There's a music festival tomorrow at the Ester Community Park. I'll be there selling flags and wearing earplugs. It's called the "Young, Angry and Poor" festival, though after talking with the organizers, an admirable group of four young women in their twenties, I think it should be named the "Young, Bored and Underemployed" festival. They told me it was to fill the gaping hole most young people feel exists in Fairbanks. "There's nothing to do," they said, "So we thought we'd MAKE something to do." Hey, it works for me! Good on these young women for taking action!
Last night my boyfriend was talking to the fellow who is in charge of the sound. This guy swore that everyone would be in tune and there would be no tuning on the stage. He was very emphatic about that. Frankly, I'd rather they stop and tune, should things go bad, than simply continue on at ear-melting volume offkey. However, I see from some reports that there will be some older folks that I know (not just all punk bands), so I guess I'll get to take my earplugs out at some point.
Hey, it's not that I don't like punk! I like it just fine. I had pink hair once upon a time. It isn't that I don't want to hear the punk bands, it's just that you can hear it just dandy with earplugs in, too. Then maybe your ears will ring less later.
I'll be interested to see how many people show up and what the scene will be.....
