For anyone who grew up here and lived here their whole life it may be easy to take all of this for granted. For me it's not so easy. Back home there is no local music scene, so once a venue like Concert Cafe went out of business, that pretty much killed off anything resembling music in the area, as we had no real local bands to fill in the space vacated by national acts passing through. Here I have my choice between multiple concerts each night, whereas back home I'll be entitled to see one show every three weeks (if I'm lucky), and if I don't like the bands, well them I'm pretty much out of luck.

Of course, the local scene isn't perfect, and it's difficult for the young 'uns to see their favorite bands until they're 21 since almost every local venue is now 21+. The great experiment in all-ages, the Foxfire, came and went in my time here and the Whole Music Club, despite the greatest effort of its coordinators, is quickly being destroyed and dismantled by the University. Even though the opportunities for minors are not that great, it's nice to know that eventually they'll get a chance to be part of the scene.