Well, I still maintain that of all the "big" cities I've spent any time in
(Chi, NY, LA mostly) Phoenix is, for my tastes, very, VERY much the most
backward musically. (A "little" behind the times? "What Is Hip" was
recorded in '73! When will they catch up?!?!)
"Rare groove" in Phoenix seems to mean "To Be Real" and "Pick Up The
Pieces." At least in LA there's some variety... kind of... (back in the
late '80's, the strip was bustling with choices... Warrant... Poison... Guns
& Roses....all in a 1 mile radius...!)
But at least LA's got Ritual Events... Chocolate City, Metropolis, T'Bird's
crew, etc.. (plus, it's the home of e:trinity... what nationality iz that
guy, anyway?)
And, cool stuff happens, like last Tuesday when Herbie and Slash got down at
teeny-tiny Backstage Cafe on an impromptu jam... yeah.... that's what I'm
sayin!
But, instead of dissing my current hometown of Phoenix (the NY Post called
it "a nightmare city..." that looks "like a neutron bomb hit it...") or my
last home town of LA, maybe we should pick out the BEST aj oriented
cities/clubs.
My top pick goes, of course, to NYC. But, I'd like to hear from the people
across the Atlantic... London, Paris, Holland, the Netherlands, they must be
rocking it over there, no?
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