silver spring was nice.
Did you stay for two nights?? Beers at the Quarry House?
yes. no. not a fan of bars anymore. i don't need to pay the bartender's rent at a overpriced place filled with people who are assholes to strangers unless they are women and they think they can get into their pants. fuck them. i party with my friends pre/during/post. we bring what we want, we have what we want.
and you were right . . . the selection of beer at the fillmore was shit. but say what you want about the place, to the average joe schmo person who might want to go see a concert . . . fillmore is a bettter all around venue. not everybody is hardcore and doesn't care where the venue is, or how how dirty the venue appears because "this is rock n roll." those days are gone. the cbgb lifestyle is dead. people want easy, people want nice, people want to "feel" safe. sorry, that's the way it is.
you wouldn't believe how many people i heard say the following:
"after coming to the fillmore . . . i don't think i'll see another show in dc, unless i have to."