while the webster undoubtedly sucks, i\'ve been to shows where there just weren\'t enough people drinking enough to bother keeping the place open. hell, i\'ve worked at bars where i\'ve asked the "talent" to make the second set a long encore because there weren\'t enough people there and drinking to justify keeping the staff on. i\'m sure their insurance policy dictates their staff levels, so if there\'s not enough tickets sold and there\'s not enough booze sold to compensate for the lack of ticket sales, its not really worth it to them. its great and wonderful when the folks at the bar are getting into it as much as the crowd and don\'t mind taking a bit of a loss in order to enjoy the tunes, but its not always the case. and, knowing the general dickitude that is the webster, doesn\'t surprise me one bit.
so, the moral of the story is, even if you\'re on drugs, buy lots of alcohol at the bar.
that way, the bar will like the band and will want them back and make them headliners. hell, if you really wanna make the breakfast huge, it doesn\'t matter about promo, just have everyone at the show buy, like, 40-60 bucks worth of booze apiece, and club owners will be scrambling to book the band!
