Ach!
I too!
Mebbe all shows should occur on the second day of three day weekends? How often do
those occur? Not often. Mebbe we should make more. There are a lot of tempting shows -
especially in the summer, but most of us simply cannot attend on Mon, Tues, Wed nights -
it just throws one down too hard. Bad timing if your tour hits a good city on those nights! -
you're only going to have about half the attendance you'd have on a weekend. But a tour is
a tightly wound watch, a thing of precision; the schedule is like a god, it rules you, you
serve it. The confines of a tour are for most musicians as unnatural as taxes or
Christianinanity. To not be owned by a schedule (and "the Man", and the church) is the
dream of every troubador. Trouble is: what's a band to do with the week off between say,
Chicago and Seattle? Hole up and fish in Bozeman, Montana? Thrift shop in Moscow, Idaho?
I don't theenk so, Loosey.
As someone who has played in several "Tuesday Night Bands" and is now a working father, I
truly appreciate the dilemma. I also have to pick and choose how and when to spend my
little speck of time. I never feel good about "missing out" on something I think I should
hear, but I never feel that great after staying out for something either.
Like I said, "Ach!"
-- therealmxyzptlk@comcast.net wrote:
Well, I *am* old enough to report with accuracy that it's a long standing 'club' tradition. I
recall being in my 20s during the music explosion (punk/whatever) in the late 70s/80s and
having the same complaints. Headliners never hit the stage before midnight and sometimes
well after - lots of midweek shows, too.
These days that can easily be pushed into what is now my 'up for work' time of 3-4am. I
just can't do it and don't even try anymore (but I used to).
I'll see Massive Attack next month because it starts at 8pm - even that will find me dragging
a$$ for a few days.
jeff
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From: Adam Piontek <adam@damek.org>
quoted 9 lines Am I just getting old? Am I just boring? Why do shows always start
> Am I just getting old? Am I just boring? Why do shows always start
> at 10pm? (or later.) Does no one else have 9-5 jobs? Are these
> things all just for students and "freelancers"? Does everyone else
> really want to cut years off their lives for a little live music?
>
> I saw this and thought, "Wow, a show I'd love to go to!" And then I
> saw the day and time. Oh well, y'all didn't want me there anyway :P
> -adam
>