[NewMusic] Bay Area - East vs West

[Sarah - 21 Grand]

Matt D-ebated:
We've got as many or more venues in the West Bay as we do on the East
Bay - Luggage Store, Noise Pancakes, G3, Meridian, SF Sound, ATA,
Recombinant Media Labs, The Lab. I'd be happy to see another venue pop
up anywhere. Frankly, I'm thinking this scene is as much or more an
East Bay phenomenon than a San Francisco one.


- yes, but these venues program experimental music once a week, at most, and
all are at venues for which presenting experimental music is a real
"backburner" thing (with the exception of Meridian, which seems quite
supportive) - compared to 21 Grand and 1510 alone, there is more
experimental music programming in the East Bay.

I would disagree that is more East Bay than SF - I'd say it's more or less
equal. Of course one could argue about the boundaries of "the scene," which
is about as pointless as debating who would "win" in a fight - Batman vs.
Spiderman. 

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