hello there.  for quite some time i've been a lurker, but i feel now the time is more important than ever to write, not for any particular reason other than to question the whole indie scene (thus encompassing an entire scary subculture). don't get me wrong, i listen to indie music.  but if you saw me you might not think it.  i work at (gasp! a corporation) banana republic, and i like my hair to look washed (because it is).  i like to consider myself a purist; i don't listen to belle to belong to some strange and snobbish subculture but instead for the music, plain and simple. the indie-rock scene lacks diversity.  go to any concert of any other genre and you'll find some many "types" of people, people who have joined with a similar love for music.  go to an indie rock show and you'll only find indie rock people. so silly.  people who will only talk to you if you look like you love the music (?!)    based on my own experiences at indie rock concerts i can conclude that the indie rock scene is pretentious, fake, and breeds snobby, judgmental people.  the music of the indie rock scene is supposed to contain more beauty, to have more meaning to the people who listen to it than fans of other types of non-indie music yet indie music fans can only turn and judge another person on how vintage their clothing is.... explain how that makes the indie music scene more mature and enlightened than any other. lauren +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +---+ Brought to you by the Sinister mailing list +---+ To send to the list mail sinister@missprint.org. To unsubscribe send "unsubscribe sinister" or "unsubscribe sinister-digest" to majordomo@missprint.org. WWW: http://www.missprint.org/sinister +-+ "sinsietr is a bit freaky" - stuart david, looper +-+ +-+ "legion of bedroom saddo devotees" "peculiarly deranged fanbase" +-+ +-+ "pasty-faced vegan geeks... and we LOST!" - NME April 2000 +-+ +-+ "frighteningly named Sinister List organisation" - NME May 2000 +-+ +-+ "sick posse of f**ked in the head psycho-fans" - NME June 2001 +-+ +-+ Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa +-+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+