it was an all day festival at a crappy restaurant on the southside.(If you know anyone from Indy-ask them about the southside)The highlight of the day being a carnival and a reunion of the long time house band from the restaurant. They asked if they could pay to use our PA. I discussed the need for power at the stage and the minimum requirements. Everything was agreed and set.
I arrive and find the crappy flatbed trailer doubling as a stage. I look all around for my power.Nothing.I walk 200 yards to the other side of the restaurant to find the bank of outlets next to the Kareoke stage,the dumb ass electrician set up the wrong stage. The owner-who was a big prick from the minute I walked up and said hello, was aware but didn't want to fix the problem and told me to deal with it.
Fast forward to Rock-stars appearance and the main reason the rednecks-I mean people-were coming. He gets into the first song when i hear weird shit going on, so I go to investigate. My circuit dedicated to the MID amplifier seems to be very unhappy. I follow the extension cord(!!) to find the note and tape over the shared outlet removed. Some dumb-ass can't read and plugged something in to my circuit. I yank it out, take the cable out and throw it far away. As I am walking back to the stage Faith Marie is yelling and waving her arms while laughing: I have unplugged one of those jumpy-bouncy tents with 15 or so kids inside. They are screaming and running towards the slowly dissolving door to the tent.
later on the 5'4" owner threatened to kick my ass, that's another story.
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