced to the Pgh scene by mutual friends of Jim
> Semonik.  The first Ego Likeness show at Laga was one of my most memorable
> visits to Pgh--there was something very right about that show.  I also
> probably spent an entire paycheck at Eide's that night... which would become
> a quarterly ritual for the next several years.
>
> After that time, I went on to help promote events here in State College
> with the [DeusProject] events team, with whom I deejayed darkambient sets
> before our own monthly dance events {ca.thar.sis}--special thx to dj.Hiem,
> Steven Archer and Gopal Metro for all the encouragement!)  My cohorts and I
> shared the honour of guest-deejaying at Ceremony on [2007.07.31].  I also
> hosted a weekly radio show "theAbyss" at Penn State from 2003 through
> October 2006.
>
> In February 2003, I started the PAdarkAlternative Yahoo! group as a central
> location for musicians and promoters across Pennsylvania to promote their
> events.  (It was here that I began to discover how most promoters have no
> real desire to promote their shows outside of their current circle of
> attending clientele.)  Consequently, the group has been mostly inactive for
> the past 2 yrs, and the calendar needs an overhaul.  But it still remains
> available as a resource, should folks care to use it.  (If anyone would like
> to co-own the group and help breathe some life back into it... please
> contact me!)
>
> As of 2009, I am the bar manager and beverage specialist at a
> Chinese/Japanese restaurant--which takes up most of my time, and doesn't pay
> me nearly what I'm worth.
>
> Finally... allow me reiterate for the record:  I concur completely with
> Joel Monyok's observation on the lack of centralized-decentralized
> information on PA events.  Let's change this!
>
>
> ~Sc'Eric (aka sc'Que?, formerly dj.darkFIN)
>
> ps.  Thx for the events info, Manny!  You rock!!! =D
>
>
>
> ++ Note the length of this post.  Also note that I DO NOT twitter.  You
> should not twitter, too.  Speak in complete sentences, full paragraphs... in
> epic, un-abridged tales even!  For godsake, CIRCUMVENT THE CHARACTER
> LIMIT!!!  And remember to keep it intelligent, yo! ++
>
>