Article  Brave new world
         It seems a brave new world in the jungle that is the Dallas/Fort Worth  music  scene.  The bands today  not only can they not make a living but most of them shouldn't even be trying . The garage and open mic nights  for most of these acts should be the  limit to the reality of the dream. Now not to be the cynic, and for those of you who don't know what that means lay the pipe down and pick up the the big book under the Scrabble game and look it up. No doubt we have some good talent here but most  are not pushing the bounds, riding near the edge,  going for the new sound.  Those who are, are  few and far between .Right now their is  the dallas metal sound  the urban street sound ,the country sound and the goofball who's wife told him he was good and to go out and get a gig just so she  won't have to listen to him any more .Now don't get me wrong she loves him, but one can only take so much.
        As a matter of fact the Dallas sound has gotten so set that I'm not sure if you can even get a gig in Deep Ellum if you don't sound like every other band in Deep Ellum.  Is it just me, or is anyone else getting tired of this sound?  I challenge the local bands out there to go out on a limb and be different.  The old different was to wear too much mascara and spikes around your neck.  I think someone should try wearing hot pink in Deep Ellum.  The new 80's era is upon us.  I'd like to see a new 80's band.  Take the old stuff we loved in high school to a new level.  When the Mods stepped out on to the streets of England the sound and the look that they brought onto the scene not only changed the music, but also the lifestyle of the people.  This is what Dallas/Fort Worth needs, a new look on life.  And what is life?: art, music, theatre, literature, fashion, religion, the things that make us all individual.  

Oh yeah, P.S. I'm tired of walking into clubs that have giant P.A. systems.  It's like it's become a competition to see who can get the largest P.A. in the smallest room.  Hey guys, none of y'all are reunion area!