it occurs to me that when chris logan speaks of canadian bands doing tired remakes of already dead genres from the 70s and 80s, he forgets to mention the fact that his band is a third rate gloom rock band nestled firmly at the teet of all things '82. In terms of rehashing what's been done, coyote do amout as much to help originate or further styles and genres with their birthday party/cult/bauhaus worshipas the monoxides do with their ridiculous stadium rock "ha-ha rock is kitchyfunnycutesy" schtick. the main difference is that at least the monoxides have a sense of humour about what they are doing, whereas coyote (or at least chris - from what he writes) seem to see themselves as outside of this group and wholly original. this is bullshit. this kind of whining serves no purpose other than to further chris' own perception of himself as tortured artist and social critic who can't find acceptance within his peers. maybe he should give up being a grumpy old fart and try to contribute something to the scene, as opposed to whining about it, but i suppose if he stopped whining he would actually have to DO something constructive, and what fun is that. don't take this as a dis to coyote or the monoxides - they are both really good at their respective styles - it's just that they aren'texactly breaking new ground.
this town needs to develop a sense of community that is sorely lacking. everyone here needs to star communicating a little better and trying to help each other out. maybe if we all stopped ripping each other apart behind each others backs and actually concentrated on keeping this scene alive and vibrant and growing things could be fun again. I heard that both sloan and jale refused to take any money from the popx due to their recent financial troubles, and for this they should be applauded. mike
