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Most times, though, Meridian Street is a beery younger scene, and except for the Slippery Noodle — once a bordello and now a popular blues club — grown-ups might do well to play elsewhere.
"It's a fresh, younger scene in America.
Look at the folk sector and you see quite a thriving young scene where great talent usually finds a way of getting heard, and is frequently supported and championed by established artists.
It's a very young scene in Asian and Hong Kong, so we feel that have a cultural function as well as a commercial function.
At the same time a young literary scene has developed, she insisted, publishing abroad, like herself, if necessary, and writing about issues like "social diversity, life among refugees and minorities, subjects that used to be unexplored".
"The hacker scene tends to be a younger, male-dominated scene," said Ms. Fennelly, the computer-security consultant, who counts a number of male hackers among her close friends.
For a younger and cooler scene, check out the Delux Café (100 Chandler Street; 617-338-5258), a reigning temple of kitsch with walls decorated with records, comic books and a bust of Elvis.
They can certainly support a budding trend towards a younger, more decentralized music scene.
Acts like the Jazz Mafia tapped into a vibrant younger music scene, and salsa Sunday bookings and Latin jazz nights sold out.
