[bomp] goin' bunk

[ItsBoss9@xxxxxxx]

Just a reminder that any music club is just four walls, no matter how
great or bad the ambiance...any positive vibes come from the people running
and booking it, and the kind of crowd they attract.

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Yeh, whoo, boy.  Whisky a Go Go is the one that really gets my goat, because 
they didn't even bother to change the name.  What's cool is that Johnny 
Whiteside, in the L.A. Weekly listing, calls it a "quasi-legendary club" alluding of 
course to the fact that people make of it more than it's worth.  I would 
clarify that it has been a horrible club (22 years) longer than it was a good one 
(18 years -- 1964-1982).

And how about that thing where shows are booked in a way that the audience 
for one band comes in, then leaves and another one comes in.  That same thing 
goes on in New York, especially in rat-holes I've been to on Houston Street.  
They have like, 8 bands in one night.  Oh, that's a groove!  

Like I said, I rarely put on shows, but the reason why they've all been 
packed when I do 'em is because I've tried to stack each bill I do with some kind 
of momentum-building theme that'll bring people to something special.  I've 
never had the kind of house to have a party in, so I've used clubs for that kind 
of thing over the years.  Didn't mention all the shows I put on (or helped put 
on and DJ'd) at Cafe Dunord in San Francisco, definitely much easier than 
dealing with putting on a show in L.A., which is a total pain in the ass also 
because people tend to not go out as much or as consistently in this town.  You 
can kind of count on Bay area people to show up, and often, they don't even 
have to drive to the club.  Definitely a world of difference.

Domenic Priore

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