fuck the iron horse and every other IHEG venue. never again.
Seriously, if I had a dollar for every time I said that during college...
Let\'s get down to Fan MVPs last night. First
Dave Pec[/B] for taping while holding mics up, that was epic effort right there. We\'ve had to support a lot of shitty venues over the years in order to support The Breakfast and we deal with it, but I support you 100% if you want to be dunzo with IHEG. IHEG has employed nothing but assholes for a SOLID DECADE. I have so many bad stories from each of their venues. Remember how I used to bring flyers with directions to my house back in the ser afterparty days? They made me throw them out, "no flyers". "Here, read it, it\'s directions to my house for my friends." "Throw them out or get the fuck out." So I threw them out and went back and pulled them out of the trash an hour later when nobody was looking. So stupid. Or how about all the times they have turned the lights on DURING THE ENCORE? Gee, you really can\'t wait 1 minute for the band to finish? Second-worst venue taping policy EVER! Worst, of course, would still be Tobacco Road completely banning taping and then recording the show themselves and making The Breakfast pay $50 if they wanted the tape.
Second MVP goes to bdfreetuna Josh (and roommate Ashley) for ser pre AND post party. That takes a lot of effort. I\'m glad you liked the wings. Headiest living room I\'ve seen in a long time. I hope you have us next time.
As for the band, I think bdfreetuna makes a lot of good points. The show was very very good when compared to all shows by all bands. The Iron Horse only rages that hard maybe once a month no matter who plays there. But by Breakfast standards it was middle of the road. The cartoon themes are fun and they make me smile. I\'m certainly not one of the people who was whining when they announced the theme: "waaaaahhhh, I\'m not going to the shows, they\'re going to play cartoon themes. waaahhhhh " Heck, I LOVE the Transformers and GI Joe themes! But how much they
really add to the show is open to debate. I think they might be better off playing Breakfast tunes and teasing a whole bunch of cartoon themes throughout the night rather than stopping the show to actually play the themes completely.
As for stoops, he didn\'t take anything away so overall I\'d say his impact was positive. As I said when Matt joined the band, I would caution everyone against making any serious conclusions until he has played 25 shows with the band. Stoops can obviously play great keys, and after a good 4 months/25 shows I am pretty sure he can play great keys
with the Breakfast. It\'s not gonna happen that fast.
OK, I\'m done, see you tonight!