Zoning Out
At one of this weekend's gigs:
Us: Oh, yeah, if it's too loud just let us know.Sweet!
Club owner: Well, it's zoned industrial, so noise isn't a problem.
Us: Oh, okay. But I noticed there's a house next door.
Club owner: Oh, yeah, that's a big problem. That's a crack house. Big crack scene. When they finally shut that down, it'll be the end of an era.
Us: ...
posted by Stanley at 02:48
3 Comments:
No matter who is living in that house and what goes on there, I bet that house was there before the area was zoned industrial. They were not silent; they were unheard.
eek, my thoughts exactly. whilst we were setting up, stanley was all "whoa, crackhouse", but ol boobers was fighting the zoning fight.
cheers to the undercover boys in blue for keeping it real, and keeping us safe.
the problem of race in America is, and always will be, the color line.
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