last thursday i was casually browsing around (read: wasting time) on indecline when i came across a little concert annoucemnt for wintersleep, contrived and jill barber and HOLY FUCK do i ever LOVE jill barber. so miss mary louise and i decide to head to head down to the ol' victory lounge to check it out. we get there at 9:15ish doors were at 8 and then we wait. we waited for a long-ass time. and while we wait we are surrounded by drunk asshole screaming at the tv. (the hockey game)
so jill barber starts her set and it's quiet and melodic and pretty and deserves the attention of the audience. but does she get it? no. instead midway through gorgeous little ditties about broken hearts on the prairie she is interrupted by loud cheers from those idiots watching the hockey game. first of all, why was the television left on during her set? and second of all...have some fucking respect for the artist up on stage.
she made some joke about hockey and the tv was (finally) turned off but that didn't help the atmosphere. i want to tell all of you something: in a place like victory lounge the person on stage can hear you talking over her singing. it's rude and she's there to entertain you. let her do her fucking job and you might actually enjoy yourself. if you don't want to watch jill barber, or whoever else, play then leave and come back afterwards or have a little fucking respect for the people who do want to stay and LISTEN. now, i'm not saying that you can't talk, i talk. i'm just saying that there is NO reason to have a LOUD conversation about something entirely unrelated to what's going on onstage to the detriment of those trying to listen to the music or to the performer.
and it was evident that she noticed too. her set was short and awkward and you could tell she was glad to get off that stage.
jerks! i hope that everyone in that crowd was an indie folk musician so i can go to all their shows and talk (at the top of my lungs) about stds and yeast infections or something.
have a little fucking respect for the fact that an artist has taken her time to do a show for you. i know you'd expect the same.
oh AND AND AND to add insult to the weird vibe of the night the kokanee girls were at the show last night dressed in silver cat suits and furry boots whoring themselves and shitty beer all around the room. what's happened to that place? to this city? i'm truly at a loss as to what's going on...
michelle.
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