PEOPLE SUCK (and here's an example as to why people suck)!!!

[BDR]

HUGE THANKS to MIKE of the Alexandria band NITE LIFE who bailed us out of a potentially bad situation Saturday night at the County Line Inn.

I'll start by saying, I took two days vacation from work (and Rockpage) this week, so I didn't get the chance to address this until today.

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If you tell someone you're going to be somewhere, then be there. It's not that ƒü©king hard.

The story begins with our regular sound guy, Chris Knapik (CHRIS ROCKS, BTW), who, once a year, gets called in for mandatory overtime at his day job. This overtime impacts his ability to gig for a few weeks every year. We had three dates to cover with a fill-in sound guy. Last Saturday was one of those dates.

At roughly 8 p.m. Saturday, I get several calls from frantic band members saying there is no sound company at the venue. Show time was 10 p.m.-ish. I call the guy who I booked several weeks prior (it was a face-to-face booking where each person had his calendar out) and he's sitting at home with his gear packed away, and he begins to tell me how he won't be making it to the show ... basically, tough noogies, sorry to hear about your luck.

Now, it's 8:20 p.m. and I make a few frantic phone calls of my own to band friends, hoping to find someone who wasn't gigging that night and might have a PA. MIKE PETERS from NITE LIFE was home and very willing to drop everything, load up PA equipment and race to the venue to get us up and running.

We started playing at 10:35 p.m.

BIG UPS TO MIKE!!! YOU ROCK!!!

As for the "other sound guy" who left us hanging ... I guess you get what you pay for sometimes. This was a very disappointing situation. One of the last things the fill in sound guy said to us as we packed up after the last show he covered was, "OK, we'll see you at the County Line!"

If you say you're going to be somewhere, then be there. More than just the band is counting on you. The club owner, his employees, the customers and Bert, our "visual effects technician," were all counting on a show happening that night. If it hadn't been for MIKE, we'd have been completely ƒü©ked.

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r:>)

[YankeeRose]

All's well that ends well! I like to say MOST people suck! As you found out, there are a lot of good people on the planet, too.

[bassist_25]

I just want to echo what Rob said and give a big thanks to Mike and John for coming out and providing quality sound reinforcement for the night, and being very personable and accommodating. As I was driving to the show, I was to the point that I was trying to contemplate ways for us to sing through our amps ("Okay, I have a stereo power amp, Rob has a board..."), because I come from the school of thought that says, "The show must go on, no matter what." Big props to all of the professional sound companies out there who take their jobs seriously and realize that bands' reputations are contingent upon their performance (and simple things like showing up for a booking!).

[Baceman Spiff]

All's well that ends well! I like to say MOST people suck! As you found out, there are a lot of good people on the planet, too.

Yes, but not this planet! jk

Glad it all worked out for you, Rob.

[brett/bert]

rob, Iam WATCHING T.V. INSTEED!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks MIKE.

[Mistress_DB]

sure hope ya didn't pay the guy in advance. If his only excuse for not showing was just due to being way too damned lazy to get off his backside he deserves to have his name put out there so people know to avoid working with him.

[BDR]

For reasons that are our own, I'll leave things as they are on this topic. Just needed to rant a little. And YR is right — there are a lot of good people out there who come through in a pinch.

r:>)