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“Popping Off” on Lokal Music
If you were listening this past Sunday, or even if you’ve hit up the archive version after the fact, you probably heard, among our other rants, Stak and I yapping about Augusta Chronicle entertainment writer Stephen Uhles’ new reformed weekly article Pop Rocks on the debut episode of the Confederation of Loudness online talk show. Uhles new “clearinghouse” format gives a well deserved news nod to lokal music and serves as a fine recent addition to other area news bits such as Coco Rubio’s bi-weekly Metro Spirit articles as well as Stak’s own “Kibbles & Bits” column on the Confederation of Noisemakers blog page. Stak, rarely at a loss for words, questioned the motivation behind the change first by saying “Is Stephen Uhles rippin’ on some folks?” Before adding, “Do you think that came from up high? Was he directed to do that or was that a decision by Stephen?”
Unfortunately what was meant to be a discussion on the timing on the August Chronicle’s part to finally supply a regular news column about lokal music came off to some as a diss towards Uhles’ efforts. To his credit Stephen Uhles, to use a term often spoken by Stak, “got it” and responded in this weeks Pop Rocks column by saying- “They (Stak & myself) were enormously supportive of focusing on local music. They did, however, raise the question as to whether my mix-tape approach was completely original. No, it isn’t..”
Now if Stephen wanted to get nit picky he easily could have questioned where a couple of guys chatting up lokal music in a two hour time period could have come up with such a “novel” idea. But instead the guy Stak and I both consider the ultimate scribe of lokal music reporting graciously pimped the also new Confederation of Loudness online show even offering up his own useful suggestions.
To our defense, not that any is needed as it regards anyone else, Confederation of Loudness was not created to simply pat lokal music on the ass and yell “good play.” Augusta has an incredible music community but that doesn’t mean we can all just hold hands all the time and be complacent. This music community is worth fighting for and if that means shaking things up or rattling a few cages, then so be it.
Stephen Uhles gets this.
To all who ”get it” as well, we stand to fight beside you not simply for you. If you’re clueless, step aside. It’s about time deserving lokal bands had a few qualified roadies.
Bands, get your music to 95 Rock to be played on The Radar, send it to Stephen so he can share it with the masses, mail it to the Metro Spirit so someone can help expose it. Hell, send it to us at COL c/o Cannon 734 Hickory Oak Hollow Martinez, GA 30907 and we’ll pimp it on the show. Listen to the show on Sundays at 5PM at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/lokalcon and call in and share your opinion. Let us know what you think.
Make the effort and without a doubt it will get rewarded.
Stoney
To read Stephen Uhles latest Pop Rocks go to: http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/102308/mus_480462.shtml
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