fwiw, i meant to see pile tonight.

knowing it was an early show, and reasoning that if i'm going to pay cover i'd like to hang out a bit, i looked into what was happening at the bar after the show and learned that:

1) the show is over at 10:30.
2) if i wanted to stay past 10:30, i'd have to pay cover a second time.

it's friday. i don't really want to pay to get into a bar at 9:00 and then be told i have to leave at 10:30. whatever scheduling conflicts exist, that's a shitty deal all around. i actually really don't mind the early show, it's the whole getting pushed out thing that's kind of unjustifiable.

it's not really the bar's fault, though, either. there's a production company in between that shouldn't have let that happen. again: not because it's an early show, and not because there's another event afterwards, but because cover expires at 10:30. i mean, who heard of such a thing, right?

even so, i'd probably have trekked out anyways if there was an all-night option but for some reason everything is closing early tonight. i don't know why. just a slow night, for whatever reason.

if there was a conflict at the venue, the show really should have been moved. as it is, it's just not worth getting down there...

fwiw, i've also seen pile twice, recently.