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Morrissey is coming. And you know what that means? Clever lyrics, melancholia, and no tender morsels of tasty beef. Or chicken. Or even a Hot Pocket. Last month Leah Garchik mentioned that, "word from the Fillmore, where Morrissey is doing four shows at the end of September: 'Do not bring any meat to eat. He wants no meat whatsoever in the house!'" While we teeter on respecting the (privileged) choices of vegetarianism and veganism, this is harsh of Morrissey, inflicting such an inane house rule during his stay there.
So, you know what that means, kids: send us your photos of you and Moz snapping into a Slim Jim, or whatever preferred meaty product you manage to smuggle into the Fillmore on 9/23 or 9/24, and we'll post them for you.
And remember, Morrissey must be in the shot as you eat your meat.
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meat is murder!
While your at it, kids, send in photos of yourselves brandishing flasks, guns, knives, cameras and recording equipment. Is there anything else not allowed in the fillmore that we need to see a picture of? How about a picture of Brock on stage going down on Morrissey!
Geez, next thing you know someone will want to ban weed-smoking at the fillmore. Stop the oppression.
i charge $200 for the first hour.
$200!? Brock you sell yourself short.
Do you think there'll be like Slim Jim dealers there? I wonder what the mark up would be? Should I think about coming to SF for the weekend and hangout near the Post Office there with a messenger bag full of meat?
I guess there isn't any meat in douchebag.
I never even buy food at Fillmore shows, and I can think of about 37 things I'd rather do than go to a Morrissey concert. But I would almost be willing to show up, just to re-enact the cafeteria scene from PCU and pelt him from the audience with a baseball-sized chunk of raw hamburger.
Anyone want to volunteer to pay my admission and any fines I might be hit with?
- Alex
This contest would be much more interesting if there were an appropriate prize (a case of beef jerky? gift card to a butcher shop? a set of steak knives?)
p.s. when I click "Show Guest Comments", none of the guest comments show up. This problem happens on my version of Firefox (but on Apple's Safari program, guest comments show up fine when the link is clicked). Who @ Gothamist should I mention this to?
$200 the first hour? The groupies will lineup for throat therapy free.
No meat[the kind you swallow into your stomach] sure beats that gangsta diva I read about who as part of her contract got 5 buckets of KFC in her dressing room.
No wonder so many people look like baby hippos.
But my favorite celebrity royal event was Brittany Spears firing her bodyguard "because he failed to hear her tell him to pick up her hat."
Malcove,
Gothamist or SFist -- don't know which one -- thinks it's a swell idea to ban guest comments altogether, perhaps in an attempt to foster a better online "community." Or xenophobic cult, whichever you prefer. Damn those guests and their obnoxious gray text, having the audacity to not divulge personal info to some blog. The nerve!
PS: I like Morrisey when I want to drink myself to death and pop vicodins, but this meat ban is almost as silly as banning guest comments. If I were going, I'd sneak in a bottle of bacon grease. It's grease, not meat, right?
I love hearing Henry Rollins rag on Morrissey.
it's great when two closet cases go at it.
Does cock count as meat? Because if so, Moz is a hippocate.
(Although I bet you could get a lot of shots of people putting wangs in their mouth with a shot of Morrissey in the background.)
"Harsh"? Is it really that difficult to go a single night without eating a meat product? Poor babies. And you call vegetarians whiny.
Sorry, but this contest is stupid. It reeks of a kind of "HAY GUYS, FOR EVERY ANIMAL YOU DON'T EAT I'LL EAT THREE, I'M SO HILARIOUS" pointless contrarianism.
Guest 12, you're missing the point: It's not that hard to go without meat for day, but who the hell is Morrissey to dictate the dietary habits of his listeners? Or employees at the Fillmore? Do vegetarians support bans on freedom of choice?
And for every vegetable you eat, I'll eat a pound of salami. Mmmmmm .... salami.
Yes, of course! Vegetarians support bans on freedom of choice!
No, seriously, what the hell are you thinking? What "ban"? This isn't the government outlawing meat at a Morrissey show. He's setting it as a term under which he'll voluntarily play at the Fillmore. If the Fillmore doesn't want to comply, then Morrissey will play somewhere else that will.
Why are you complaining about freedom of choice when every single concertgoer is perfectly free to eat meat outside of the couple of hours spent in the Fillmore? And oh noes, the employees will either have to eat meat anywhere outside of the building or eat something without meat in it. Someone call the Department of Labor-- these work conditions are too oppressive!
I'll stick with veggies but would eat Morrissey's salami especially if it weighs a pound.
I used to work at the Fillmore and Chrissy Hynde did the same thing a few years ago.
If you are working the show, you eat dinner there and to have the star of the show put their political values on your dinner choice is obnoxious.
Moz is free to not eat meat but he shouldn't be able to dictate what others eat!
OK, guest 12 and 14. Since you have no sense of humor -- must be because you're meat deprived -- let me spell it out for you. IF I were a really awesome singer and was having a concert, and ONLY permitted animal based products for consumption, you'd be singing a different tune. The fact that Morrissey's meat ban coincides with your political/dietary preferences is beside the point.
Basically what you're saying is that it's OK to force political agendas onto a captive audience. Sounds fun! Someone call the Department of Assholes!
Van, a 'strawman argument' is when you falsely attribute a position to someone so that it's easier to criticize them. For future reference.
Leaving aside your asinine notion of a "captive" audience (who's pointing the gun at your head forcing you to attend, again?): No. If you were a really awesome singer and had a meat-only policy at your shows, then of course I wouldn't like it, but that's purely your prerogative.
If a business decides to not serve meat products or only meat products, for one night or forever, then it's up to you, the consumer, to decide whether you want to support that decision by eating there or not. Would you say that Black Angus is forcing their political agenda on others by carrying no vegan options on the menu? No, you'd call it the terms under which they do business. Whether or not you like it is only relevant insofar as whether you decide to support that business by spending money there.
With this in mind, the Fillmore policy is simply a business agreement between two independent entities (the artist and the venue) regarding the conditions under which the show will take place. The Fillmore management evidently does not object. So, if this arrangement offends your delicate sensibilities so goddamn much, then, by all means, have a good cry and go take your money to the KFC down the block. Don't give your money (and hence, tacit approval) to the anti-meat fascists.
There is one significant difference here, though: meat-eaters are able to eat vegetarian food without it conflicting with their ethical/religious/whatever practices, not the other way around. Making a concert vegetarian-only doesn't exclude anybody, unless your diet consists solely of chicken wings and ground beef (which, given your hyper-sensitivity on this subject, wouldn't be all that surprising).
That's just plain rude.
People can go one fucking night without meat. I eat meat bah
I stay clear of all food from concert venues. I eat before I go to the concert.
Moz Bans Meat at all his concerts so if you dont like it dont go it wont hurt him if you dont go!
personally i thought it was hilarious when the meaties went to get food and they saw the big "to the request of the artist there will not be any meat served" sign and were like "No Meat?" like it was a weird thing, obviously first time Mozzers