Last week AWE (The Staten Island Advance’s weekly entertainment pullout section) ran a piece about Rich Russo and his involvement in the Staten Island music scene over the course of the past year. The piece, written by Ben Johnson, struck a nerve with island residents and was the 2nd most commented article on the site the day it was released. The article featured a quote from yours truly. Check out what I said, and read the entire piece here.
If you’re interested in reading the entire statement I emailed to Ben, I’ve posted it after the Jump.
“I’ve been working with Rich since his inception into Staten Island culture, and it’s interesting to see the evolution how people react to his presence. At first, I don’t think people really understood what they were dealing with. Rich is kind of an anomaly, a personality from a large media outlet who has a genuine belief in the talent that Staten Island is producing. The interest in our island is far from fleeting, it’s genuine enough that Rich has popped up at events everywhere from Martini Red to The Wild Goose, he’s been to Burnt Youth shows and played the Wahoo Skiffle Crazies on his show.
While the Jersey Shores and the True Lifes of the world are showing america the zit on the face of Staten Island, Rich is doing his best to introduce them to likes of The Seconds and Plastiq Passion. There’s no reason that America should know the name Mike Sorrentino any more than the name Joe Pecora. Actually, I think the masses would benefit more from Pecora’s type of wailing. It’s for the large market exposure those which bands are seeing that people are starting to “get it”, I’m happy that they are because I’ve seen it all along.”
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Ya done good.
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