Music Ethnography

Whenever I think of the music culture in Dallas I always think of one place, The Granada Theater. Maybe it is because I grew up just minutes away from The Granada, but the music culture in Lower Greenville has always revolved around The Granada Theater. Unlike many concert stages such as the yellow book center, The Granada Theater has kept a much more retro look. The outside design looks like an old theater from the 1950s while the inside has a nice cool acoustic room. The society around it is mainly older restaurants that have a very retro look and restaurants with a very modern look. This weekend I am going to go see Yo La Tengo and am going to observe the behavior of the crowd. There is a two bars in the theater and people tend to get quite drunk while listening to music. Also Lower Greenville tends to have a lot of people experimenting with illegal drugs. It might get pretty weird but with a band such as Yo La Tengo there will most likely be a very diverse crowd between people going there just for the music and people going for sort of a party scene.