05-02-2014, 12:15 PM
RM director Gordon made a curt announcement on sitonmyfacebook, and I responded in turn because it's just my nature to chime in on fb - besides it needed a little spin-doctoring as the thread wasn't going well. Babs called me later and we chatted about it. She was the one that opened up the Warfield to RM back in 89, and built the small venue model for RM. I did a lot of Warfield shows back then for her in the early years as I was working at AFS and the Warfield was just a colorful stroll up Market. Plus they would feed me a really nice dinner and comp me drinks after the show. I could BART in and out. PPPFY will remember that period as it was some of the haziest years of my life, and the reason why if you ask me if I've seen bands from that time, I don't always remember.
Anyways, Babs was heartbroken, but I told her not to be all 'I told ya so' as this was Gordon's first big loss, and it was really more about crap that Wes left him than Gordon's own undoing. However, it could domino as there are grumblings in all the small venues that don't legally require RM. Frankly, I'm amazed they lasted so long as RM is a luxury and as I told Wes when he broke Bab's model, and have also told Gordon, you can't treat the small venues like the big ones if you want to sustain them. Those need a personal touch.
It hit me harder the other night when I was at my mom's as the ol' brain circus kept me awake with 3 rings and counting. I dug through my old posters, checking out the Warfield ones, and had several 'woah, i don't even remember this show' mmomments. I'm thinking of posting my old posters on facebook, the glorious final run posters from 2008 - 6 in total to form the fascade above the stage in dancing skeletons - and then to write some memories. I don't know why I didn't post about that run here - maybe because I was so burnt out after it happened. Maybe it was stolen by ninjas, just like my Mr. Banks post.
Anyway, I pulled out those posters to take to the bungalow, but we'll see if I really get around to posting them on fb. I only went back to the Warfield once after it changed hands and Babs left, and that was to deliver some dinner on NYE for some vols (I was working at BGC on the other side of Market st.) I just couldn't go back to the new management, knowing what I know about how sweet it was, back in the dayz.
Anyways, Babs was heartbroken, but I told her not to be all 'I told ya so' as this was Gordon's first big loss, and it was really more about crap that Wes left him than Gordon's own undoing. However, it could domino as there are grumblings in all the small venues that don't legally require RM. Frankly, I'm amazed they lasted so long as RM is a luxury and as I told Wes when he broke Bab's model, and have also told Gordon, you can't treat the small venues like the big ones if you want to sustain them. Those need a personal touch.
It hit me harder the other night when I was at my mom's as the ol' brain circus kept me awake with 3 rings and counting. I dug through my old posters, checking out the Warfield ones, and had several 'woah, i don't even remember this show' mmomments. I'm thinking of posting my old posters on facebook, the glorious final run posters from 2008 - 6 in total to form the fascade above the stage in dancing skeletons - and then to write some memories. I don't know why I didn't post about that run here - maybe because I was so burnt out after it happened. Maybe it was stolen by ninjas, just like my Mr. Banks post.
Anyway, I pulled out those posters to take to the bungalow, but we'll see if I really get around to posting them on fb. I only went back to the Warfield once after it changed hands and Babs left, and that was to deliver some dinner on NYE for some vols (I was working at BGC on the other side of Market st.) I just couldn't go back to the new management, knowing what I know about how sweet it was, back in the dayz.
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