I'll go ahead and say this now before I read your long one here... thanks for making the second "YMCA Battle of the Bands" post, we really needed two.
Okay, I read it.
First off, it's true that Warsaw is a piece of shit. It's true that the citizens have a very small scope of music they listen to. It's true that you have the right to be fucking pissed off as hell that you're in a rock band and you get overlooked in your town because of the swelling up of one certain style.
But that is no reason for you to take it out on punk music itself. It's a legitimate art form (as are all styles of music) and just because I don't like it, and you don't like it, and the kid sitting next to you doesn't like it, is no reason to take your anger out on them. They have a right to make their music and have fun doing it. As do you. If you can't get noticed in Warsaw, go somewhere else.
Secondly, please read the
other YMCA Battle of the Bands post, located
here. I've addressed the fact that the YMCA judges suck. No wonder,
it's run by the YMCA. YMCA + Music = What the fuck!?
Thirdly, speaking from experience, don't let all this crap get to you. You're always going to have to go through negatives like this when you're pursuing something so positive. It doesn't matter that the punk bands won over you. What matters is that you keep working towards your goal and doing what you love, that's all that ever matters.
As for all the other shit that comes along with it, get over it. You're going to have to eventually anyway. On a side note, you seem to really really like the Ivy League... that's odd for a band who, from your post, seems to have few fans... that, coupled with the sight of your extreme rage that the Ivy League gets "not enough respect" leads me to believe that you are in fact a member. True?
I'm gonna go ahead and just edit this post to say that Dirty's comment down there got one of the biggest laughs I've executed in quite some time.
[This message has been edited by Titan (edited April 26, 2003).]