elliot wrote:Let's not forget the fact that Building Better Bombs would have sounded awful at Haunted Basement.
Wow, definitely not true at all. I've seen some amazing bands sounds fucking crystal clear at the Haunted Basement (SKELETONBREATH ANYONE? If you don't believe me, go download their set that is uploaded in the other thread and zip your lips.) If a band sounds bad at the Haunted Basement, that would be the bands fault, not the venue. Need I remind you that the Monstro set at this show (BBB) was the worse sounding time I've ever seen you guys play (I already told you this Elliot, and this didn't have much at all to do with Derek doing sound, he has been doing an excellent job from what I've seen/heard)? If a musician is in control of their sound levels and they tweak them just right, they will sound amazing anywhere they play... so, yeah, if you really want to go into that "aspect" of BBB sounding bad at the Haunted Basement, you'd be wrong, as they are amazing musicians and I'm sure they are very capable of getting their gear to sound amazing anywhere they play. And I'm not saying you guys in Monstro are bad musicians at all, I'm saying it's easy to sound bad even when you play at a more established venue like the Vaudeville Mews.
Math: 50x5=250-75=175x.8=$140 made at the door. The last few times I've taken door money at a Haunted Basement show, I always ended up somewhere between $150-$200, and a show like this would've made more around the $200 mark. wah wah wah wah wah wah wah wah awh awhahw hawhhawh wha wha wah whatever, fuck it though.
Also, The Forest Floor, my most listened to tape of 2008 (outside of Metallica and stuff). Charles, shut up.
kristy wrote:All this nay-saying is exactly why I feel uncomfortable at the HB. If someone does something "wrong" it blows up on this retarded board. Stop acting so high and mighty just because you're affiliated with some venue.
Whoops. I still go to the Mews all the time, book shows at the Mews, and have a good time at the Mews, but whatever you say. This is 515crew. If this kinda shit didn't happen, I'd be checking this board's pulse.
-Joe.