Preliminary Planning - Local Interviews

Although I don't have a good mic yet, I know where I can get the equipment around here to conduct an interview and actually record it with some quality. So I'm currently planning out my own local interviews to start to get a handle on this thing. Instead of focusing on The Placebo (my first inclination, obviously) I'd like to get a better, more well-rounded picture of the all-ages scene in Humboldt. And really, I want to talk about the thing in the scene that I feel gave me the most joy (and maybe the most pain too, but in very personal ways). This is not The Placebo, but rather The Professional Superheroes. I plan to connect them to a good number of the local all-ages venues and the all-ages scene in general. To cover this story I plan to interview them (or at least Russ, maybe Devon and Oliver), people from The Placebo (Willoughby, Julie, Dao, Mike, Eva, etc.), and Tina from Out of the Sun. To round out the all-ages scene around here I plan to talk to someone pretty unrelated... John who books at The Vista and lives at The Firehouse, just to do a bit more coverage on house shows and for-profit venues.

I also started to write a rough piece about The Pro Heroes when I was bored in history...

"When it comes to the all-ages experience, it's first easiest to talk about my won experience. And when it comes to my own experience, it's first easiest to talk about The Placebo, but that wouldn't be really giving the whole picture, a picture talking about The Professional Superheroes would more easily provide. The Professional Superheroes (or Pro Heroes for short) were an indie rock cover group that I palled around with. Through the band i had experienc ewith many of the all-ages venues in the area, as well as somewhat playing without a tradtional venue. Most of he group's shows were all-ages, as most of its fans were under 21. They played the come-back show for Out of the Sun. They played Thee Parkside, which spends most of it's time being a 21+ bar. They played people's birthday parties. They played out on the street at Arts! Alive with a generator. And even removing the young fanbase, most of the members were models of the people passionate about the all-ages scene..."

Not much, I know, but perhaps to give a better idea why I'll focus on telling that story to tell the story of Humboldt all-ages music.