[Dixielandjazz] Alternative Newspapers and Jazz

[Steve Barbone]

David Richoux <tubaman at tubatoast.com> wrote (polite snip)
> 
> The Alternative Press reaches much further than the "dope-head"
> market these days and there is no reason at all to scorn a major wing
> of entertainment marketing when one is promoting Jazz. Just look at
> the other (non-porn) advertisers that are in the SN&R and tell me
> that they are wasting their time on a few dozen pimply faced teenaged
> boys.
> 
> Check out this website: http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewPage?oid=2086
> Sacramento News & Review is a member of that organization.
> 
> 
> By the way, just remember where all this OKOM music really started -
> in the dance halls, brothels, bars and "the streets" - not exactly
> the "accepted venues" for "polite society." If you study the history
> of newspapers I am sure you will find there was an equivalent to the
> ?alternate newspaper" in those days, and all the bands would have
> advertised their performances in such "rags " and they also probably
> would be refused by the "mainstream newspapers."
> 
> 
> (Full Disclosure: I have never worked for an Alternative Newspaper,
> but I do read them frequently. The radio station I have been
> associated with for many years has advertised in them and had some
> close associations with a few...)

Way to go Dave. Finally a voice of reasoned intellect amidst the sea of knee
jerk reactions.

Jill was right to answer the criticism in that paper. Several reasons, not
the least of which is hopefully they will print it and that gets more
publicity for the Jubilee.

The alternative press includes some pretty good information and reaches a
broad audience. Heck, on one hand Ben (the conservative old fogy) admits he
reads it while on the other hand condemns its readership as young tattooed
druggies. You can be sure a lot of other old folks just like Ben read it
also. (Remember the Berkeley Barb and the Village Voice?)

Wild kids, Jazz, Booze, Drugs, Tattoos, Free Love, Alternative Press? Heck,
they all arose out of the same mold. So too, are we old jazz loving fogies,
but now that we're on Medicare, we refuse to admit it, or maybe just forgot.

Cheers,
Steve Barbone