Don't fuck with Judge Judsters y'all!
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Show posts MenuQuote from: 01001010 on May 15, 2020, 12:05:39 PM
Hi there! In theory, I kind of agree with this, but if there's one thing this whole pandemic seems to be underlining, it's that our entire post-industrialized way of doing things is in serious need of a reset. It is kind of scary how this virus affects literally everyone on the entire planet, but I can't help but fall back on the flight emergency oxygen mask analogy. The basic protocol being that you have to take care of yourself before you're going to be able to help anyone else.
I get it, though. I'm a former independent booker, and one of the most important lessons I learned many years ago, is that *if* you can afford to take a hit, then maybe you don't try to sue the small struggling indie club that couldn't pay the band what was agreed on, because they just couldn't get enough people in the door. I've also handed bands money out of my own wallet in situations like that, to make sure they could eat and put gas in their van, and hopefully do better in the next town. I've also worked in clubs where major acts cancelled a tour, and we chose to refund tickets, because frankly, if we were going to go under, we were *not* going to take everyone else's money with us.
It does seem like a good idea to be aware of the needs of other people, but sometimes you're just not going to be able to save the world. There are a *lot* of people in different sectors that are being affected: businesses, homeowners, renters, etc, and I can't help but feel that it's about time the 1% (for want of a better term) should step up and do their part to help keep things working by forgiving debt at some level for anyone whose financial situation has been seriously impacted. Meanwhile, the rest of us have to seriously think about how we can re-invent how we do things, because it's painfully obvious (to me, at least) that the old existing model has been broken for a long time.
Sorry to have apparently derailed this, I'm not trying to preach or pick a fight here, but this is all stuff I've been thinking about for a while now, and this current situation just kind of brings it home, I think.
Quote from: Nizamark on April 16, 2020, 06:55:34 PM
...it was $10 for more rock than any human could handle.
Quote from: nobodyinteresting on April 08, 2020, 09:30:13 PM
Do former bassists count?
Quote from: johnnyg on April 05, 2020, 12:03:07 PM
Brutal! You guys are ultra quick on the trigger. I had it in my cart at exactly noon and by the time I checked out thirty seconds later it was gone! Brutal!
Quote from: GiveMe45 on April 05, 2020, 12:02:22 PM
Got one!
Quote from: Idlehanz on February 27, 2020, 12:45:13 PMQuote from: deatheats on February 27, 2020, 12:01:08 PM
Oops looks like there is a required promo code...anyone happen to know what it is?
Doug