Comments on: Aural Wes on the Decline of the Wes Music Scene http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/ Real student life at Wesleyan University Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:39 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Aural Wes seeks content/contributors – Wesleying http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-64366 Aural Wes seeks content/contributors – Wesleying Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:49:21 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-64366 [...] blogmaster Max Lavine ‘10 (aka O)))): We still exist! As a matter fact AW is full of exciting new stuff like music news, reviews, [...] [...] blogmaster Max Lavine ‘10 (aka O)))): We still exist! As a matter fact AW is full of exciting new stuff like music news, reviews, [...]

]]> By: Hunter http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63872 Hunter Mon, 19 Oct 2009 03:44:13 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63872 I think he's more bemoaning the fact that the school makes it a monstrous pain to arrange and maintain the shows than the fact that they aren't appreciated. That applies all shows of all genres. I think he’s more bemoaning the fact that the school makes it a monstrous pain to arrange and maintain the shows than the fact that they aren’t appreciated. That applies all shows of all genres.

]]> By: anon http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63860 anon Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:22:45 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63860 maybe this is just not the kind of music that the student body is interested in hearing. I think that there are lots of other shows that are always packed, and yet when this sort of noise punk/hardcore show happens and is almost empty people claim that the music scene is dying? maybe its just that people don't really like that kind of music. maybe this is just not the kind of music that the student body is interested in hearing. I think that there are lots of other shows that are always packed, and yet when this sort of noise punk/hardcore show happens and is almost empty people claim that the music scene is dying? maybe its just that people don’t really like that kind of music.

]]> By: old timer http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63846 old timer Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:18:20 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63846 Really, Max Lavine? "one of the few most valuable things I’ve gotten from going here" is watching a bunch of hipsters play noise rock in a dorm basement? Cultural memory at Wesleyan is very short. When I lived in Westco in the early-mid 2000's I regretted how westco (and wesleyan in general) was losing the hippie/activist/gender politics vibe that was still hanging on from the late 90's, and turning into a cool kids/mini-eclectic kind of place (as Wesleyan itself was hipster-ifying). Now it seems like you guys are up in arms because it's de-hipster-ifying. whatever. it's just entertainment. as long as everyone graduates and works for non-profits rather than joining i-banks and management consulting firms like your friends at Ivy's and "peer" schools, Wesleyan will still be Wesleyan. When you get into the real world, you will appreciate the truly unique and enduring aspects of Wes culture, as opposed to the passing fads. Really, Max Lavine? “one of the few most valuable things I’ve gotten from going here” is watching a bunch of hipsters play noise rock in a dorm basement?

Cultural memory at Wesleyan is very short. When I lived in Westco in the early-mid 2000’s I regretted how westco (and wesleyan in general) was losing the hippie/activist/gender politics vibe that was still hanging on from the late 90’s, and turning into a cool kids/mini-eclectic kind of place (as Wesleyan itself was hipster-ifying). Now it seems like you guys are up in arms because it’s de-hipster-ifying.

whatever. it’s just entertainment. as long as everyone graduates and works for non-profits rather than joining i-banks and management consulting firms like your friends at Ivy’s and “peer” schools, Wesleyan will still be Wesleyan. When you get into the real world, you will appreciate the truly unique and enduring aspects of Wes culture, as opposed to the passing fads.

]]> By: Howie http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63780 Howie Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:32:15 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63780 Ambient shows in the Clark lounge are particularly sweet. And 0% of such shows have been broken up. Ambient shows in the Clark lounge are particularly sweet. And 0% of such shows have been broken up.

