If shows were at 7:30 pm sharp, adults might go.
If everybody got chairs, adults might go.
If drunk talkers got shut up, and the story wasn’t “I went to see ______, but some asshole was jabbering away, ruined the music, why go back?”, adults might go.
The talking people in the bar are 5 out of 50. Bars, there’s more money in the 50 than the 5. Do you want those 50 to come back to your bar?
If everybody got treated with unceasing respect, and didn’t have to feel like they were uncooler than some snooty-kid hand-stamper, they might go.Click his name to read the whole post - it ain't long.
EDIT: I've spent the better part of the evening listening to Doughty's solo albums (which are pretty good, with some songs that are terrific, says I), and digging ever more deeply into his blog. He has a lot of pictures from his tours -- like, a whole fucking lot -- as well as occasional musings on the music industry, as well as pop culture in general.
Here are his thoughts on his band Soul Coughing, on the 20th anniversary of their first show. (Summary: He is unhappy with how that all happened, but recognizes that it made it possible for him to live off of his music today.)
He expands on that idea, the life he lives today, and what it takes to be a successful musician in modern America in this post that centers on Radiohead giving away an album, and expands further on the idea on this post a month later that seems to have been inspired by The Oatmeal. Next, he debunks the stupid anti-commercial attitude of musicians in the 90's (an attitude I fell victim to) in this post.
Finally, you can listen to his interview with Marc Maron on the WTF Podcast from Sept. 2012 right fucking here.
