You may have noticed a blogaroo full of hate and paranoia a short while back... It had something to do with the fact that somebody was coming out to play the Super Robertson Supper show... I might have seemed a bit concerned by this.
Nothing quite like the feeling of being of being wrong when being wrong is what you had hoped for.
In a way it was like a grand dance with the OMENS and coming out with a bounce in your step.
They were decent, the guitar guy could play and sing and the Eyes kept it quiet and steady for periods of time, and in a weird way, when he stumbled, it added an elegance of good art.(How the fuck do you properly punctuate that sentence?)
They played Weaser cover songs.
Worked for me.
The other thing that worked for me was the whole concept of the Supper Show. Truly a brilliant concept... A masterstroke in societal testing and schedule management.
This occurred to me at around 2AM, as 21 tandem repeats played as part of the "Big Show".
The Railway paid us fairly all things considered. Each member of the band made $25, in essence not bad for a 40 minute set... But to get it you need to sacrifice 4 hours of sleep and suffer the perils of alcohol poisoning... Always good to enjoy a fine "shit smiling smash".
I lost my train of thought coming up with "shit smiling smash"... A poor term which just continues to disappoint my readers.
But the Super Robertson Supper show happens from 7:30-8:30PM... Right around dinner time.... It's free.
That's insane... A ridiculously good bargain for anybody who believes that they suscribe to a music scene. It challenges the foundations of how society has evolved to enjoy music? If you want to see live music you need to go to a bar late at night.
It's like the rush to see the 7:30 movie because the 9:30 is too late, but yet one who sees a lot of bands natural response is that it's too early. The question becomes why are you going to a music show?
Networking, to bee seen so that there will be pressure for that person to come to your concert. Hand out you Demos. Drink, socialize, meet members of the opposite sex. Don't get me wrong.. All that stuff is good and I am a firm believer that people have the right to choose how they should live their lives... That could be a book.
BUT when does a music lover get a chance to love music played live?
The ideal time would be around the time of the supper show... Around the time you might do something for the evening if it were something like Bowling, cards, movie, walk, tea with friend, watch hockey game... See great band at a good venue that has good food and good beer.
I formally challenge this city.
Ask not what you can do for your music , but what you can do for your music scene.
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