Play us a song young piano girl, we are lonely in Madison

We are lonely in Madison according to a conversation between a singer and an audience member transcribed on the back of a menu from Cafe Montmartre. The menu was posted at dane101.com:

Audience member: “Madison is lonely.”
Songstress: “What does that mean?”
Audience member: “It means it sucks. You’re beautiful, so inspire us.”
Songstress: “I’ll try.”

Another quote says the songstress came “All the way from Finland to Madison.”

When does a local band step beyond local acclaim?

At WSUM Madison student radio’s Snake on the Lake Fest (in Madison) one patron was heard asking another this question about Madison’s Pale Young Gentlemen:

“Where are they from?”

If locals don’t know who you are but are interested enough to assume you can’t be local – that is a good sign. Seriously, God forbid anyone assume Madison has good bands.

SoCo is for everyone

Heard at the security check-in gate as we exited the 21+ SoCo Music Festival in Madison:

 ”I’ve probably let through a ton of underagers.”

well-fed and rested

smokers outside the High Noon, 7/2…

guy nodding at me:

He looks like a me-he with a bed.

to me:

You look like a me-he–but one who eats and doesn’t sleep on couches.

Original speaker wanders away. Moments later, another guy, who may have been in Milwaukee’s KingHellBastard, points across the patio…

His girl’s grabbing his joint to get him to calm down.