The network was to be called Indie-TV at the time, later it would be changed to Current.
One hopeful sign: Thursday night's showcase at the Belmont in the Warehouse district featured a dream lineup including Alt-J, Atlas Genius, Frightened Rabbit, Guards and the Joy Formidable the kind of groups that might be associated with indie rock.
Coupled with his relatively hardscrabble upbringing, his competitive nature makes him want to have more than the next guy, indie roots be damned.
And indie games will be made more directly for the fans.
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For an indie developer overheads can be close to zero, development costs are cheap and there is no reliance on retailers having shelf space for your product.
Indie rock used to be synonymous with independence.
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And like an edgy indie film, they can be jarringly unconventional.
He has become well-known for the quality of music during the catwalk and proudly told me that guests this season would be treated to several unreleased tracks from indie bands The Envy Corps, Long Walks on the Beach, The Rapture and Beady Eye.
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"It occurred to me that something that seems to be kind of lacking in so-called indie rock these days is an element of sex and danger, " Everett says.
As a self-published author, I would be limited to selling my book on Amazon and other indie sites.
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Rivera made her film debut at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival with the indie family drama Filly Brown, set to be in theaters in January 2013.
That might certainly be a driving force behind his latest venture, a new indie wrestling organization called Resistance Pro.
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Ironically, these days she can often be seen hanging out with Girls Aloud's Sarah Harding and indie electro duo The Big Pink.
This could be viable, he says, because the cost of making a indie film has gone down as the technology has become cheaper and more available.
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But even Pollack admits that Lucas' work should in no way be compared to the films that play at festivals like Robert Redford's indie mecca Sundance.
Carosel, an Irish Indie Pop band now based in Paris, created its soon to be released album, Back to the Start, via the power of the internet, technology, emails and of course killer guitar and vocals.
In the meantime, Berry and her team need to find that perfect indie project that is going to show the world how amazing the actress can be without isolating audiences.
The workers' nights of organising, educating, poetry and barter may be a thing of the past but the music - Afropop, folk, cabaret or indie depending on the room and the night - remains.
We will no doubt see some great microstudios and indie games coming from this break-up, but less well-reported will be the struggles to make mortgage payments.
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It may be extreme to say the Gee-Bees are hurting the rest of their generation, but indie record labels, home to most of today's worthy music, do not aggressively market new sounds to boomers.
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