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:	post by the_taste_of_cigarettes at 2004-09-28 02:20:49

my thoughts on an article on basement shows in Beantown:

if that article doesn't mention Crusty Craig or Ross Noyes, it's highly inaccurate.

There wouldn't be basement shows today (EDIT: in Boston) if it wasn't for those two guys doing what they did in the 90's, and no one ever turns the credit over to them. It's a shame, in my opinion.

On one hand, it's a travesty cause people go against Craig who basically invented 60% of the spots, bands, and show styles that all the basement kids emulate now. He helped Ross along he way...shit they even played in bands together.

On the other hand, Ross is still doing stuff and hopefully has a chance for people to start recognizing his work in the next few years. What Ross did with Re:Generation in Dorchester was UNHEARD of in this state: it was so ballsy, he put so much on the line, and if that goes unnoticed then I am really have lost total respect for modern so-called "DIY"-band culture in this area.

The problem is, without going into detail and bogging down the original nature of the thread, that the "DIY" culture in Boston has shifted...it's far less about it's original values and far more about posturing. No one in that scene would ever give up all of their "scene points" to let Al Quint, Craig, Ross, etc have the respect they deserve. Yet where would they be without them? Still in the suburbs, or playing Top 40.

The only person that 100% earned the name dropping he will certainly receive in that article is Ben Sisto. That kid ran, organized, or over-saw all the MassArt shows in its hey-day. He also worked with the X-Haus, if I remember correctly, which for its time and place was more vital than the HOSS was of late, and did more on a larger scale. Ben is still working really hard, though I don't see his direction as clearly, but I am certain he will be recognized in the books of Boston rock history for what he did and does, for better or worse.

The X-Haus should also be mentioned in the article, too, if you're ever going to mention the HOSS. Or at the LEAST the House Of Suffering...which was the HOSS before those kids moved in.

It's weird to see how much goes into a culture, and then see it come into an article as "THE HOSS WAS BOSTON'S FIRST AND MOST CHERISHED DIY SPOT" or something like I feel it's going to be... God that's apocraphyl.

I hope the reporters dig deep enough and do the right thing, but maybe I'm just a wishful thinker. Maybe the article will just be whatever's on the surface, or maybe it'll just be about the concept of basement shows (which they still should have consulted Craig or Ross) or something like that.

**but back on topic: Carina, great pictures, you have a nack. I am really glad all these opportunities are opening up for you and I hope many more come to follow. You should toss Aaron a bone or two hahahahah j/k

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