Fri, 30 Aug 2002
Dave Winer on Baseball
Dave Winer talks about baseball on Scripting News:I went to exactly one game this year, and was bored out of my mind. Too commercial. Too perfect. Too expensive. Everyone is so quiet and well-behaved at the stadium. The baseball I loved was rowdy and irreverent.Well, that's what I'm hearing from the local baseball fans in my office. And you know what? They say they'd be perfectly happy to go down to PNC park and watch a minor league game. Me too. You know why? Most minor league teams are better than the Pirates. That said, I think that this same line of thinking can be applied to the music biz. Take Dave's commentary and think of concerts and big money bands where he says game and baseball. AFAIC, that part of the business can dry up and blow away. I'd be perfectly happy seeing small local acts at hip local clubs. Yep, major league music can give way to minor league.
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