the massacre went well part two

this city is overwrought with shit.
i hate to curse but i cannot help myself.

set aside the homeless issue, the drug abuse and/or drug transactions that take place in my sight, the front of my home (where i stand to smoke); if you remove redevelopment of inner-city projects (push the poor to the outskirts of this mass of land named after someone no one cares to study up on), then maybe all we have left is a place to eat, shop, and drink (hence the convenience of modern man/woman). never mind over-priced housing which is, in itself, ridiculous. and lets not speak about our senators and representatives caring about their constituents.

missing from up above (paragraph) is music. the music here is no sunken treasure (my column, clever huh?). nor are the bands that populate the genre. genre doesnt live here in houston, only scene. and then there is that stupid, yet catchy, song that rings in my head now - i should paraphrase - this aint a scene, its a goddamned arms race.

renamed (creating a new sect), i heard something called 'spacegaze' and/or 'stargaze'. i dont know either (if youre asking yourself what that is). its gratifying to know i 'helped' create it (only in houston - this type of music is nothing new if you look at bands like 'mew' or 'denali'). and i could go further and complain, but i digress.

music in houston is amazing in the fact that nothing will come about from it yet there are the persistent. unless youre zz top, or destinys child or (and at a stretch to mention) blue october, do you really stand a chance to get signed to a label that will 'take care of you' and maybe try and save the world? save the world is bad here.

but anyway. i think what matters here is this:
NOTHING.

music is what it is. the chemistry and dynamic (of which i believe crutial to any level if success any band) is what matters the most (granted ive played for a few years, in bands, live shows) in any city, any scene. geography does matter, in a sense.

but should we remember seattle.