09-23-2012, 09:53 AM
There's a show on cable called "Bar Rescue" that I enjoy (although my bar-going days are in the distant past), because the host keeps trying to get the owners of failing bars to focus on what they're actually trying to do (i.e., make money), as opposed to being everybody's friend who gives them free drinks, etc. Les's story reminds me of that a little bit -- it sounds like the club wasn't focused on what it was trying to do (run a public show), and instead they thought they were maybe sorta-kinda trying to give guys who don't have layouts a place to run their stuff, etc etc -- but who knows what else was on their minds. "What are we really trying to do here" is an important question that people often just don't ask.