Metaphors
      are
      everywhere.
      The
     
     
      night
      is
      ever
      young.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Freed
      up
      coat
      check”
      (which
      is
     
     
      normally
      reserved
      for
      staff).
     
     
      Baba’s
      pulls
      out
      all
      the
      stops.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Recipe
      for
      the
      Light
      Bright
      shooter:
     
     
      one
      third
      amber
      rum,
      one
      third
     
     
      Kahlua,
      one
      third
      hazelnut
      rum
      (or
     
     
      something
      it
      is
      hard
      to
      make
      out).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      David
      Carmichael
      does
      excellent
     
     
      cover
      songs
      for
      not
      long
      enough.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      just
      talked
      a
      while
      to
      Pat
     
     
      Deighan.
      The
      fact
      that
      Mike
     
     
      Campbell
      likes
      Eyes
      for
      Telescopes
     
     
      almost
      redeems
      him.
      Almost.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      massively
      over-rated
      the
     
     
      popularity
      of
      this
      show...
      Ah,
      but
     
     
      wait,
      the
      industry
      slime
      balls
      are
     
     
      here.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      left
      the
      Alter-Cases
      and
      my
      Cadre
     
     
      comrades
      in
      a
      furious
      hurry.
      I
      actu-
     
     
      ally
      ran
      here.
      I
      had
      to
      put
      off
      Sherri,
     
     
      who
      is
      not
      feeling
      well,
      in
      quest
      of
     
     
      The
      “STORY”
      of
      ECMA
      weekend.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      poet/bouncer,
      John
     
     
      MacKenzie,
      on
      Spud
      Odyssey:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Yeah,
      a
      cliché.
      Mike
      Campbell
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      came
      up
      with
      it.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Contrary
      to
      what
      Coll
      says,
      the
     
     
      folks
      here
      are
      pissed
      off
      about
      our
     
     
      “Choice
      Cuts”
      review.
      Very
      pissed
     
     
      off.
      ““We’re
      all
      one
      big
      incestuous
     
     
      family
      here,”
      (unnamed
      bartender).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      No
      one—Campbell,
      Christian,
     
     
      O’Neill,
      or
      Plaskett—is
      here.
      The
     
     
      thing
      to
      do
      is
      get
      drunk.
      Follow
      the
     
     
      story
      where
      it
      takes
      me.
      I
      think
      I
     
     
      will
      go
      outside
      (no
      access).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      All
      the
      industry
      people
      are
      gone.
     
     
      No
      doubt
      headed
      to
      shed
      their
     
     
      skins.
      When
      will
      Campbell
      make
     
     
      his
      grand
      entrance?
      .Will
      there
      be
     
     
      trumpets?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Springsteen’s
      “Reason
      to
      believe.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      have
      decided
      to
      ask
      some
      ques-
     
     
      tions:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      1)
      What
      is
      the
      best
      part
      of
      the
     
     
      ECMAs.
     
    

    
     
      2)
      What
      is
      the
      worst
      part?
     
    

    
     
      3)
      Is
      there
      any
      soul
      in
      the
      music
     
     
      business?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      will
      ask
      whomsoever
      seems
      right.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Unnamed
      bartender:
     
     
      1)
      Influx
      of
      colorful
      personalities.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      2)
      Record
      industry
      people
      who
     
     
      don’t
      say
      “excuse
      me.”
     
     
      3)
      What?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      8:41
      pm
     
     
      There
      is
      now
      a
      line
      up
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Some
      record
      industry
      lady:
     
     
      1)
      Culture
      vs.
     
     
      2)
      Smoke
      —
     
     
      3)
      Of
      course.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      David
      Carmichael:
     
    

    
     
      1)
      Hotel
      room
      parties.
     
    

    
     
      2)
      Politics.
     
    

    
     
      3)
      Yes.
      Smiling.
      Qualifiying.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dave
      Christian:
     
    

    
     
      1)
      Bands.
     
    

    
     
      2)
      The
      ECMAs_
      (He
      is
      wrong
     
     
      about
      one
      thing
      though.
      Or
      at
      least
     
     
      he
      never
      thought
      about
      it.
      The
     
     
      Wave
      has
      crested,
      and
      Stephan
     
     
      MacLeod,
      as
      I
      write
      this
      is
      laid
      low
     
     
      with
      sickness
      (hes
      fine)
      so
      there
     
     
      will
      be
      no
      more
      rock
      shows
      outside
     
     
      this
      office
      and
      if
      Christian
      ever
     
     
      leaves
      Babas,
      the
      bar
      as
      a
      venue
     
     
      for
      seeing
      live
      original
      music
      could
     
     
      go
      back
      to
      being
      average
      and
      thus
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      we
      must
      encourage
      him
      to
      stay,
      and
     
     
      management,
      upper
      management
     
     
      in
      this
      case,
      should
      think
      about
      that
     
     
      one
      for
      awhile.
      Babas
      has
      had
      the
     
     
      best
      music
      through
      its
      doors,
      and
     
     
      me
      trying
      to
      get
      in
      for
      free,
      almost
     
     
      all
      year.
      It
      has
      been
      remarkable
      for
     
     
      such
      a
      small
      place,
      within
      such
      a
     
     
      small
      place,
      and
      though
      it
      may
      fall
     
     
      outside
      the
      attempted
      earnest
     
     
      reporting
      inside
      the
      intensely
      bor-
     
     
      ing
      world
      of
      the
      ECMAs,
      do
      let
      us
     
     
      call
      something
      that
      looks
      like
      a
     
     
      spade
      a
      spade,
      like
      Eyes
      For
     
     
      Telescopes
      for
      instance,
      what
      else
     
     
      was
      I
      going
      to
      say?
      And
      really
      how
     
     
      many
      of
      you
      are
      going
      beyond
      this
     
     
      point
      anyway?
      But
      the
      cellphone
      is
     
     
      nice.
      I
      photoshoped
      it
      myself.
      It
     
     
      keeps
      Jeff
      working.
      We
      ll
      miss
      you
     
     
      Dave.
      Well,
      not
      Jeff;
      he
      wont
      miss
     
     
      anybody).
     
    
   
   
    
     
      3)
      Yes:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Who
      absorbed
      the
      cost
      of
      this:
      the
     
     
      stage,
      the
      roof,
      the
      video
      feed?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “Corby,
      Much
      Music,
      Baba’s,
     
     
      Keith’s,
      and
      Hirtle’s
      Stereo
      are
     
     
      footing
      the
      bill.”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      How
      much
      money
      will
      Babas
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      oo
     
    
   
   
    
     
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