From Z Moser Sent Tue, Aug 24th 1999, 22:22
OK check it out, I have a few questions to ask. First of all I just moved back to deep South Texas after a few years of travelling. The Lower Rio Grande Valley to be exact, Brownsville/Harlingen/Mcallen area. Well this area of the US is at least 10 years behind the rest of the nation. Any type of scene here musical or otherwise is buried so far underground it might as well be invisible. There are only two radio stations that you can listen to with out immediately becoming nauseous. One is a Pop/Classic rock stations that have been playing the same songs since I was in Jr. High. The other is a Pop rnb station, whos Highlights include Britny Spears and the Backstreet Boys. The closest thing that the everyday public associates with techno/electronic music is the top 20 generic house crap they play on the pop rnb station on friday and saturday nights. Well I've been looking for some type of scene for awhile now, and the other day I was carousing around wallmart for no particular reason when I noticed what seemed to be a raver couple. You know the type, the guy dressed in some baggy imitation brand JNCO's, a snazzy new Addidas shirt, and a mexican lowrider hat covering his obviously bleached blond military style haircut. The girl wearing a matching pair of ass-tight hip hugging imitation brand JNCO's, a pretty little white teeshirt with short neon pink sleeves with a animie style kitty cat face printed on the front, and to top it off she was sporting a cute little half camouflage half 70's flower print vinyl backpack. Well I thought to my self, not really my type but they might be able to solve a few of my problems. So casually I strolled over to them and asked "Excuse me I don't me to bother you, but you don't know where I could get any info on Drum n Bass or Jungle parties?" Looking at me in that "and who are you" look she replied, "What?!?" all the while steadily flicking her tongue ring at me. And I replied back, "You know, Raves." This time both of them looking at me like I was completely out of my mind said, "no, no." Confused I said, "Oh well you just, I mean it looks like, Oh nevermind." and walked away. I saw them again later on and smiled and said hi, and the girl sticking her nose in the air replied "Your weird." So anyway at that instant I knew I wasn't going to get any information through the normal methods. So Here I am asking any texans, people who used to live in my area, or anyone who knows anything at all. 1. Does anyone know about any record shops of anykind preferably DnB or IDM, but at this point anything would do, in the Rio Grande Valley? 2. Does anyone know where to get info on the rave scene in the Valley? 3. Does anyone know any websites dealing with electronic music in the Valley? 4. Finally, If no to all of the Above does anyone know any good US Record stores on the internet specializing in DnB and IDM? Roach -Going out of my mind. _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com