WXPN in PHILADELPIA !

There is nothing happening in New York. Brooklyn is even funnier. The New York scene is made up mostly of kids from out-of-town who watched too many 80's video's. Coney Island is almost unrecognizable, and the re-hashed Punk and New Wave thing is weaker than clock radio speakers.I am not intimidated by a kid in eyeliner. In fact, I feel tougher.The city of Philadelphia on the other hand is developing a music scene alive with boundry pushing artist. An Albatross,Algebra of Need,Sara Drive and many more Pennsylvania bands are doing things The New Brooklyn couldn't fathom wrapped up in their mock poverty.If you want to see a band in Brooklyn,show some nuts and visit the Elite Ark on Pennslyvania Ave off Linden Blvd and you will hear cutting edge world music(Soca,Dance Hall) not "A Flock of Seagulls (Light)" CBGB's should close. The original idea of the place was an alternate to the stuffy village joints, now it is as cool as Journey(and we know the owner never spent dime one on the bathrooms) Philadelphia on the other hand has Grape Street www.grapestreet.com and The World Cafe www.worldcafe.org where both folk and alt-rock artists can perform to an audience that actually wants to hear music. New York radio is horrible. Rock radio plays Corn or whatever crud is being churned out, and the Folk Mafia won't play anything that isn't sensitive or a Tori Amos knock-off.New York's pirate stations are taking some chances though. WXPN in Philadelphia www.xpn.org is fantastic the D.J's Dan Reed,Helen Leicht and Matt Reilly have taste and guts. You can get the streaming version for free, do yourself a favor and give it a listen. It doesn't take a math teacher to understand the link between Radiohead,The Police,Sigur Ros and Bob Dylan. I was born in New York and have lived here all my life, I have never been more disappointed in this place . I know there is a kid in Ozone Park or The South Bronx who is plotting to take this great city back from the models,photographers,clothes designers,screenwriters and the people with expensive shoes and carefully ripped jeans.A small note to the people who now hang out down Lower East Side, "Junk" is king it was there before you and it will be there after you. If I sound bitter and out of touch, start sucking.