My label, Broken Complex Records, had inked a contract with a bar/lounge, called the Stovepiper Lounge, to do 3 shows, the last Thursday of March, April, & May.
We printed 5000 flyers with these dates on them, and have been promoting the shit out of them.
We did good our first night, and made the bar over 1400$ (which is good for them on a Thursday)
6 Days before the April event (which would have been tomorrow, my b-day), they call us and tell us the entire event has been cancelled, to be replaced with a COVER BAND.
No doubt we're pissed.
We hit em up, like "Yo, let us do this one event for April, and you can cancel the May date, no harm no foul"
They were real dick about it and were like "Sorry, It's cancelled."
So my crew decided to protest. We posted about the incident on our website & I urged all the heads on myspace to email this bar and express their discontent and how they will never go to the bar again.
The Stovepiper lounge received over 50 emails yesterday, ranging from "Your bar fucking SUCKS", to people stating how they are going to write bad reviews in their college newspapers, etc. It was amazing the support we got from our local heads that were looking forward to this event.
Then, while I'm working, I get a phone call from one of the dudes that works @ this spot, straight THREATENING to find my ass, come to my work, and "Take Care of me" He called me 3 times yesterday.
Straight bullshit.
So, feeling slightly nervous, even though this dude don't know much about me besides my phone number, me and my partner go down to police station and talk to this cool ass cop. He told us what we were doing was good, we were protesting something we believe is wrong, and he had nothing but support for our cause. He said this bar has been nothing but problems, and he likes seeing our activism.
Anyways, we have not stopped our "Boycott the Stovepiper" campaign, and we don't have plans on doing so.
I am still waiting to see what happens with this dude and his threats, but hopefully it doesn't reach a physical level, because we are attacking the business, but he is getting at me personally.
Crazy, huh?
We printed 5000 flyers with these dates on them, and have been promoting the shit out of them.
We did good our first night, and made the bar over 1400$ (which is good for them on a Thursday)
6 Days before the April event (which would have been tomorrow, my b-day), they call us and tell us the entire event has been cancelled, to be replaced with a COVER BAND.
No doubt we're pissed.
We hit em up, like "Yo, let us do this one event for April, and you can cancel the May date, no harm no foul"
They were real dick about it and were like "Sorry, It's cancelled."
So my crew decided to protest. We posted about the incident on our website & I urged all the heads on myspace to email this bar and express their discontent and how they will never go to the bar again.
The Stovepiper lounge received over 50 emails yesterday, ranging from "Your bar fucking SUCKS", to people stating how they are going to write bad reviews in their college newspapers, etc. It was amazing the support we got from our local heads that were looking forward to this event.
Then, while I'm working, I get a phone call from one of the dudes that works @ this spot, straight THREATENING to find my ass, come to my work, and "Take Care of me" He called me 3 times yesterday.
Straight bullshit.
So, feeling slightly nervous, even though this dude don't know much about me besides my phone number, me and my partner go down to police station and talk to this cool ass cop. He told us what we were doing was good, we were protesting something we believe is wrong, and he had nothing but support for our cause. He said this bar has been nothing but problems, and he likes seeing our activism.
Anyways, we have not stopped our "Boycott the Stovepiper" campaign, and we don't have plans on doing so.
I am still waiting to see what happens with this dude and his threats, but hopefully it doesn't reach a physical level, because we are attacking the business, but he is getting at me personally.
Crazy, huh?
