Monday, August 13, 2012
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Due to unforseen medical issues The Classy Metal Chick is on indefinite hiatus if you'd like to read my more personal blog go here
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Let's just get this out of the way
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I've been trying to start this blog for over a year now, which is pretty sad when you thinking about it. I know the types of things I want to post here and I feel like once I get everything up and running I will have no problem actually getting content up but I have a hard time coming up with just how to start it off.
Do I sit here and list all the things I'm going to do with the blog? That seems kind of pointless and well stupid. Do I just jump in with out giving you indication of what's going to go here? That doesn't seem right either. I also don't want to sit here and tell you my life story either so it kind of puts me in a weird little place where I sit and stare at the blank screen thinking "Well what the hell do I do now?"
I guess I'll start with the title, The Classy Metal Chick is pretty much what my best friend dubbed me one day in the two or so hour car ride we took up to St. Pete State Theatre to see Darkest Hour. At least I believe it was Darkest Hour? It was probably more than two years ago now so I can't say for sure. I think it was also that car ride that I started talking about my concept for this blog, which at the time I thought would be mainly based around what I considered common etiquette that one should have while at a metal show.
Now I know that could probably turn off half the audience that I was trying to attract but seriously I'm not trying to be Miss Manners or something here. I just think a lot of it came from frustration of how I feel shows used to be and how a lot of the young kids in the scene didn't have the same kind of respect that I remembered from before.
I still really like the idea and I still plan to at least have a few posts on the subject but it's not near as stuffy as it sounds I promise. However, for the most part my overall idea of what I want here has changed, I want it to encompass more than just that one small aspect of things I have to say. Part of me wants to explain this as metal from a female perspective but that's not it either. I don't want to be stifled by the idea of keeping this strictly metal but instead do want to show things from my perspective.
People often label their likes and dislikes in the context of a subculture or label they identify with. Unfortunately I've never completely identified with one subculture over another so for the longest time I was just labeled as "weird". Now I can deal with this, I don't particularly mind it but I don't really want to wear it like a name badge either. In a way The Classy Metal Chick, almost describes what I am, almost but not completely. It's not like everything I listen to is metal or everything I like is some how associated with metal. It's not like everyone would find me particularly classy either (I do find myself very classy, but even what is classy verses what is not is open to interpretation). I have many varying interests, but doesn't everyone? I'm not exactly what my point is here but I guess this is more a disclaimer than anything else.
What I'm basically trying to say is that this isn't going to be an exclusively metal blog, it isn't exclusively music or really exclusively anything. It will have a lot of things relating to this as these are things I like but that isn't all that will be here. Also everything here is my opinion, I do not pretend to be the authority on anything, what I like may not be what you like. Metal as a whole, is a pretty big genre and what you like and think is metal may not be what I like. I'm not here to argue on who's opinion is more valid and this isn't a contest where I'm going to try to show off my "superior music taste" or flaunt my musical snobbery. I played that game when I was younger but have no interest in it now. Keep this in mind and if you don't like what I have to say? Well don't read this and we'll be fine.
Thank you and have a nice day.
Do I sit here and list all the things I'm going to do with the blog? That seems kind of pointless and well stupid. Do I just jump in with out giving you indication of what's going to go here? That doesn't seem right either. I also don't want to sit here and tell you my life story either so it kind of puts me in a weird little place where I sit and stare at the blank screen thinking "Well what the hell do I do now?"
I guess I'll start with the title, The Classy Metal Chick is pretty much what my best friend dubbed me one day in the two or so hour car ride we took up to St. Pete State Theatre to see Darkest Hour. At least I believe it was Darkest Hour? It was probably more than two years ago now so I can't say for sure. I think it was also that car ride that I started talking about my concept for this blog, which at the time I thought would be mainly based around what I considered common etiquette that one should have while at a metal show.
Now I know that could probably turn off half the audience that I was trying to attract but seriously I'm not trying to be Miss Manners or something here. I just think a lot of it came from frustration of how I feel shows used to be and how a lot of the young kids in the scene didn't have the same kind of respect that I remembered from before.
I still really like the idea and I still plan to at least have a few posts on the subject but it's not near as stuffy as it sounds I promise. However, for the most part my overall idea of what I want here has changed, I want it to encompass more than just that one small aspect of things I have to say. Part of me wants to explain this as metal from a female perspective but that's not it either. I don't want to be stifled by the idea of keeping this strictly metal but instead do want to show things from my perspective.
People often label their likes and dislikes in the context of a subculture or label they identify with. Unfortunately I've never completely identified with one subculture over another so for the longest time I was just labeled as "weird". Now I can deal with this, I don't particularly mind it but I don't really want to wear it like a name badge either. In a way The Classy Metal Chick, almost describes what I am, almost but not completely. It's not like everything I listen to is metal or everything I like is some how associated with metal. It's not like everyone would find me particularly classy either (I do find myself very classy, but even what is classy verses what is not is open to interpretation). I have many varying interests, but doesn't everyone? I'm not exactly what my point is here but I guess this is more a disclaimer than anything else.
What I'm basically trying to say is that this isn't going to be an exclusively metal blog, it isn't exclusively music or really exclusively anything. It will have a lot of things relating to this as these are things I like but that isn't all that will be here. Also everything here is my opinion, I do not pretend to be the authority on anything, what I like may not be what you like. Metal as a whole, is a pretty big genre and what you like and think is metal may not be what I like. I'm not here to argue on who's opinion is more valid and this isn't a contest where I'm going to try to show off my "superior music taste" or flaunt my musical snobbery. I played that game when I was younger but have no interest in it now. Keep this in mind and if you don't like what I have to say? Well don't read this and we'll be fine.
Thank you and have a nice day.
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