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This month, Local H founder and frontman Scott Lucas reflects upon a decade of Local H, the state of politics and the Pixies, and the forgotten chunk of land between NY and LA.
To save from offending delicate ears, I've replaced our profanity from the interview with the word "FCC." ADAM: Since I'm out in L.A., I have to talk about "California Songs" - it's one of my favorite cuts on the album. But where are all these songs about people loving L.A.? Living in L.A., it seems like everybody since about 1970 hates L.A., especially in music. SCOTT: Yeah, but there's constantly songs since The Beach Boys and the Mamas and the Papas. You've got "California Dreamin," you've got "I Love L.A." In the last few years, you've got a ton of songs - from Red Hot Chili Peppers to Phantom Planet...to friends of mine's bands. ADAM: It seems like when I talk to bands from L.A. they talk about how L.A. sucks and the scene here sucks, but when I talk to bands from New York they usually talk about how New York is the greatest place on earth and home to the best music being made. SCOTT: Well, that's New York. They think they're the center of the world. To me, the thing is that there's a lot of land between L.A. and New York and there are a lot of people who have things to say and that's what I've always responded to over the years: the regional rock scenes that spring up out of Minneapolis or D.C. or Seattle. ADAM: And like what Saddle Creek has done down in Omaha... SCOTT: Exactly. That's a perfect example. That's when you get a sense of what people are really thinking because it seems to me that in L.A. and New York there's so many labels and magazines that it's sort of a weird, magnified sense of what's going on - it's not really real. I never really had a lot of connection with bands from L.A. There was Van Halen, but that was about it. ADAM: Yeah. I've talked to some bands out here - Rilo Kiley, for example, speaking of Saddle Creek - who say that it's hard to find bands to share bills with because the focus is always on showcasing...
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