Hub City Records revisited
Last week (or was it the week before?), I posted about the appearance of the first issue of the Restaurant Fuel ‘zine on ebay. That lead me to begin seeking out online evidence of some of my other undertakings, including Hub City Records, the micro indie label Tina and I ran together from about 1997 - 2000 or thereabouts. Not a long time, only five releases or so, but it intensely dominated our lives.
I’ve found a number of the bands we put out on MySpace, evil though it is. It’s interesting to note that the Boyish Charms are still together. Most of the other bands we worked with, however, have either broken up, or have only a semi-active status.
In some ways, I find myself really missing the indiepop scene of the mid-to-late 1990’s. The popfests, trips to Fez in New York, not to mention taking two trips with Winterbrief. Those were great times, and although I think it’s better now that Tina and I are producing our own work, rather than publishing the work of other people, I do miss being part of that community.
Listening to some of our old records, I’m surprised by how much I still like them. I’d like to figure out some way to get them back in print online, but I suspect it may involve securing permission from the various artists involved. That may be too much trouble, but I really wish more people could hear these records. Some are still available online from various vendors, I even found a seven-inch single for sale on a Japanese music site. That was a nice surprise.
Resurrecting the Hub City catalog is probably a longshot, but I’d hate for these songs to just die. I may pursue this after my writing projects are all finished.
Uncategorized | jeff | 28 June 2006 |
