Comments on: New York “Times” Surprised To Find Bands In Large College Town

By: Family families

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By: Michal

Michal — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:09:02 +0000

Agreed on the local exoticism. People also choose what to see and document. I've only ever gone once into that Piggly Wiggly in four years of living in Denton and the same article features and image of a man in a Cowboy at Dan's Silverleaf. Until a country show they had there last year, I had never seen anyone wear a cowboy hat inside of the very “Denton” venues.
I have to laugh because I'm very much from Texas but currently live in Hong Kong and everyone here thinks I'm from California or New York. Even New Yorkers think I'm from New York. Texas is not the podunk state people make it out to be. It's awesome!

By: MrStarhead

MrStarhead — Tue, 27 May 2008 02:21:41 +0000

Sadly, Denton is about 10 years away from being swallowed up by the DFW megalopolis.

By: betablog

betablog — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:47:36 +0000

oh, this answers my question about buying drugs on Fry Street:

"It didn't help things when a developer last year bulldozed much of historic Fry Street, the former epicenter of Denton's live music scene, to make way for a CVS (a plan since stalled by a permit issue). All that remains today of the Haight-Ashburyesque strip is a mosquito-infested mud pit and a graveyard of frat bars and head shops."

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:40:50 +0000

They left out so many bands. Calla started there, 2 of the 3 guys in
Secret Machines did time there, Mazinga Phaser, crappy Deep Blue
Something, Edie Brickell…

By: garbageday

garbageday — Tue, 13 May 2008 04:02:34 +0000

I like the blend of incredulity and overstatement. “The bin dividers read like a Lollapalooza T-shirt.” Yeah, I don’t know if the lineup that follows would really pack Grant Park.

By: brownham

brownham — Tue, 13 May 2008 03:10:07 +0000

i completely forgot about midlake.

By: nerdlinger

nerdlinger — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:48:46 +0000

Jeff and Cyrus believed in their hearts that they were destined for stage lights, and lear jets, and fortune and fame. So, in script that made prominent use of a pentagram, they stenciled their drum heads and guitars with their names.

By: Shippy

Shippy — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:14:47 +0000

What’s next? Backwater hicks starting bands in so-called “towns” like Athens GA and Omaha NE?

By: The Defeatery

The Defeatery — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:14:47 +0000

What’s next? Backwater hicks starting bands in so-called “towns” like Athens GA and Omaha NE?

By: Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee

Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:08:51 +0000

@fakehardcore: "It's terrible, but I guess you gotta have that kind of music, too."

In other news, I think I might love you, Fakehardcore.

By: Airsank

Airsank — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:52:51 +0000

Did you know that the best ever death metal band out of Denton never settled on a name but the top three contenders, after weeks of debate, were Satan’s Fingers, the Killers and the Hospital Bombers?

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:46:52 +0000

Nick Denton has a town?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:34:05 +0000

Did I just read an article referencing Denton music without a single mention of Slobberbone,or The Drams?
Inexcusable.

By: Clevertrousers

Clevertrousers — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:28:32 +0000

Ugh. The NYT’s coverage of Essouria festival is hardly less patronizing – espeically when the reporter wonders if he should lie and tell Moroccoans he’s a Canadian and not an American. Please. I’ve been to the Essouaria and Fes festivals on more than one occasion, and the locals couldn’t be more welcoming – because the Moroccan tourist police and secret police are out in force, ready to beat the shit out of any poor Moroccan who looks crosseyed at a tourist.

By: Kate Richardson

Kate Richardson — Mon, 12 May 2008 08:09:16 +0000

Midlake owns.

By: fakehardcore

fakehardcore — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:13:12 +0000

@Charlie Kerfelds Jetsons Tee: because chuck norris hates baboon.
but glad they picked up on the scene a good decade after everyone else. maybe someone found their old brutal juice tape.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:27:59 +0000

Standard issue for the Times. They cannot write about the Flaming Lips without referencing the Dust Bowl, either.
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By: betablog

betablog — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:22:25 +0000

perhaps the former informs the latter?

By: betablog

betablog — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:21:52 +0000

Fry Street in downtown Denton gained renown in the 90s as the easiest place in America to score drugs.

Recycled is one of the sweetest book/ record stores I've ever encountered. The music students always sold amazing stuff and I found way OOP Moondog, Steve Reich, La Monte Young, Scott Walker, This Heat, and Tim Buckley items there all the time.