One thing I have found to be mildly surprising is how much music as an industry relies on stickers for their advertising. So far I've managed to find five different bands in four of my previous posts and I know there are far more in the collection. It obviously makes sense as a method of promotion; they're small, easy to stock and store, I would assume fairly affordable, and I'm sure they are just as effective as word of mouth to garner attention. I think what I find so intriguing about this is how varied the locations of the bands have been. I've seen bands from Philly, Maryland, even Vancouver, and a couple of big names that are on the radio. Granted Pittsburgh is a fairly large city in the grand scheme of things, and therefore a fairly frequent tour stop, but the fact that someone felt the need to put these stickers up is fairly interesting. Who knows why they put them up, we just have the memory of their time here or a fan's loving support.
Outside of Silky's I happened to notice these two stickers. I really liked the fact that I could juxtapose them against the bar's sign in the background, giving me a slightly different photo. I also found the style of Denver Noise Fest interesting. Looking it up, it turns out to be an experimental music festival in Denver that features bands from around the world. I can't say I've heard of any of the bands that are playing in it but they seem to be an interesting mixture of local bands, Texas bands, and even one from Tokyo. Looking at the line-ups over the years, I really only see two bands from Pennsylvania that kind of make sense as to how the sticker made it's way here: MACRONYMPHA from 2015 and Syphilis Sauna in 2011. This particular sticker seems to be their logo from the 2011 festival, they change it every year, so I think that the second band is more likely. Either way I enjoy the fact that a music festival 21 hours away is getting represented here in Pittsburgh. Before I end today's post I wanted to make a quick mention of the second sticker in the photo. Obviously I can't really make out what this sticker was originally about since it's been torn away. I would really be interested in what they were trying to stop, especially since it ends on such a positive note. I know I've featured fading stickers before but the disintegration of stickers is something I do find interesting. No two stickers ever wear away the same and the remnants left behind are usually just as intriguing to look at as the whole thing is. I know I have quite a few from over the years, so that could be a later month's theme I would just need to figure out how many things I can come up with to say about these kind of images.
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Maggie Ondrey
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