Comments on: Police shut down Speakeasy show (The Burning of Rome play anyway)

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:28:26 +0000

You are of course invited, We’ll need your stories to pass the time while flying over the south… spitting on people is only fun for so long.

Adam stayed up until 8:30…. drinking and talking to people who were asleep. Next time, four day bender.

By: edwin decker

edwin decker — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:18:49 +0000

Dude, Lee, I want in on that blimp tour. We’ll call it The Hindenburg 2 – Setting the World on Fire Instead of Ourselves.

630am? Shit, and I thought I was a trooper. Next time I’m staying.

By: Lee

Lee — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 18:10:44 +0000

We got to keep all the money. That was never asked for or offered up. Our door man was great, He just kept repeating “i’m just standing here drawing smiley faces on people’s hands” the bar was shut down and the loot was keestered.

Besides a few younger power hungry cops that wanted to try and scare me with talk of fines and jail, The police were very nice. It was more a discussion of what to change for next time rather than punishment for this time. Once they realized they weren’t dealing with a wild teenage party it was very easy to have a rational discussion. We own a business, we pay taxes. I’m the reason your uniform is so blue and your gun is loaded with the makings of death. Are we “dumb” I would say no… maybe even, fuck you! no. We are hustlers… we get what we can and we give as little back to the machine as possible. We fund art, We fund culture, We fund us.

As far as the double booking goes… shit happens. I’m glad it happened the way it did. We played until 6:30 in the morning and met the sunrise with drunk eyes. Our bands plan to tour together on a giant blimp… hovering over every major city and projecting our musical propaganda to the masses.

I love you ed. Good times were had and shall be had again.

-Lee

By: edwin decker

edwin decker — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:14:08 +0000

They are good Dialed, huh? I was impressed. So what, did you go see them at Soda Bar and they just never showed up? Or was there at least some notice that a double booking had occurred?

Jeff, I’ll try to find out for you.

By: jeffhammett

jeffhammett — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:03:05 +0000

Did they let the band keep the money from the cover and alcohol sales? I was at a warehouse show in Miramar a few years back (all ages, no alcohol) and the SDPD shut it down and took all the door sales. Then threatened to arrest one of the musicians when he got out his acoustic guitar to play a few songs in the parking lot (for the pissed off fans that just got turned away with no refunds)

By: sddialedin

sddialedin — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 01:57:12 +0000

Dumb. Anyone knows that for things like this to work (a) you don’t charge cover (suggested donations usually work) and (b) you don’t sell alcohol. BYOB and the situation could’ve been avoided. They’re lucky they didn’t get in bigger trouble than they did. Maybe I’m just bitter because Judgement Day was double booked at Soda Bar (apparently unbeknownst to them.) I LOVE that band.