Our woman on the street, Lis K., noted that the bands' label's flyer posted online is about as offensive as "Letter of the Day" on Sesame Street. Apparently, Happy Happy Birthday to Me Records isn't posting the minstrel version. The flyer posted on Cars Can Be Blue's MySpace page is offensive as all hell, but is (a) for a show on March 5th and (b) appears to depict the two members of the band about to do an abortion at home. The "Friends' Comments" section mentions the protest, but no update as to how it went.
Also, last night, another watchful reader sent me a text about an impromtu protest happening at the Caledonia at the time that the show started yesterday (9 p.m. or so). I didn't hear back from him last night or this morning about how it went. Did anyone see any protests or anything going down in or around the Caledonia? Has anyone been talking about the controversy?
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Update: Caledonia Flyer Incident
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So I gotz the dirt:
The flyer was made by Nate of Cars Can Be Blue so it wasn't associated with Caledonia or HHBTM. Mike from the label was uninvolved until protesters (8-10 people, from what I hear) arrived at Caledonia a couple hours before the show.
A compromise was struck involving Nate being replaced by a buddy for the night. Thus, the show went on.
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