Racism at Harper's Ferry?

adamg — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 22:37:12 -0500

On Basstown, Etan posts an explanation for why a hip-hop show at Harper's Ferry this past Tuesday suddenly got cancelled:

... After answering a few questions to the sound guy about their setup, "we need two DI-boxes, two mics, etc.", the sound guy commented, "that's why you need a white guy in your crew." Matt, baffled at the absurdity of the comment, asked the sound guy to repeat himself, to which he replied by not only repeating the comment, but going on to say, "you know, we hired 6 [mumbled racist slur] in the past few months and they're all outta here!" ...

So the group refused to play, especially since the club manager only offered to send the sound guy home, not fire him.