HSS Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I drove nearly an hour for 40 miles through some pretty heavy traffic from SW Vegas to Boulder city only to find out that the gig had been cancelled. The plumbing problem at the club occurred before I arrived while I was in route. I was the first band member at the club and relayed the info to the others while they were still in route. The club, which I 've played at 10 -15 times since about 2018, was apologetic and promised to make it up to the band with some extra bookings and free meals. I just hope that no cadavers from Lake Meade were ejected out of the exploding toilets. Even though I wasted a lot of time and gas on a needless trip, there's no point in getting angry at misbehaving toilets. Quote Gigs: Nord 5D 73, Kurz PC4-7 & SP4-7, Hammond SK1, Yamaha CK88, MX88, & P121, Numa Compact 2x, Casio CGP700, QSC K12, Yamaha DBR10, JBL515xt(2). Alto TS310(2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KuruPrionz Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 7 minutes ago, HSS said: I drove nearly an hour for 40 miles through some pretty heavy traffic from SW Vegas to Boulder city. The plumbing problem at the club occurred before I arrived while I was in route. I was the first band member at the club and relayed the info to the others while they were still in route. The club, which I 've played at 10 -15 times since about 2018, was apologetic and promised to make it up to the band with some extra bookings and free meals. I just hope that no cadavers from Lake Meade were ejected out of the exploding toilets. Even though I wasted a lot of time and gas on a needless trip, there's no point in getting angry at misbehaving toilets. Yikes! That just ain't pretty a bit. 🤮 You're right though, NOBODY wishes for exploding toilets, not even plumbers. Well, OK, Jr. High kids with M80's, they like exploding toilets (don't ask me how I know that!!! ) The good news is they'll have to get them properly fixed before they can run a successful business there. So next time should be much better. 2 Quote It took a chunk of my life to get here and I am still not sure where "here" is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AUSSIEKEYS Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Oh no at least it was enroute and you missed the main event. I was doing a new years eve gig back in the 90s ( i think ) it was in the beer garden of a pub in Sydney's Blue Mountains. In the late 70s early 80s my older band was a regular there. So in 90s I approached them to try out my new band and they gave me New Years Eve. I cant remember a beer garden there in the 80s. Half way thru the gig the womens toilets let loose flooding our floor level "outdoor stage" simply setup against the wall of the building in the beer garden. (I cant remember it having a beer garden in the 80s) At the time we didnt know it was the toilet just water runoff till end of gig. Fortunately it did seem to be only watery side of things. We didn't see any chewy Nougats floating by. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wright Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Pretty shitty deal. At least you got cancelled. I played a small place north of here, that had a problem in the men's. It was a 2 nighter, and the reek was unbelievable. My god, the things we do! Quote . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomKittel Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 shit happens… Quote LIFE IS SHORT, GO GET THE GEAR YOU WANT ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamPro Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 My condolences. That stinks. When a toilet blows up, urine trouble. Did the police call out the Squat team - I guess if there are no toilets, they have nothing to go on. If the janitor can't unclog the toilet, it's a dereliction of doodie. In my city, when the toilet blows up, no one gives a crap. But exploding toilets could be terrorism or a case of spyarrhea. Worse yet, now it is Sa-turd-ay. It doesn't take a Pee.hD to know that the toilet paper has been wiped. In an emergency, some people use lettuce leaves instead of toilet paper - today is just the tip of the iceberg, tomorrow romaines to be seen. If you Russian to a bathroom, and Finnish when you leave, European. 1 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re Pete Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I remember a kid setting off a stink bomb in mens room of a restaurant gig I had. No real dump could smell that bad. Or could it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Damn, you guys stole all my lines..... 1 Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 JamPro just took all the puns! At least you didn't drive an hour, started unloading only to realize you had the wrong weekend. I use our band website which lists the gigs in order (with the dates), but I'm not used to having a free weekend and my brain just connected it as "next gig = upcoming weekend". I'm just glad I realized it before I set up and the band for that night rolled in. The only reason I even stopped was that normally our guitarist gets there before me and nobody was there :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I’m having trouble thinking of something worse (short of violence or people dying) than playing or attending a gig where the bathrooms are rank, foul or otherwise out of order. 😖 Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyRude Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 2 Quote Some music I've recorded and played over the years with a few different bands Tommy Rude Soundcloud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, ElmerJFudd said: I’m having trouble thinking of something worse (short of violence or people dying) than playing or attending a gig where the bathrooms are rank, foul or otherwise out of order. 