I PLAYED A SHOW AT [HORRIBLE IRISH PUB] 2019 (PLUS: WAS JAMES JOYCE HXC?)

Publisher's Note: Due to threat of DMCA strike, the name of the venue listed has been redacted, and replaced with [HORRIBLE IRISH PUB].

we got booked for a 3 band ticketed show at [HORRIBLE IRISH PUB]. the one on [XXXXXX] street that always looks closed. 

you cant call yourself an irish pub if you don't have a picture of james joyce hanging up. i cant bring my friend patrick (irish) anywhere because he gets drunk and tries to take them down to keep. 

this band had 3 members at the time. we got paid 75 dollars split 3 ways. we were the first people to play. it was my first time playing a ticketed show and i felt like an INAUTHENTIC SELLOUT!

the ATM was covered in stickers of horrible hardcore bands with horrible fonts. after the age of 18, hardcore bands make me sad in the the same way thinking about your high school english teacher's life makes you sad.

would james joyce approve of today's HXC music? i used an internet WIDGET to find out after answering based off of joyce's personal life

technology quickly failed...

WTF. no self respecting hardcore band in 2021 would be called this totally IRISH GOTHIC (hot topic zim hoodie) name. JAMES JOYCE? not very hxc! 

seven inch never to be pressed (contents: shit)

hardcore music is 

fun to play (fast = fun!) >>>> fun to watch  >>>>>>>>>>>> fun to listen to at home (imagine the sociopath that puts NAILS on when lying in bed, scrolling through the feed)

but

doing anything unrelated to hardcore music (eating at ihop, masturbating, voting red, telling people what nfts are) >>>>>>>>>> playing that crap!

BUT THIS IS BOSTON NOT LA....... BACK TO THE PUB

[HORRIBLE IRISH PUB] was not open when we arrived. i waited in the cold (feburary) for a sad man in a flannel overshirt (macy's) to open the door. 

we decided to play a new song that day. it had one chord (e minor). we had never practiced it.

around twelve to fifteen people attended the show at [HORRIBLE IRISH PUB]. the stage seems more suited to a dean martin style jazzcat or clean comedy.

i borrowed the bass cab from the other band playing, it sounded like shit we played 6 songs

a POPULAR B0STON SCENESTER (age <30) came up to me + lead singer (drunk). said it sounded great, but like you would say a young childs drawing of crayon scribbles is great.

the person i was dating at the time (irish) sat near it with a disposable camera. she spent most of the time reading a book (popular fiction). 

i only spoke to one employee of [HORRIBLE IRISH PUB] that didnt believe iwas in the band and wouldnt let me back in.

75 dollars split 3 ways is 25 dollars. THE LUCK OF THE IRISH!