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Friday, March 10, 2006
What's Right For Me - Smoke Free
Coming from a musician, this might sound really weird... but I can't stand smoky venues. I imagine that this reads to you as "wha wha wha, cry cry cry" which I hear is typical of musicians. Regardless, I am me, and me is I - and I have a natural and real aversion to cigarette smoke. It makes my eyes and nose sting, it reeks, and I hear it's highly unhealthy. It causes an abundant production of phlegm in my bronchi, and causes my vocal chords to tighten up. It sucks.
I think I'm not alone. This is an exaggeration, I'm sure, but Calgary is the last city in Canada to ban smoking in public houses and restaurants! Get this, a couple years ago Calgary passed a bylaw saying you cannot smoke on the outdoor patio at a pub... you have to go inside and smoke! I actually understand why, yet it still seems absurd. Vancouver has been smoke-free for years! I hear Calgary will pass a banning bylaw in 2008. I think I'll be long gone by then. Dare I say, "mark my words?"
I went to Spadz Bar & Grill last night for open-mic night, hoping to impress the manager and procure a gig. I sat in a smoky-choke-haze for nearly half an hour before I left - without performing, without asking for a gig. Forget it. The amount they pay for an all-night gig is hardly worth the choking, wheezing, phlegming, and throat tissue damage.
This coming from a guy who is in need of more income. Health matters - gotta do what's right for me!
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I think I'm not alone. This is an exaggeration, I'm sure, but Calgary is the last city in Canada to ban smoking in public houses and restaurants! Get this, a couple years ago Calgary passed a bylaw saying you cannot smoke on the outdoor patio at a pub... you have to go inside and smoke! I actually understand why, yet it still seems absurd. Vancouver has been smoke-free for years! I hear Calgary will pass a banning bylaw in 2008. I think I'll be long gone by then. Dare I say, "mark my words?"
I went to Spadz Bar & Grill last night for open-mic night, hoping to impress the manager and procure a gig. I sat in a smoky-choke-haze for nearly half an hour before I left - without performing, without asking for a gig. Forget it. The amount they pay for an all-night gig is hardly worth the choking, wheezing, phlegming, and throat tissue damage.
This coming from a guy who is in need of more income. Health matters - gotta do what's right for me!
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