{"id":13915,"date":"2012-06-15T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2012-06-15T15:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=13915"},"modified":"2012-06-15T11:29:34","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T15:29:34","slug":"dear-crabby-backstage-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/dear-crabby-backstage-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Crabby, Rock Concert Etiquette Expert, on Backstage Food Spread Etiquette"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dear Crabby...<\/p><\/div>\n

Rock Town Hall welcomes the return of rock concert etiquette expert Dear Crabby<\/strong>. Well-known to concertgoers around the world for the gentle tap on the shoulder she applies before politely notifying overly enthusiastic fans, underappreciated artists, and overworked venue staff \u00a0of behavior that crosses the line of civil rock behavior, Dear Crabby is an exclusive feature of Rock Town Hall. Today Dear Crabby fields a question about backstage pass behavior and encourages readers to chime in with their own advice and experiences.<\/em><\/p>\n

Nothing beats live music, but more and more I’m dismayed by acts of impolite behavior among audience members, performers, and venue staff. It’s my mission to bring these acts to light\u2014and to suggest ways in which these individuals might better behave themselves in the future. I welcome the opportunity to field your questions and trade insights and advice on these important matters. After the jump<\/em> is an offlist message I received from a musician I hold in high esteem. I will invite you to help me counsel him. In the coming months, if you find yourself in need of guidance over matters related to the live music experience, please feel free to write me at my personal e-mail address:<\/p>\n

DearCrabby [at] rocktownhall [dot] com<\/pre>\n
I will ensure your anonymity is preserved during the public discussion that will ensue. Thank you. Now on with today’s letter!<\/p>\n
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Dear Crabby,<\/p>\n
I recently had the pleasure of being invited backstage to meet one of my musical heroes. Following the show I was escorted backstage to a small room with a bar and a catered spread including hoagies, potato salad, raw veggies, cookies and cakes, beer, wine, soda, and water. As a few other lucky fans and I awaited the entrance of our hero, his bandmates encouraged us to take whatever we wanted from their spread. There are few things I enjoy more than a hoagie, but I felt shy about taking anything more than a bottled water. In trying to be extra polite, was it actually rude of me to avoid nibbling on even a carrot stick or cookie?<\/p>\n
– Bashful Backstage<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Dear Bashful,<\/p>\n
Was this fete in Wales, perchance?  I would guess that it was not, as the word hoagie<\/em> most likely reflects a local foodstuff.  However, I digress.<\/p>\n
As I was saying, I once had the experience in Wales of visiting a family, and upon being offered a slice of delicious-looking apple cake, was later told that it had been very proper of me to accept, as to have turned down their hospitality would have been extremely rude. Silly me! I was hungry and thought the cake looked wonderful. As to your situation, I would say that if you are in for the water, you are in for the carrot stick.  It even may have been acceptable to have appreciated some of that hoagie. My reluctance to partake would more likely have reflected my worry to have chosen something that would have spilled on me or my music idol. As long as no spaghetti or cracked crab was being served, I would say take a napkin, a bib, and enjoy the spread!<\/p>\n
OK, Townspeople, when you have had a chance to digest Bashful’s plight, please help me counsel him and other fans lucky enough to find themselves backstage and offered open access to the artists’ spread of food and beverages. Thank you<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Rock Town Hall welcomes the return of rock concert etiquette expert Dear Crabby. Well-known to concertgoers around the world for the gentle tap on the shoulder she applies before politely notifying overly enthusiastic fans, underappreciated artists, and overworked venue staff \u00a0of behavior that crosses the line of civil rock behavior, Dear Crabby is an exclusive […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[599],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13915"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13915\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}