Tuesday Night found the married guy with two kids waiting outside a club called the Green Door, in Oklahoma City.
This place wasn't any bigger than my house. My ears were already starting to hurt. I looked like the oldest one waiting to get in. The guy next to me was 22. Add to that, it got real cold, real fast, and you have a great start to an evening. Did I mention that all my friends bailed on me? Gotta work, kids are sick, blah, blah, blah. (I did call one friend too late to make plans).
What is it about hard rock/punk kids that causes them to wear baggy clothes? Do I sound too old saying that?
All the kids were wearing baggy shirts with some sort of skate company/punk band/or ironic logo on it. Baggy pants that looked like Dickies. Hair slightly askew and none of them owned a coat, only a zip all the way up the front sweatshirt with a hood.
And why do the girls all have short hair, those "members only" looking jackets a size to small, black eye glasses, and a stooped shoulder look?
The Green Door turns out to be a pretty cool place. It is small. Part of the charm. Chain link fence walls off the bar area from the rest of the place, there is a place to sit or display merchandise and where the bands play, I am not kidding, is no bigger than my living room, and I live in a 1400 square foot house.
None of the people I talked to were there to see Rye Coalition. And to be fair, how many people from OKC had ever heard of Rye Coalition? I hadn't until the gracious host of this site sent out a concert email and I responded. Speaking of that, I was not too surprised when the guest list thing fell through. My name was nowhere to be found. That's all right though. It was only 6 bucks to get in.
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Article comments
1 - Eric Olsen
Great job - dude, you're not old, I'm not even old, Mick Jagger is old. As far as the ticket list, I have learned to NEVER trust what anyone says. I always call to venue before I go to make sure they have my name - better still is to get hard copy tickets in advance.
Real glad you liked the show, sorry they screwed it up.
2 - Chris
Eric -- I would've, but this one of those deals that you just show up and pay at the door. I emailed the record company guy. Maybe I'll get a free shirt.
Seeing them in a venue like that, including the other bands, makes me wonder how these guys make money. The math on the door only works out to about 2 dollars a band, and there only about 150 people there. I didn't see a whole lot of merchandise changing hands. I realize, for some bands, OKC is a loss leader to generate a fan base. But, man, little bands on the road are the last bastion of true capitalism.
3 - Eric Olsen
So true - you can see why they need all he help they can get, and how the Internet can play such an important role.