the [pussy] willow[s]

just a note to touring bands,

don't come to a bar and treat the attendants like you're something special and they are dirt; especially to half of the crowd that was into your set. don't stand on stage and laugh and make fun of kids who want to dance to a dj's set, or take pictures of them in jest. it's probably also not a good idea to mess with the bar's property (i.e. lights and hanging furniture) or to dance like morons imitating the crowd you're not happy with. behavior like this is unacceptable and immature and not on par with how legitimate bands act in a town that isn't theirs, especially when it happens after you make your guarantee(notably of which was probably met because of the money the dj's (that you made fun of) made for the bar). if you don't like what you see, there's the option of leaving and surely DO NOT stay and make fun of the innocent kids who want to have a good time.

i say this because i decided to call some members (actually just their roadie, but when their guitar player caught wind of it he ended up right in my face) of a band, who i won't directly, name on their actions last night, closely related to those mentioned above, at the bar i dj at every thursday night and they acted like neanderthal morons about it, stating "do you know where we're from? california." and "it's out roadies birthday." i don't care where you're from, whose birthday it is, how special you think you are because you've got some "cred" for however big you think you are or whatever egotistical/power trip you want to go off on; it DOESN'T give you the right to act condescending to kids who did nothing to you.

i got to the bar right before the band went on and a friend of mine actually stated that they were pretty good, and had some songs in the soundtracks of some pretty decent movies, but it's a shame i had to lose what little respect i had for them for a few hours. the worst thing about it was that the music this band played was actually good (given it might be a bit heavy on the kitsch side of things, see also: the psychedelic revivalist movement that seems to be so prevalent in a good number of music circles today) and it sucks that i have to have a bad association with them.

BUT, on a lighter note, this saturday at the a/v space, my new band(science vs. witchcraft) is playing a show with pit er pat.

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as you may or may not know, croquet is also throwing an after-hours party, but you've got to go to the show to find out where it's going down...

come and have some fun, it's cinco de mayo! (potentially the united states largest assimilated holiday dedicated to the buying and drinking of corona beers)