And The “Crybabies Of The Motherfucking Decade” Award Goes To… Trouble Everyday!
It’s a rare day here at Philebrity when somebody does something so patently stupid that it stops us in our tracks. I mean, stupidity is our business. It’s the currency in which we trade, and we follow the gains and losses in the stupidity market like a bunch of Gordon Goddamn Geckos. It’s what we do. So when we started hearing tell of the imbroglio surrounding the local discopunk (we know, we know, shhhhh) band Trouble Everyday, we almost couldn’t believe it. Seems that, frustrated by any number of the things that befall any local band (low show attendance, shrinking wallets, feuds with bookers, and on and on) the boys of TE have made the decision to not play in Philly anymore. Not ever, they say, never again. But that isn’t really what’s the dumb thing; the dumb thing, and why everyone who hears about this feels like smacking them, is how they’ve handled it.
Now, just about everyone who’s ever been in a local band (and plenty more who haven’t) can relate to Trouble Everyday’s frustration. It’s a hard row to hoe, for sure, and glories, for the most part, are hard-won in this town. But get a load of this particular brand of bridge burning. First, there was a post on their website:
You have one more chance to see TROUBLE EVERYDAY play in PHILADELPHIA.
TROUBLE EVERYDAY are not breaking up but they will never play in PHILADELPHIA again after this special show.
The post then goes on to give the details of said show, to be held where? Oh, I don’t know, if you were in a struggling local band, and wanted to give yourself a sendoff of sorts with the friends and fans who’ve come to see you over the years, you know, a little something for the heads, where would you have it? Oh yes, that’s right: The World Cafe Live. Jesus Christ. And then, some insult to injury:
Formal and/or 80ís attire encouraged but not required.
Not enough for ya? Well, then, maybe you need to peep bass player Kyle Everyday on the local message boards. When taken to task about the very buffoonery of the whole enterprise, what does he say?
This city gave up on us a long time ago besides a few actual friends and fans of our music.
Entitled? Delusional? Sure! And, not to be outdone…
Philly can do nothing more for us then it already has and we can give nothing more to the city than we already have.
Oh. My. God. Trouble Everyday, don’t let the door hit you in the ass.
Trouble Everyday: Someone Please Save Doyle Before The Whole Ship Goes Down
