But I give my former employers kudos for running it…
Some of you may lament my rather quick exit and brief tenure at the Weekly, while others may be rejoicing and bellowing, “Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.”
Well, I tried. I tried to get into the OC mindset and explore its music scene, but after a year and a third, I came to the conclusion that things here are just not weird and edgy enough for my warped sensibilities. Or, perhaps more accurately, I’m too weird for OC’s conventional soundscape. However you view it, OC and I are a bad match. But, you know, I hope we can still be friends. I’ll call you—no, really….
I moved here in March 2007 thinking that there had to be some amazing underground activity happening in Orange County, that it simply had yet to reach my radar. Well, I took my radar out four or five times a week for 16 months, and that awesome hive of musical activity I imagined in my most optimistic moments never materialized, although I hasten to add that I truly appreciate the bold rogue souls here who did cut against the prevalent OC grain. I knew the politics here tilted toward conservative; I didn’t realize the musical environment would also be similarly inclined.
