Hi there everybody its the abovementioned misswebb (now known as BABY K HA!)
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the Italians have a saying "the fish stinks from the head" I don't know Mr. Simon Hammerstein but I am curious to what he is about?
I have to say the entertainment at The Box was composed of some of the sweetest most talented show biz folks out there. I understand they treat their performers very well and compensate them nicely. I am really really happy that my friends are getting paid decently! I also have to mention that the management was very kind to us.
This was my experience:
I was in the "VIP" area surrounded by drunken coked up louts with their dates. I actually overheard "ewwwwww that's so gross - it's a man!" several times
A guest tried to start a fire at a table near us.
I was pushed and grabbed with complete disregard.
It was to me a cross between a minstrel show and the Roman Coliseum. I felt absolutely no love in that room which was shocking to my system as I have been hanging out at Rapture and various house music parties. I think they were going for a Weimar Republic feel but there is not the authenticity of that era because these people (the spectators) have pots of money to fall back on should something happen unlike what was happening in Germany at that time. This crowd felt really greedy, self indulgent and mean. I know plenty of nice people with $$$ who do really fantastic things with it so what is the fucking problem? I have done drugs for many many years (yawn) and I can tell you from experience there is nothing radical about it. There is nothing radical about fucking (even the most Biedermeier people do it) and you don't change the world by getting your drink on. What is radical and punk rock to me is loving each other, expressing creativity (which to me is life energy itself) and helping human creatures. My lovely bishop Zachary Jones sez "Many are born an origanal but too many die a copy" The Box was full of those copies - too scared to be themselves so making fun of others for doing so. Blech.
LONG LIVE FREAKDOM NOW AND FOREVER MORE!