I hate Boston

Well... not the city, but a sinkhole of a bar near the UNLV campus called The Boston. Last night had the potential to be a very nice concert. A small metal show was scheduled. Vehemence, a fantastic new death metal band from Arizona was opening. A brutal death metal band called Mortician was scheduled to go on second, and a British death / black metal band called Akercocke was headlining.

But no, the night was a disaster. I was one of maybe 12 other people that actually made it to the show. You see, The Boston doesn't know the advantages of advertising. I guess they expect the bands to advertise for the show at their bar. So in effort to wait for more people to show up, Vehemence didn't go on until about 10pm. And then they only played 4 songs. They were very good, despite the mediocre sound at The Boston, but 4 songs just isn't fulfilling, especially when they were really the only band I was anticipating.

So after Vehemence we waited... and waited... and waited some more for Mortician to go on. At 11 however we noticed that they still had not set up their equipment so we just decided to leave. Outside, a few of the members from Mortician and Akercocke were discussing how The Boston had not written up a contract or anything so they were probably not going to be payed what they were promised. So sure enough, they start hauling their stuff back outside and into their van.

Fueled By Failure has played The Boston on occasion, and our impression of the place is that they are actively trying to make bands hate them and never want to play there again, so this whole fiasco does not really surprise me. Although The Boston had recently changed management and had remodeled the inside, so there was the possibility that the show would go smoothly. But no, they still are trying very hard to piss of bands.

And this is what I missed the vice presidential debate for... Guess I'll go find a transcript.