The Decline of Western Civilization Pt. 3

So, I am not writing this as a diatribe to rock promoters, venue owners or the like...I'm writing this as a rock fan whose simple freedoms have recently been infringed upon:I do not like the Anti-Smoke law. I've seen some shit that has been passed down on this fair metropolis...We've all seen facsim in the times of our forefathers but it's never been brought to a head so much as in this time of woe O my brothers...I might be sensationalizing...and of course I'm kidding a bit...but what the fuck is going on in this country when I can be served a double Jack and Coke and not be allowed to follow up said drink with a nice corporate rolled ass and tar fuckstick...who should our loud cracks and angry whomps be directed towards? I think that a rock show is about cigs, and drugs, and debouchery, and ugliness, and nihilism, and all the things that we may escape for a moment or two to touch, or grope, but honestly, I don't want my rock experience to be harshed by a George W-esqe kind of right wing footstomp on the last true bastian of public idiocy. Honestly, it's not about stopping the cigarettes...it's about constant tappings on the shoulder of cigarette smokers and rockers that seriously stops the flow of the show. Shows are about the fans,and the music itself is about what the fans get when they listen to the music in the privacy of their homes, and the venue is an outlet for the fans to connect, for a brief moment, to the live experience of music. This tradition carries a long way...from Hendrix burning a guitar...to Keith Ritchards falling out of a tree...don't fuck it up and don't censor the public-A Friendly Consumer's Opinion: This was written about three years ago...and now it's all over for Chicago smokers and I couldn't be happier.