Lost by TKO...
another go-go goes down for the count.
By Jennifer Angellatta
Shh---oops...it's enough to make me want to cuss. I just got home from the go-go and I should be sleepy, but I am too wired with anger to put my head on the pillow. I had been looking forward to tonight all week. I bought a new outfit, invited everyone I talked to and passed out fliers. When it came time for the show, all my friends punked out on me. I rolled solo and I got there late, but it was all good. I had to make my way to the front to holla at the band and let them know I made it. They were crankin', the buffet was filled with food, the place was packed and everyone seemed to be having a good time. That is until two bammas started throwing punches.
I have to give respect to the band for stopping the music and calling attention to security, because I've seen other bands that almost have theme songs for rumbles. The knuckleheads got escorted outside, and the band was about to start playing again; but they were once again interrupted by another fight. That was it. The party was over. A frenzy of adrenaline spread through the crowd that was chill only a few minutes before. It was like watching dominos fall, one after another. These bammas were throwing the potted plants, tearing the curtains off the walls and knocking over tables. So much for the theory of " 21 and over" means that you're going to have adults in the crowd.
To the bammas that ruined the party for all the rest of us. grow up!!
You all are the same ones that grab the mic and shout, claiming to show love. You have no love for anyone other than yourselves. You sure don't have love for the go-go community, or else you would see what you are doing to the bands that work so hard. We had a nice spot tonight. Had is the key word, because I know after the police came in the club spraying, that will be the last go-go at that venue.
Why? Because some bamma from Virginia had to show everyone from Maryland and D.C. how hard he was? I say this because I heard on the street days before the show how hype all the guys in the neighborhood were about having a band play there. I have news for you, genius (yes you, the one that started the whole mess) you are the reason there aren't more go-go's in Virginia. You are the reason that the venues in the city that have go-go's treat us like criminals when we come to party. You are one of the reasons why go-go doesn't get the respect it deserves. If you're over 21 and you feel that you have to make a name for yourself by beating down someone at the go-go, please do us all a favor and take that smack to the..oh, I won't even say it (but we all know where.)
When I mention to high school friends that I write for TMOTTGoGo, they get this scrunched up look on their face and say, "you haven't grown out of go-go yet?" like go-go is in the same category as fruit loops and Saturday morning cartoons. That reaction normally upsets me, but I have to understand that this is all that most people see of go-go. It doesn't matter if there are 10 shows with no fights, the one show where there's a fight is the one everyone hears about. The outsiders need to stop blaming go-go music for the violence. The band was playing music when the mess broke out, so the bingy-bingy-bingy theory didn't apply. It wasn't the music that set these dudes off; it was something else. Maybe it was that they were twisted. Maybe it was the "this is our neighborhood" issue. Maybe someone pushed up on someone's girlfriend, I don't know. A go-go musician said that when he plays jazz or R&B there are no fights. Is the go-go so special that we just carry all our drama with us there? Who are we fooling? Owners are not having this drama at their clubs; if this foolishness continues, there will not be any go-go spots to party. That would bring a whole new meaning to the question "what do you do when you're home doing nothing?"
We really don't want the answer to that question, do we?
