Comments on: CAVE 9 (2002-2009) R.I.P.

By: may West

may West — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:29:22 +0000

This is sad news. I’m just now seeing it. But it’s important to remember that Cave 9 was nothing more than a vessel, an empty space. A new space will come along as long as 12 year-olds continue to discover The Ramones, or Dark Side of the Moon, or hear Helter Skelter, or steal that Miles Davis album from dad’s shelf because it has the word “cool” in it. That’s all it takes to want to play guitar or drums or a horn. That Stooksberry couldn’t imagine growing up without Slacker 66, the Crush, or Big Dan’s should tell us something. New places will emerge as sure as kids learn they have something they want to say that someone somewhere oughta be hearing. It’ll be exciting to see what comes next. Whatever it is, it will belong to someone else–it will be a new generation’s aesthetic. As long as there’s music, people will find a place to play it.

AS far as the genre-bashing comments above (though the posts are old and no one’s likely to read mine), you girls and boys cool it down. Genre is like an earful of plague. You start to kill off too many cells. You lose the frequencies. John Cage said, “If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like i’m a nazi developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and in that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.” When you start categorizing all these sounds as indie, or jazz, or jam, you similarly cut yourself off from a great deal of experience. Stop arguing and start genre-fucking. People need to come together. The homogeneity of ’scenes’ is what causes them to die. Indie rock doesn’t exist. Birds sing jazz everyday.

By: Birmingham local music

Birmingham local music — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:24:39 +0000

No what I meant is that hopefully Birmingham won’t suck so bad as to let this kind of thing happen to such a great venue.

I gate writing on the internet. Before you know it a bunch of jerks are complaining.

Cheers fellow musicians

By: Jazzpanther

Jazzpanther — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:12:16 +0000

What smelly jambands are you all referring to that stink up Birmingham. Albeit that bhams local music meant that the so coined “indie” scene was the demise and metaphorical pungent odor that took over this once jazz town.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 02:51:08 +0000

Hm. Nice attitude birminghams local music. We’re still covered over in the patchouli stink of crappy jam bands and related douchebaggery, so your wish remains unfulfilled.

By: Tim Stooksberry

Tim Stooksberry — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 19:36:31 +0000

Makes me sad. Glad I could lend a quote, though.

By: Tom Bagby

Tom Bagby — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:47:02 +0000

Rest in Peace, Cave 9. You’ll be missed.