well I thought it left a lot to be desired in execution even though I loved the concept but when you actually looked at the cds you noticed so many albums were simply cases of them printing out the artist name and album title and putting them on the cd spine.. and I'm talking about very common albums you can get for a $1 at any thrift.. maybe they just thought of the idea late or maybe they really want people to get involved.. seemed odd to me...if they are really going to give you free tickets for providing those cds I need to get on it .. maybe they mean only for proving the missing LPs for the first few years?
now that its over I don't feel like a spoiler in saying I loved the old 930 CLUB POLE being represented there..that was funny as shit..I took a few pictures watching Cave video with the pole there... also loved the blue goo or whatever vodka thingie they were selling...and the stuff about the guy who was the early design guy.. and then sadly died of AIDS...I can't believe his name escapes me but I have a bunch of pictures .. Marc or Mark something or other..Marc Holmes, maybe? it was interesting to read how he provided the club the aesthetic it still has.. I found the old club stuff more interesting..but that's just me..
I also thought based on the setlists they had up there that the idea to hold on to setlists just occurred to them recently.. .except for a couple (Dylan) they were mainly recent setlists even when it was an act that had played there in the 90s the setlist they had was from a few years ago...old 97s and ween came to mind...and since the setlists were sort of dedicated (at least some of them) it seemed like a recent thing they are asking from bands maybe with this in mind or with preserving the clubs history in mind..
also I have to say a word: I had never been to the satellite room.. I get in there and the smoke was thick and it seemed like every other person was smoking?? I was like whoaaaaaaaaaaa what is going on here// I guess they got an approval cause its sort of meant to be a covered deck?
or maybe they just blew off the law?? it was very bizzare.. now it was true that the main bar did not have smoking but you weren't supposed to go through to the other room, I got the impression but I guess I misunderstood (imust have cause that was wherethe bathroom was) that you weren't supposed to go there until your number/group letter was called.. of course that would be idiocy because what about all the regulars... anyways it was odd.. they had ashtrays... part of me thought "are they trying to replicate the old days allowing smoking and blowing off the rules".. then I thought "maybethey got a permit for smoking with the its a deck argument?" as a former smoker who tries hard not to smoke anymore it was really hard sitting there for 30-40 minutes (cause we were late in being let in) waiting with everyone around me smoking.... with smoking being illegal most everywhere including foreign countries- in restaurants and bars- I found it really bizarre but I must have missed something.. still, the fans were NOT running and the only circulation was that the door was open.. and it wasn't a big door .. maybe it was also because it was the end of the night and they weren't enforcing it? I have no idea... i'm not necessarily coming down on it as I thought it was kind of a fun, if unhealthy and weird, throwback to a now bygone era...
