Shows start too damn late in this town!

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Posted by Mike Emmett on April 19, 2008 at 7:59pm in Bloomington Now

Here's the deal: I love live music and I love to go see bands....I like people to come see my band. What I hate is that it's damn hard to go out and see a band or bands and know that I'm gonna have to be out till 2 or 3 a.m.
Maybe we could put our heads together and come up with some way to get shows going on earlier in the day, hell I'd love it if some venue could start doing weekend matinees.
Any thoughts?

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Permalink Reply by Tinyfolk on May 9, 2008 at 9:56am: Hell fucking yes. I know I'm twenty-three and am supposed to be into staying up until 10 am the next day or whatever, but seriously, guys. I'm usually spent by 1 am. I hate getting to shows and finding out that they're not even going to start until 11:30. Even worse if I'm playing them.

Permalink Reply by Joe Stone on May 13, 2008 at 3:54pm: Yeah, I'm with you guys on this one. I don't even bother going out most of the time, 'cause I know I won't hang in there.

Although, I've noticed myself attending more of the House/Public Park/WFHB shows, even when I have no idea who any of the bands are. . . Lord of the Yumm Yumm was pretty cool, and I still got to do some porch-sitting with friends afterwards, and even made it home before Midnight.

Permalink Reply by CraiGrrr on May 25, 2008 at 1:02pm: Same here. Maybe it's that I don't drink like I used to, but round 1am, I GET SLEEPY. I'm sure there are earlier shows worth seeing that I just don't ever hear about until usually the day after. Maybe this site will help alleviate having to dig through the local paper or catching upcoming events on the radio. As I don't get downtown much, I don't see flyers. But with the handy upcoming events list here...

Permalink Reply by Mike Emmett on May 25, 2008 at 1:19pm: Good point CraiGrrr...I should post some shows on this site. Thanks for the reminder.
Mike