Hi, I'm new here. I'm
fickerson's boyfriend. She likes it here, so I thought, hey, why not sign myself up?
I think I have pretty good musical taste (and who doesn't?), although my preferences skew pretty strongly to noisy guitar rock -- early '90s shoegazer and grunge/alternative, for instance -- because that's what I grew up with. I love learning more about different artists and genres -- I'd love to talk to some jazz buffs, by the way! -- and I think I find a lot of good stuff here, although I'm more than a little wary of the contemporary "indie" scene (industry?), because I'm obsessive about maintaining my independence of mind, and not just following the latest trend (which brings me back to being stuck in the '90s...).
But I don't want to make myself out to be more one-dimensional than I actually am. The Minutemen, and '80s punk more generally, are my current musical crush, and I like quality artists who do almost anything (although blues-ish music other than Jimi Hendrix doesn't usually do a lot for me, for whatever reason).
Like I said, I mostly know rock music, so I'll probably go over there and post for a while now, but first, I thought I'd make this interesting and learn a little bit about the board with a poll. Feel free to answer and expand below.
Cheers!