Have to hand it to the midwest, you make great art

I was just listening to Bee thousand by Guided by Voices (love that name) and I really have to hand it to Rob Pollard and his band . I really love Guided by Voices. It was about a year ago they did there last show. Sad to see them go but life goes on.
The midwest has made so many greats. Plus if you count all of the midwesterners that abandon home for coastal sucess, well then do you count them? I do not know. But I count myself lucky to have seen Guided by Voices when I did and to have been introduced to Husker Du when I was and to have been included in the Spit and a half catolog and have been on John P's mailing list. King cat comics are an inspiration. Truly great. And John never gave up his craft. even after the internet came in and screwed up zines. It really was different before the internet. You had to care at least a little to make a zine. Trust me, it is much more a labor of love than a blog. It has staples for godsakes!