On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Matthew MacQueen wrote: > Unfortunately turnout was kind > of a bust. What happened? I'd say much less than half of the crowd that > turned out for Theo Parrish when he played the same space. On a > Saturday night no less... I kept waiting for the second wave to come in > later on and fill the place but it never happened. When I left at 3 it > was getting even thinner, and they're open till 5am. And mind it's a > pretty small space to begin with. I wonder if this gig was even > promoted?
i think it was a combination of their $25-minimum-drink-credit-card-silliness, and a lack of promotion. mind you, i may not be heavily in the chicago loop (har har), but i wasn't aware of this event until the day of, and even then i found out by accident. i wish i'd known about the free cover though... i'da been happy to buy their silly credit card if i'd known it wasn't on top of some door charge. maybe it had something to do with the st. patrick's day parade too. the umek/valentino show never got packed, either, and i know that some of *my* lightweight friends weren't up for partying after being drunk all day. anyway, didn't know about jazzanova either, that stings. maybe some kind chicago souls oughtta take it upon themselves to inform us cornfield-dwellers about what the place has lined up...