]]> By: Hunter http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63775 Hunter Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:19:48 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63775 this sucks but the problem is you don't have a solution. I was trying to think of any excuse for you to march in to Roth's office with marshall stacks, a guitar and a pit, but unless you have a plan for what you want I'd say this: Move it out of Wesleyan. Collaborate folks like Manic Productions, red scroll records, Brian Frenette, find spaces in Middletown (think outside the box, I bet a lot of small places will try anything for Wesleyan students), pool money and take it all away from student activities. And obviously, keep bitching and don't let a single incoming student think that things are going to be good. Wesleyan students like to know that things like a good music scene exist, but they're much more content to write wesleying comments about it than have a hand in it. If the well is dry, find another watering hole this sucks but the problem is you don’t have a solution. I was trying to think of any excuse for you to march in to Roth’s office with marshall stacks, a guitar and a pit, but unless you have a plan for what you want I’d say this:

Move it out of Wesleyan. Collaborate folks like Manic Productions, red scroll records, Brian Frenette, find spaces in Middletown (think outside the box, I bet a lot of small places will try anything for Wesleyan students), pool money and take it all away from student activities. And obviously, keep bitching and don’t let a single incoming student think that things are going to be good.

Wesleyan students like to know that things like a good music scene exist, but they’re much more content to write wesleying comments about it than have a hand in it. If the well is dry, find another watering hole

]]> By: anon http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63761 anon Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:19:18 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63761 this occurance has absolutely nothing to do with westco. The westco community contributes to the music scene and certainly does not take away from it. The cafe is a venue that is not only connected to Westco but the whole community, so to point fingers and blame just the residents who may live upstairs is stupid. P-Safe makes rounds.... if they find someone doing something stupid in the cafe they do something about it. The same way that if they catch you drinking in the hallway of Hewitt they will do something about it. this occurance has absolutely nothing to do with westco. The westco community contributes to the music scene and certainly does not take away from it. The cafe is a venue that is not only connected to Westco but the whole community, so to point fingers and blame just the residents who may live upstairs is stupid. P-Safe makes rounds…. if they find someone doing something stupid in the cafe they do something about it. The same way that if they catch you drinking in the hallway of Hewitt they will do something about it.

]]> By: anonymous http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63760 anonymous Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:15:08 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63760 people call p-safe more and more, which is a symptom of the success of the administration's attempt to homogenize the campus and in so doing destroy student solidarity. why talk to each other when we can call daddy roth's shock troops? clearly thats a facetious way of putting it, but the more we rely on public safety the less we communicate, the farther we get from forming a community of adults and not just a mass of children. this goes doubly for westco kids who have doubly made a commitment to community and not just cohabitation. people call p-safe more and more, which is a symptom of the success of the administration’s attempt to homogenize the campus and in so doing destroy student solidarity. why talk to each other when we can call daddy roth’s shock troops? clearly thats a facetious way of putting it, but the more we rely on public safety the less we communicate, the farther we get from forming a community of adults and not just a mass of children. this goes doubly for westco kids who have doubly made a commitment to community and not just cohabitation.

]]> By: Nick Marshall http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63753 Nick Marshall Fri, 16 Oct 2009 07:12:33 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63753 O)))'s point is also that this show was almost empty when PSafe broke it up, and that we're doing a terrible job of sustaining our music scene. This isn't just about PSafe. O)))’s point is also that this show was almost empty when PSafe broke it up, and that we’re doing a terrible job of sustaining our music scene. This isn’t just about PSafe.

]]> By: logical http://wesleying.org/2009/10/15/aural-wes-on-the-decline-of-the-wes-music-scene/comment-page-1/#comment-63752 logical Fri, 16 Oct 2009 06:02:41 +0000 http://wesleying.org/?p=23994#comment-63752 Why can't people just not drink/smoke at events where you aren't supposed to drink/smoke if they don't want them shut down? Psafe enforces the rules, but honestly, these rules aren't that hard to follow - just walk 20 feet out of doors. Why can’t people just not drink/smoke at events where you aren’t supposed to drink/smoke if they don’t want them shut down? Psafe enforces the rules, but honestly, these rules aren’t that hard to follow – just walk 20 feet out of doors.

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