<p>i nap. (10 char)</p>
<p>Oh. Ill pass on that. Hello, SF bay area thrash.</p>
<p>Internet browsing, movies in my house lounge, volunteer work at student film society and seeing movies there, going to downtown Chicago, video games are becoming quite the popular thing (N64 actually), music, LOADS OF TALKING (can't express how much of this happens), and then walks and food and random other events that come up.</p>
<p>same stuff I did with my free time before college, watch TV, go on computer, play video games, get high, drink, have sex, occasionally date</p>
<p>What free time?</p>
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to be fair, LA also has a hardcore scene, albiet i haven't discovered much of it yet beyond the "big" bands like The Warriors. probably a lot of it is also because i've grown tired of hardcore...there's only so much innovation left in the genre, and pretty much none of the local acts have it in them to do something new. all the bands start to sound the same. that doesn't just go for LA, it goes for a lot of scenes...like my little city's scene: Oxnard's Nardcore is supposedly "growing," but only in size...the quality of bands hasn't improved, it's just that the paradigm is shifted in such a way that any band that fits the genre is apparently worthy of notice. again, i suppose this goes for any group for any type of music, but i personally feel that when the scene is in an extended transition is when it's at its best. and i don't see that happening in LA just yet.</p>
<p>also when you say "Los Angeles" you invoke several hundred square miles of territory, and it's hard to keep track of all the bands and find a place where they all converge, geographically and artistically.</p>
<p>Im not a fan of hardcore.</p>
<p>doesn't matter...just saying that the scene sways in that general direction too, not just indie, etc. but it's far less apparent than the other types. had it been any other place i might have been able to give you a straight up answer as to what types of music are prominent...but it's LA. it seems as though everything's prominent somewhere, somehow. i get flyers from a lot of the venues in the county and it's clear how diverse the music is. i just haven't had the time (or especially the money and means of transportation) to start looking for it all.</p>
<p>You should be glad you HAVE a music scene. There practically is none here at NYU. I don't consider major venues as havens for the local music scene.</p>
<p>sorry to hear that, i expected a little more out of New York...</p>
<p>no, large venues aren't in the slightest...but the holes-in-the-wall are either just that...just too damn small to find, or they're too far away. example...Spaceland and the Echo are perfect for local bands (and they're some of the better known small local venues), but i'm not about to take 40+ minute bus rides through the shadier parts of town to go there all the time. and unfortunately for me, Spaceland's 21+.</p>
<p>sleep. you only realize the importance of sleep in college.</p>