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[funeralcrasher]

is something wrong with picture management on LJ? I deleted one of my images, but it remains in my list of pictures.

anyway. while i'm here..

i've thought about aquaknot, entertainme_nt and others's comments about the net killing our scene a lot over the last couple of days. while i'm probably not going to delete my journal I am going to make a concerted effort to spend less time here. I don't know if I can do it becuase, well.. i'm addicted just like many others. but i'm going to try.

in other news, Tears for the Dying may have found a victim.. i mean bassist. i've spoken with this person on the phone a couple of times and after listening to our existing demo tracks he still remained interested... upas and I will meet him this weekend, unless he comes to his senses and decides not to show up.

aquaknot i'm interested in your comment from yesterday.. very much so..

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[blu-muse.livejournal.com]

I haven't read the discussion you're referring to, but I dont think LJ and the internet has that big of an effect on clubbing - not on a *healthy scene*, not from my experience anyway. For example, I've missed going to Release the Bats twice now - because of work - and reading everyone's account of how cool it was and seeing the photos on LJ make me all the more determined NOT to miss it next time. If I hadn't read those things or saw the photos, it might be easy to convince myself that I wasnt missing much and that it was easier to stay home than to make the effort to drive out to Long Beach. Jenn just updated the Bats page - which i read about on LJ - and I went and looked at the photos and it appears that our friend Glenn is back and that makes me all kinds of mad that I missed seeing him and simultaneously, hoping that he'll be at the next one. Furthermore, I DO catch up on all my friend's live via this thing however, it doesnt make me NOT want to see them. Infact, I want to see them MORE than if I hadnt been reading. For example, when Lissa's dog died - and I read about it on LJ, leaving a silly message seemed a bit inpersonal so I looked forward to seeing her at Bats so I could hug her and tell her in person that I was sorry for her loss. What else, hmmm... I talk to kritrox on this thing ALL the time but I'm always saying I MISS YOU because talking on LJ and seeing someone in person is NOT the same thing. Internet does not replace seeing someone in person. There's NO WAY that reading LJ could replace the experience of going to Release the Bats. Hahahaha. That's ridiculous!

In general, the internet has expanded our scene. If not for the local deathrock list that I joined before I moved to CA, I wouldnt have felt comfortable going out here in the first place. But because I was on the list and had exchanges with people - I felt welcomed and invited and confident enough to go to Ghoulschool all by myself for the first time ever. ANd you konw w hat? I was met with open arms and huge smiles because they knew of me beforehand -- because of the internet. I wouldnt have "met" various DJs and promoters in England and in Germany. Later those relationships would become confirmed with actual visits. Our scene wouldnt have known about The Naked and The Dead, would have had the wonderful benefit of knowing greengerg and all his musical knowledge. Hell, the internet is soley responsible for that band getting back together! Just think about how much music has been shared by people like marksplatter and rickamortis.

So no - on a healthy scene - I dont think the internet has been bad at all. For the deathrock scene its helped it grow. If you've got people too lazy to get off their asses to go out - then that's a problem with those people...