The Parks Dept.

draw your curtains and cry - northampton's music scene is on life support. there is only one place for local bands to play - the labour club - our shining lighthouse of hope! forget the roadmender, their policy for bands appears to be null and void unless you had a one off hit in the 90's and have somehow managed to make a career out of it -the nostalgia for the britpop days must be a lucrative deal round here, mind you - those kids have grown up now and have jobs and money - a safe bet to make some dosh! fuck anything fresh and new. new. now there's a word. apparently this word is out of fashion too in northampton. why, just last week an article was published featuring one of northampton's leading luminaries declaring there is no new music, only new ways of presenting music. that's good then. have all the songs been sung then? all the instruments and all the sounds and rhythms in the world been used? no - we don't fucking think so. so - apathy. oh fuck it. northampton used to be great. now it's stagnant. have all the people who care disappeared? perhaps they realised long before we have that nobody but the minor few give a fuck. look at the fishmarket - a centre for the artistic creative ideals! in any other country that place would be swarming with new ideas, people, you know at least coming together to have a natter or even communicate verbally. empty though. as a morgue. when bill drummond came to fanny around with that experimental standing in a circle he couldn't even get 100 people to take part - admittedly it was a load of old tosh but at least someone was giving something a go. no - the future's bleak - the sensible bands bugger off as soon as they get a sniff of escape, no fucking wonder - we used to think that they were dicks for deserting northampton, when in all reality they saw the truth much quicker than we did - NORTHAMPTON IS A CULTURAL DESERT. stalker's nights - now that was a great idea - cheap nights out checking out all the wicked local bands - and there's STILL fucking loads of them. but! a problem! despite the greatness of bands such as sleepyhead, buick mckane, new cassettes, sukie etc, no one could be bothered! so, the result of the death of stalker's quite very soon? you stupid cunts. you are the ones making this place so shit. advice to any aspiring bands - get the fuck out of here as soon as you can cos even if you're the fucking beatles everywhere else you'll still be drawing crowds of 3 here