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VOLUME 106 ISSUE 19 // FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 2012
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THE DIRTY HEADS ROLL GAMEDAY: Why Arizona shouldn’t take SCSU lightly PAGE-10
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
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SKATE SAFELY AT THESE SPOTS HAILEY EISENBACH/ARIZONA DAILY WILDCAT
LOCAL TALENT TINSELS, Dying Bedmaker and Ocean Void play Tucson’s new music venue, Tucson Live Music Space, on September 13th.
Local acts and out-of-towners alike can now bring their show to all-age audiences thanks to Billy Brooks’ Tucson Live Music Space due to the necessity of drawing a sizable audience. These are reasonable concerns, given the city’s strong bar and nightlife scene, yet these kinds of establishments he newly christened Tucson Live Music Space has automatically eliminate all-ages music lovers. It also only been open a week, but already it’s found its makes it difficult or uncomfortable for some bands who niche. The DIY music space, owned by local music would much rather play where people will watch, rather aficionado Billy Brooks, has hosted only three than talk loudly to their fellow bar-goers. shows so far, yet each performance has featured It’s fortunate for Tucson, then, that someone like Brooks drastically different lineups in terms of genre, age and would come along with his TLMS with the intention of notoriety. operating a venue that is solely “music-centric.” “It’s really important that we have a healthy variety in “TLMS is just about having a place for great music,” said the lineups and kinds of shows that we have here,” said Brooks. “No other agendas.” Brooks, who spoke with the Wildcat last week in an onlineGiven the closures of DIY venues like Skrappy’s, Dry exclusive feature. “If you get all different kinds of bands River and The Pound in the last year alone, the need for a playing one night, you can really bring in all different kinds place like TLMS has never been felt more than now. of music lovers and reach more people altogether. With For someone on the outskirts of local and DIY music, this space we can actually create a musical pulse in this it might be difficult to realize just how big of a concern city, as opposed to a blip.” having a consistent and safe location to play is. If you were That pulse, as it turns out, is something that could truly to talk to its participants, you’d find that what unites the benefit the local music scene. While there are plenty Tucson local scene more than anything is a love for playing of Tucson bands that find places to play regularly, the live music. The reality is that no one wants to go see a majority of the city’s performance spaces either double as bars or simply book certain kinds of acts over others MUSIC VENUE, 2
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WIN A PAIR OF STOMP TICKETS! HAILEY EISENBACH/DAILY WILDCAT
LOCAL ACTS BREAK in the recently opened Tucson Live Music Venue, located at 125 Venture St. in downtown Tucson.
Find the STOMP logo in the Wildcat, take a photo and email the photo to stomp@dailywildcat.com for a free pair of tickets to the show on September 21st @8pm! At the Tucson Music Hall!