I made a trip to the Phoenix Hill Tavern on Friday, January 5 to help a videographer with the recording of the bands playing as part of Eddy Metal’s “LMN Gathering 2″ showcase. Hanging out until 2 a.m., listening to various metal bands screaming along at full volume isn’t something I’ve done a lot of lately. The cause is age-related, mostly; I’m too old to do that and then get up at 6:30 a.m. to walk the dogs, then go to work. However, I’m working on putting together a Louisville Original Rock television show, which requires a sample program as proof of concept to sell to advertisers, so I needed to get a sample what the scene is like.

It’s the old saying, redux: the more things change, the more they stay the same. The Phoenix is and has been a ‘meet’ market: boy meets girl, girl meets boy, girl meets girl, only with lots and lots of tattoos and retro Goth outfits, overlaid with the remnants of disco clothing (Really). The music, as always, is too loud to talk, so guys don’t have to worry about sounding like sex-crazed idiots, at least not until they get to the parking lot. Oh, the joys of young Americans at play.

Anyway, we got three or so hours of video, which will be posted into something like a TV show and then we go see if we can sell it to advertisers. Watch this space for more news about it.

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