Along with Most Women, Hipsters Can't Count

The KC Fringe Festival has been unable to pay most performers who turned up at the festival back in July. The organizer thought she was going to get a grant but it ended up falling through.

Honestly, it's not like anybody is being ripped off in this situation. The "performers" are basically locals that are one step out of their parent's garage. Incidentally, this is yet another example of how KC redevelopment and all the circle jerking about the Crossroads is a lot of hype and very little money. While 5,000 white people venturing into downtown KC is notable, it's not the second coming. Anybody who takes a look at the hipster events will notice that the patrons are way too busy primping and posing to actually buy anything. The only economy that Fringe Festival, Crossroads, art geeks are going to fund is that of witty t-shirt and a few drug dealers. Additionally, the group seems pretty fickle and they could lose interest in the whole thing overnight. A short attention span is a side effect of pro-longed pot use and listening to too much alt rock.

Obviously, the KC art, hipster, Crossroads scene is paid far too much attention for something that doesn't pay out. And, in the end, I don't see what makes that crowd so much different from local country music lovers. Both groups play music that keeps most minorities at bay.