😖 A couple of the most low-down of our bar gigs--which thankfully we've moved on from--were so smoky that opening my gear case a week later I'd swear a cloud of smoke wafted out. And the worst one had a knifing in the bathroom the night after our last gig there (not related I don't think). Probably a meth deal gone bad, that place was known for such things... I don't think we have any smoky gigs left. I'm not sure how much damage I've done to myself (and gear) inhaling and being covered in that crap but I do NOT miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Just now, Stokely said: A couple of the most low-down of our bar gigs--which thankfully we've moved on from--were so smoky that opening my gear case a week later I'd swear a cloud of smoke wafted out. And the worst one had a knifing in the bathroom the night after our last gig there (not related I don't think). Probably a meth deal gone bad, that place was known for such things... Land sakes alive! Quote Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenWaB3 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Yeah, we've all had that case where we say we got the sh+t scared out of us but I actually had a case where I got the sh+t scared into me. We were playing a dive in the early 80's and during the course of the night I was getting to need to go reeeaaallllyyy bad. I kept trying to tell myself I could wait until I got home but it finally got so bad I had to hit the restroom. When I opened it up it looked like the toilet hadn't been cleaned in over a year, there was stuff all around it on the floor and to top it off it faced directly out onto the main floor. It was so disgusting that somehow the need and urge totally subsided. I guess there really are cases of mind over (fecal) matter. Sorry for the TMI aspect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenWaB3 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 Don't know why that last message ended up with the line through the last half. Maybe it really was TMI. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokely Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 1 hour ago, ElmerJFudd said: Land sakes alive! What was kind of odd about that place, to go with the obvious downsides of smoke and potential death or maiming, those people were really into music A fair number of our gigs now we tend to be potted plant background music, that's "moving up" for you! Pay is certainly better to go with the aforementioned clean air and lack of peril so on the whole, it's a win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzpiano88 Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 11 hours ago, AUSSIEKEYS said: Oh no at least it was enroute and you missed the main event. I was doing a new years eve gig back in the 90s ( i think ) it was in the beer garden of a pub in Sydney's Blue Mountains. In the late 70s early 80s my older band was a regular there. So in 90s I approached them to try out my new band and they gave me New Years Eve. I cant remember a beer garden there in the 80s. Half way thru the gig the womens toilets let loose flooding our floor level "outdoor stage" simply setup against the wall of the building in the beer garden. (I cant remember it having a beer garden in the 80s) At the time we didnt know it was the toilet just water runoff till end of gig. Fortunately it did seem to be only watery side of things. We didn't see any chewy Nougats floating by. This channel is a source of endless entertainment on this subject: Quote J a z z P i a n o 8 8 -- Yamaha C7D Montage M8x | CP300 | CP4 | SK1-73 | OB6 | Seven K8.2 | 3300 | CPSv.3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Schmieder Posted December 10, 2022 Share Posted December 10, 2022 I think it's time for a Spinal Tap sequel... Quote Eugenio Upright, 60th Anniversary P-Bass, USA Geddy Lee J-Bass, Yamaha BBP35, D'angelico SS Bari, EXL1, Select Strat, 70th Anniversary Esquire, LP 57, Eastman T486, T64, Ibanez PM2, Hammond XK4, Moog Voyager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Lobo Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 I hope to never see another thread title like this one in my lifetime Quote These are only my opinions, not supported by any actual knowledge, experience, or expertise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floyd Tatum Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Never heard of that before, (except kids w/fireworks, and I think that only happens in movies?) What causes toilets to explode? Water pressure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
analogika Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 22 hours ago, JamPro said: My condolences. That stinks. When a toilet blows up, urine trouble. Did the police call out the Squat team - I guess if there are no toilets, they have nothing to go on. If the janitor can't unclog the toilet, it's a dereliction of doodie. In my city, when the toilet blows up, no one gives a crap. But exploding toilets could be terrorism or a case of spyarrhea. Worse yet, now it is Sa-turd-ay. It doesn't take a Pee.hD to know that the toilet paper has been wiped. In an emergency, some people use lettuce leaves instead of toilet paper - today is just the tip of the iceberg, tomorrow romaines to be seen. If you Russian to a bathroom, and Finnish when you leave, European. Poo! Poo! Quit squatting the podium! Quote "The Angels of Libra are in the European vanguard of the [retro soul] movement" (Bill Buckley, Soul and Jazz and Funk) The Drawbars | off jazz organ trio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
re Pete Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 This thread should be wiped clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamPro Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Politeness dictates I offer this forum an explanation. See, this was a test: I wanted to write a bunch of bad jokes to see if anyone could come up with something even worse. And of my 10 word-plays, no pun in ten did. On a related note: my dog just ate an entire bag of Scrabble tiles. His next shit could spell disaster. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nursers Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 The resident nurse could jump in with some poo stories, but he won't Quote The Keyboard Chronicles Podcast Check out your fellow forumites in an Apple Music playlist Check out your fellow forumites in a Spotify playlist My Music: Stainless Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfD Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Good thing nobody was sh, er, sitting there when the explosion occurred. That could have been a traumatic experience.😎 Quote PD "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return."--E. Ahbez "Nature Boy" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 Coincidentally YouTube reminded me today about this old but gold reportage about explosions. I always crack at it 🤣 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberGene Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 YouTube has upped its game today: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HSS Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 Just to mercifully put this thread I started to rest, here's a few videos of exploding pianos. https://youtu.be/veyWOXpy4KE https://youtu.be/_B3T1VOT26A https://youtu.be/p87xqCuQdBM https://youtu.be/CE8cyojTX_Q https://youtu.be/h1rXcm2mbKI Quote Gigs: Nord 5D 73, Kurz PC4-7 & SP4-7, Hammond SK1, Yamaha CK88, MX88, & P121, Numa Compact 2x, Casio CGP700, QSC K12, Yamaha DBR10, JBL515xt(2). Alto TS310(2) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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