Barryfest Endorses: Smoking Cigarettes at Rock Shows
I have long argued that any city-wide determination on whether or not the proprietor of private business was allowed to permit smoking on his premises was draconian at best and unconstitutional at worst. If people think a particular bar is “too smokey”, they are free to drink or seek employment elsewhere – just as they [...]
Barryfest at South By Southwest, Part 2: SXSW Is Shallow and Pedantic
I’m generally not the kind of guy that notices, asks for, or even cares about American politics at rock shows. In fact, there was a time, somewhere between Rage Against the Machine’s second album Evil Empire and, not ironically, when Bono started begging George W. Bush for money on behalf of all 3rd World countries, that I wanted every nineties band to just shut the fuck up.
Barryfest at South by Southwest, Part 1: SXSW Is Decadent and Depraved
I’ve been to South by Southwest a few times in the past several years, the experiences of which have been experiments in the cause and effect of not planning for something that requires concise preparation. Results have been varied, the luck of the draw sometimes providing me with posh hotel accommodations and free drinking, and [...]
Barryfest Endorses: Listening to The Doors During Mardi Gras
It was once thought, among philosophers of the Current and Future State of MusicTM, that the Doors made the perfect music for extreme cold weather in big cities. However, the nuances of such a notion confounded, mystified, and ultimately divided experts who, unable to account for the vast sociological, economic, and ethnic diversity that characterizes [...]
