In November 2003, shortly after Sarah Hepola was named music editor at the Dallas Observer, Robert Jenkins cornered her during a Sorta and Sparrows concert at Deep Ellum's Sons of Hermann Hall.
"You're not going to change anything in this town," Jenkins said.
His wisdom and warning came from years of going to local shows and watching good bands struggle to find an audience. Hepola took it as a challenge, as did Lindsay Graham, who was within earshot. Together, Jenkins and Graham have stopped complaining about the lack of recognition for local musicians and decided to do something about it.
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Of course, we probably do already know about them. I mean, come on.
So, yeah, I know: checking this website for updates every day kinda sucks. I mean, I know you love the redesign, these cool designer colors (Martha Stewart's "Zest" and "Chesapeake Fog"), but what you'd really like is to be notified by email of a new show, posting or recommended event. Easy. Click the link below to be taken to a form to sign up for update notifications. So, sign up:
You’ll never guess. Go on, try. Guess. Nothing? Ok, here it is. I’m not done editing. I know, I know: startling.
I should just give up this charade of a schedule. Nonetheless, it’s a good show coming up, with Josh Venable as our guest. Stick around; I hope to have the show up tomorrow sometime.
In the meantime, why don’t you check out this guy, who Josh hipped us to. Good work, Josh. And good work, Brent Engel.
Tearing it down (one deadline at a time),
Lindsay
