RE: Off Topic? I'll give you Off Topic!!

["Gary Lehmann" <hqr@cox.net>]

Mark S wrote:

True, they are amazingly evil and actually effect us as performers on some
level.  I know Gary likes to perform at Starbucks, but how many of us rely
on Starbucks for a regular gig?  Also, Boarders paying musicians?  I played
there several times and was never offered a cent.

---->I have never played IN a Starbuck, but there's one near me that I go 
to
infrequently to practice looping and shoegaze.  I always get a cup of house
blend in a big ceramic mug, and no one has ever asked me to stop, but I 
also
never make any money--I think it's avoiding eye contact that keeps me
unmolested/underpaid.
Gary
Thanks to all for your replies!