Re: stig's gig -- AND -- an audience for "new music"?

[Andre Lafosse <altruist@altruistmusic.com>]

> "Liebig, Steuart A." wrote:
> 
> dude! you shoulda said hello!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> 
> just shows that i should check out pictures of people on their web
> sites!

No no no, not at all...  I had meant to say Hi at some point, but after
the gig I was just trying to absorb everything I'd just heard.  

Also keep in mind that I'm a guitar player who had just spent several
hours listening to Nels Cline, so my brain was delightfully but
hopelessly scrambled by that point.  
 
> ** okay - - yeah it's embarrassing - - i'm usually trying to alienate
> people 

I know -- Jeez, man, what were you guys thinking?!  A few more gigs like
that and Wynton Marsalis might have a nervous breakdown!  For God's
sake, what would Ken Burns say?!

> ** we were shocked - - we were asking ourselves where the hell all
> these people came from. very nice and the audience was very receptive
> and warm.

It could just be my imagination, but it seems like there's actually an
increasing receptiveness for "new" music on the part of a lot of
listeners these days.  I keep thinking of the cross-breeding that's been
going on between some of the "post-rock" or "alternative" schools of
thought with "new music" over the last few years -- Jim O'Rourke, Thrill
Jockey records, John Fahey, the Fibbers, the Sonic Youth EPs, etc.  

The opening of the Knit on Hollywood Blvd, corporate-tinged though it
might be, seems like a somewhat hopeful sign.  There were so many people
in their early to mid-'20s at the gig who were COMPLETELY into the show,
and I can't imagine that many of them had a serious history of "out"
listening (though I could be wrong, certainly).  Any thoughts on this?

OK, now I'm going to see if I can work up the nerve to pick up my guitar
after last night...

Best,

--Andre LaFosse
http://www.altruistmusic.com