Topical posts are the new black, I’ve done a few in the past but I’m cashing in now whilst people have their thinking caps on! The two articles I’ve read that were the catalyst for this post (inthemix’s article on ‘dj/promoters’ here and stoney roads’ ’sup sydney’ here), have focused on the promoters running the nights themselves, how they do it and what seems to go wrong. There’s one thing they’re missing; the club goers. Clubbers are an important part of this equation too, and the general nightclub/youth culture might be something that’s crushing electronic music in clubs. Everything in our culture seems instantly disposable and this carries over pretty easily into the music scene, driven by ‘blog culture’ (read hipster runoffs hilarious h8 on 2k10 here). I’m not saying promoters aren’t to blame either, because everything the Stoney Roads and inthemix articles say hits the bulls-eye. There has to be more to the story than simply blaming the people who organize a night. On the other hand, it might not really be the clubbers fault that everything is so disposable in the first place! Everything will become clear after the jump…
