There’s a dude who dances on the corner by my bus stop because he likes it. No shortage of buskers either. The bar up the street does rope dancing on I think Tuesday night.
I’m not sure how to reconcile “all the artists are leaving” with “gentrifiers like art” and the presence of many forms of art all over the place. Which is it? Are artists not supposed to sell art? I really don’t get it.
Grunge didn’t really start here, it just blew up here. It’s more of a Pacific Northwest thing than a Seattle thing. If you ever come visit check out the Nirvana exhibit at MoPop (previously EMP), it does a great job explaining the evolution of grunge.
There are several local bands who are doing well on the national stage. The biggest is Macklemore although he’s not really my style.
The music scene in Seattle seems healthy to me, you can get a variety of shows any night of the week. The metal scene is supposed to be big but not my deal so I don’t know a lot about it.
I was at a backyard/underground wrestling show (hosted by a local band) last summer where the heel taunted the audience by telling them they’re a bunch of people who moved here 8 years ago and are mad at the people who moved here 5 years ago.
From where I sit Seattle has a multitude of healthy subcultures. It’s just fashionable to complain.
Funny seeing our neighborhood dancing dude mentioned on HN (assuming you’re talking about the guy that posts up across from Easy Street)! When he started showing up I was really happy to see just a little bit of life and eccentric expression being brought back out on the street.
Seattle was my hometown and still is my home. I’m probably one of the complainers many people are complaining about on this forum. That said, I have made friends with a bunch of new folks who moved from Cali within the last several years. Really great, wonderful people and I have nothing against them. Nevertheless, at this point it’s far from the city I grew up in, fell in love with, and now miss (even though I still live here)
As the cost of living rises, the culture changes.
Really just warning you, it sounds possible that it's where SF was 10-15 years ago. I personally knew multiple artists who lived in SF, tried to sell their art to techies, slowly noticed that all their friends were becoming techies (and all their artist friends were leaving), their rent continually rose, and had to move out. These places are friendly to artists right up until they aren't.
I’m not sure how to reconcile “all the artists are leaving” with “gentrifiers like art” and the presence of many forms of art all over the place. Which is it? Are artists not supposed to sell art? I really don’t get it.
Grunge didn’t really start here, it just blew up here. It’s more of a Pacific Northwest thing than a Seattle thing. If you ever come visit check out the Nirvana exhibit at MoPop (previously EMP), it does a great job explaining the evolution of grunge.
There are several local bands who are doing well on the national stage. The biggest is Macklemore although he’s not really my style.
The music scene in Seattle seems healthy to me, you can get a variety of shows any night of the week. The metal scene is supposed to be big but not my deal so I don’t know a lot about it.
I was at a backyard/underground wrestling show (hosted by a local band) last summer where the heel taunted the audience by telling them they’re a bunch of people who moved here 8 years ago and are mad at the people who moved here 5 years ago.
From where I sit Seattle has a multitude of healthy subcultures. It’s just fashionable to complain.