
I interviewed moe. guitarist Al Schnier recently (to be published later this week) and we discussed the nitrous infiltration on the scene:
I've sort of had a keen eye on the nitrous scene and just been sort of watching it. I've written about it from time to time‚ and I've blogged about it. I'm just trying to keep an eye on it. That's the one thing that kind of freaks me out. It's one thing when people are coming to the show and sort of do what they do‚ it sort of stays within the community. But when our community is targeted just by a bunch of thugs from the outside who see this as an opportunity to prey upon the scene and cash in on it‚ and have really little regard‚ I mean it's just absolute disregard for the people. Then it starts to get really creepy and you see the full seedy element that comes in. And I want to have nothing to do with that whatsoever. So‚ they're a very powerful group‚ and it's something I want to prevent at all costs. And you see it happening at different festivals and events and I want to make sure that it is not something that enters our world whatsoever.
Al's take reads similarly to the entire piece in the Village Voice. My recommendation? Like anything else in America‚ be a good consumer. Stop buying shit from shitty people.
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