Boy howdy, it is so nice to work in coffeeshops that play music I enjoy. I’m at The Green Muse, and I have no idea what they’re playing, but the barista is playing some shoegazey stuff I can’t identify. The previous CD had a shoegazey cover of The Velvet Underground’s “Jesus,” which caught my attention. Usually I want to tune out the music in coffeeshops, even if it’s music I sort of like. I really want to like Epoch, but, whenever I’m there they play folky stuff like Nick Drake. I like Nick Drake, but playing Nick Drake in a coffeeshop is way to cheesy. Music with a lot of space like Drake seems to add to the aural clutter of coffeeshops, while spacey music like shoegaze seems to dampen the sound of conversation and dishes.
I often hear music I like at The Green Muse. A barista named Austin often plays music that seems wildly out of context for a coffeeshop, like The Red Krayola and Add (N) to X. I enjoy these bands, particularly The Red Krayola, and they don’t interfere with my thought, so I do get a little excited to find another fan of the band.1. I would wonder if music like The Red Krayola’s would turn off customers, but The Green Muse seems to be packed whenever I want to work there, so maybe the lesson to coffeeshop owners is to not underestimate patrons’ taste. And play more droney music.
1. Over the summer, I saw on the Drag City website that an acquaintance of mine from college was working on a documentary on the veteran experimental rock band. In our email conversation, Amy seemed pretty excited about the project and said that Red Krayola fans were really supportive in helping her find archival material for the flick. I can’t wait to see it.
2 Comments I’m too busy with school to do much real blogging, so here’s a list of some of the books I’ll be reading this semester.
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