I hung out at the Trocadero in the mid to late 1980's and the whole prog scene in Philly scared me. This is when we'd have to trek up to New York to buy Doc Martens (or London!), cos DC didn't have them yet. DC was dead as for the punk scene, with Bad Brains, the Subhumans, TSOL, Fugazi, and sometimes Agent Orange being the only bands who bothered to frequent DC. So it was roadtrip, roadtrip. We'd see Skinny Puppy, Trent Reznor and Ministry in Ohio, the Dead Milkmen (don't laugh), Mojo Nixon, and the Butthole Surfers in Philly, and the rest, the A-bands like the Cramps, the Ramones, Adam Ant and all the others in NY. I did also go to the Electric Banana (?) in Pittsburgh, which was depressing, but Philly really got to me.
I dunno, it was the standard of living, the blue collar hopelessness, the whole giving up on the American Dream that got to me. Not as bad as Scranton, mind you, but sort of an industrialized city which hadn't modernized and the people I met were kind of hopeless, and aspired to be mechanics and managers at Wendys. It wasn't polite society either, like say, Virginia, where you can actually cruise into a liquor store and ask directions, and the bikers still call you ma'am.
I'm just rambling, and my impression of philly hasn't changed since the '80's cos of the simple fact that I never gave it a chance since, like '92. But like I said, I'm going back on the 21st, so I just might get a totally different impression this time around!
Please don't think I'm critical. I don't hate Philly. Really I don't.
~nelly~
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