He may have a point...

First, here's Mona's review of last night's Mountain Stage show.

Now, here's Hippie Killer's review of Neko Case and a post, in general, about Mountain Stage and what could be a perception problem among some of the indie artists.

I hear things, sometimes. And Mountain Stage has certainly gotten their share of douche bags over the years. If you catch the gang in the right mood, they'll tell you who is a dick and who isn't (off the record)... and um... they told me in confidence, so I won't name names here. I do know a couple of people who will not be coming back any time soon, who were problem children and the staff doesn't want to deal with them again unless they have to. One of them is dead, so it's not a big deal. Another is one of my favorites and she hung them out to dry on a fit about billing. The third was a pain in the ass, whom the host of the show said he wished someone would have slapped her parents for raising her to be such a self-absorbed jerk.

I think he's right. Case shouldn't have been starting over and over. She's lucky she didn't get booed, which would have made for really "great" radio. Pretty clearly, she didn't get the show or why she was there. Case shouldn't be thinking she's doing Mountain Stage a favor by playing their dinky little radio show. She ought to be thinking they're doing her a favor by letting her come on their show and play on a hundred radio stations across America for twenty minutes.

Maybe I should have used that ticket.