Lucid Culture

 

For a brief rundown on who we are and what we’re about, click on About, above.

 

For answers to pretty much everything related to getting reviewed or listed here, click on Review Policy, above.

 

Otherwise, if what you need to know isn’t answered here, you can always email us (click on Review Policy, above, and scroll down for contact info).

 

 

Q: What’s up with that weird new feature, Possibly Related Posts at the bottom of the page?
A: WordPress came up with that, not us. We’re leaving it up for the time being since they’re also including links to Lucid Culture on several other WordPress blogs, which could generate more traffic, which is always desirable. Since all this is computer-generated by keyword, it’s pretty nonsensical. If we find this creating links to porn or other useless BS, we’ll take it off the page.

 

Q: Some of the links to reviews listed in the site index are dead. Can you help?

A: Because Microsoft word software – the program used to write the posts you see here – has compatibility problems with WordPress, any link that originally contained an apostrophe or a hyphen probably won’t work if you just click on the link you see in the index. Instead, copy and paste that link into your browser, which ought to work.

 

Q: You listed the wrong time/date for a certain show.

A:  If you see any errors here, please let us know, via the comments button at the bottom of the post, so we can fix it. Be aware that we obtain most showtime/date info from the venues where these events are happening, and sometimes they get the dates wrong.

 

Q: You provided a dead link (or a bad link) for a certain band or event.

A: We’ll be happy to fix it if you could please tell us, by using the comments button at the bottom of the page where the link is.

 

Q: Some of the information in a review or article is inaccurate. Can you correct this?

A: Absolutely. Please let us know, via the comment button.

 

Q: I’ve sent you six emails suggesting that you review my band and I still haven’t heard back from you. What’s up with that, or are you just plain rude?

A: Hmmm…if you sent us six emails and we haven’t gotten back to you, maybe you should stop and think for a moment about why we might not have done that (remember, we get tons of inquiries like yours). Maybe, for one reason or another, what you do just isn’t right for Lucid Culture.

 

Q: How much are tickets for the event that I’m interested in attending?

A: Go to our Venues section (to your right, under Categories), scroll down to the venue and then click on the link to the club’s website. Since we get most of our show listings from the clubs themselves, be aware that many of them do not post this information online, thus, there’s no way that we can tell you.

 

Q: Why don’t you list events that cost $40 or more?

A: One of the founding principles of Lucid Culture is that music and the arts in general should be accessible to the general public. We feel that $40 is an excessive price to charge for an hour, or less, of live music.

 

Q: I am the owner of a club listed on the Venues page and object to the way you characterized it. [we actually got an email like this once]

A: Tough shit. You might want to take our comments to heart and fix what’s wrong with your place. Or maybe you should just close down.

 

Q: You reviewed my band last year. Can you do it again?

A: Maybe. Your chances of getting us to do that increase significantly if there have been significant changes in your music or the band itself. But don’t be offended if we don’t: we’re trying to cover an awful lot of ground here, with limited time and resources.

 

Q: What’s with the monicker?  Lucid Culture, lol!

A: Hey, most of the good internet names were taken and this wasn’t. Actually, we chose it because in the beginning we thought it would generate traffic (it did, for about a week).

 

Q: Why don’t you ever identify yourselves?

A: For the same reason that you or your children should never set up a myspace or facebook under your own name. Some things the boss doesn’t need to know.

 

Q: Are you the PR division of Barbes?

A: No. We have no connection to Barbes, nor any financial interest in the bar. Although in a lot of ways we are kindred spirits.

 

Q: You plug your friends’ bands, don’t you? Isn’t that a conflict of interest?

A: Of course we plug our friends’ bands! What kind of friends would we be if we didn’t? As far as a conflict of interest is concerned, everybody plugs their friends, no matter how sanctimoniously they may preach about “journalistic ethics.” We’re just shameless about it. If you don’t take everything you read – whether here or elsewhere – with a grain of salt, you’re in trouble. 

 

Q: Why no graphics or photos here?

A: Graphics and photos take up lots of space. WordPress makes their money by selling space; Lucid Culture has been up for a year now and still hasn’t used 1% of what WordPress gives you for nothing. Meaning that theoretically, we could keep this going for another few decades and not spend a cent. There are lots of places online where you can see lots of pretty pictures if you so desire.

 

Q: What’s up with the hodgepodge of fonts, type sizes and styles?

A: This is a work in progress. Again, blame Microsoft, not us. If the version of Microsoft Word we’re using didn’t have so many useless and confusing bells and whistles, we wouldn’t have these problems. If you think it’s bad now you should have seen the site a year ago.

 

Q: Why do you list shows at some clubs and not others?

A: Depends on how much they’re paying us. In all seriousness, though, we really care about how much fun you have. It wouldn’t be right of us to recommend that you spend your hard-earned cash at a place where you are likely to be treated like shit and have a miserable time, would it?

 

Q: You are so out of touch. You haven’t reviewed one popular indie rock band here, maybe ever. Why do you hate indie rock so much?

A: Actually, we don’t hate indie rock. But most of it is really boring. Why be bored when you can have fun instead? There are plenty of places where you can look to see what’s popular. We’re more interested in what’s good.

 

Q: What happened to the high-and-mighty political/cultural slant you started out with?

A: We’d rather not reinvent the wheel. There are several outstanding political blogs and sites out there (click on Blogroll at bottom right). Other than live music, there are a whole slew of topics we’d like to cover, which we’ll explore further as time permits.

 

Q: I sent you an event invitation on myspace and you still didn’t list my show. What gives?

A: We rarely check myspace and don’t usually use it to communicate. Our myspace page is set up to be a resource for people to use to listen to some of the music reviewed and listed here. To contact us about your show click on About, above.

 

Q: Are you on facebook?

A: Supposedly somebody set something up for us on facebook but then forgot the password, so, who knows. Facebook doesn’t really serve any useful purpose as far as we’re concerned, anyway.