Great gig/recital for the place where I play lessons thing morning. About 70 people there, with 8 kids from the business playing different tunes and solos throughout the two hour set, including the "All Star" which I played bass for.

About halfway through the show a cop walks in. I thought it was cool, protection for the oddballs in the downtown of my city. Out of no where he grabs this guy on a laptop and throws him into his police car. The gig went on, and we finished strong.

After the show the owner of the coffee shop came up on stage. This is close to his exact quote, giving you the brief idea:
"Sorry about that disturbance people, we had some business to take care of with a customer. He wont be back, ever." HE turns the mic off and turns to my teacher. What I heard I couldnt believe.

This guy was watching pr0n in a public coffee shop, with my parents and family, along with other families and a few young children. They called the police for public indecency!

I cant believe what the world is coming to! I have read the "Worst gig ever" threads, and even this doesnt count for that.

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hardly the worst gig ever, sorry.

That's horrible.

This guy was watching pr0n in a public coffee shop with my parents and family, along with other families and a few young children.

So what you're saying is:

1) Nobody was watching the band.
2) That laptop must have had one hell of a big screen.
3) Michael Jackson showed up to your gig.

This guy was watching pr0n in a public coffee shop.


What, your not supose to do that?

omg. are you 10?

sorry guys, i just couldnt help myself.

omg. are you 10?

What does my age have to do with a grown man watching porn around little kids? :eyebrow:

Twas hardly the worst gig ever, but it ranks up there my list. Sorry for wasting the bandwidth.

I think the responses here tell a couple things:

1. Alot of you don't have kids, otherwise this sort of thing would (or should) offend you considerably.
2. Porn has become way too mainstream and acceptable, when someone can feel free to watch it with no regard for those around him.

I'll agree that the gig as a whole probably wouldn't make the list of worst gigs ever, except for the perv. It was probably HIS worst gig ever!

I think the responses here tell a couple things:

1. Alot of you don't have kids, otherwise this sort of thing would (or should) offend you considerably.
2. Porn has become way too mainstream and acceptable, when someone can feel free to watch it with no regard for those around him.

I'll agree that the gig as a whole probably wouldn't make the list of worst gigs ever, except for the perv. It was probably HIS worst gig ever!

Finally, someone agrees.

hardly the worst gig ever, sorry.


While I have never had a gig where someone got arrested for looking at porn, I have been through some real winners. Dudes fist fighting, couples fist fighting, chicks fighting, parties interrupted because of crying, screaming drunks, rival factions of the klan fist fighting (we weren't playing for the klan, they just happened to show up.) guns pulled, knives pulled, cops shutting down because of noise, fire marshalls shutting gigs down because the place was waaaay overcrowded (happened more than once) and the list goes on. You got off pretty light!!

If the gods are very very fond of you, that WILL be your worst gig ever.

I fear "doth protest too much, methinks". I am part of the "Father knows best" "Ozzie and Harriet" black and white generation. What you find on network TV now would have been classified as porn back then; and if you throw in cable programming, well, that would be the 'hard core'. What you described as the worse ever is just an inevitable occurrance of this "sex sells" evolution that everyone accepts. If we did not accept it it would not be happening. This is supply and demand. In my opinion your outrage is misdirected. I figure the guy they arrested is as much a victim as any other addict.

hahaha that's so strange!

Well son, if that is the worse thing you ever have happen ( to someone else, not really involved with the band) at one of your gigs, you will be a most fortunate man indeed.

hahaha that's so strange!

I thought so.

I fear "doth protest too much, methinks". I am part of the "Father knows best" "Ozzie and Harriet" black and white generation. What you find on network TV now would have been classified as porn back then; and if you throw in cable programming, well, that would be the 'hard core'. What you described as the worse ever is just an inevitable occurrance of this "sex sells" evolution that everyone accepts. If we did not accept it it would not be happening. This is supply and demand. In my opinion your outrage is misdirected. I figure the guy they arrested is as much a victim as any other addict.

Okay, I have nothing against pornography, but this is just ignorant.

You can't watch pornography in a public coffee shop. That guy deserved to get arrested. I hate the police with a passion, but I would call them if I saw some **** like that.

I'm sure there's a really great response to this, I just can't think of it right now.

Okay guys. Settle down. I agree, his opinion was stated out there, but thats allowed. If you have a problem with his post, report it. Its simple, hit the small Triangle containing an ! and tell the mods why youre reporting.

Im spreading the word that flaming and taking things into your own hands can get you a "warning", something I recently received.

You can't watch pornography in a public coffee shop. That guy deserved to get arrested. I hate the police with a passion, but I would call them if I saw some **** like that.

Would he be arrested if he was sitting there reading Playboy? If not, what is the difference?

EDIT: You really totally missed my point didn't you. Bill Clinton "did not have sex with that woman!!!"

Heck, the places I play at...the porn is usually on the dance floor;)

Was he just watching, or servicing himself at the same time?

was he actually touching himself?

Finally, someone agrees.
I agree too. People feel waay too free in public to act out.

Great gig/recital for the place where I play lessons thing morning. About 70 people there, with 8 kids from the business playing different tunes and solos throughout the two hour set, including the "All Star" which I played bass for.

About halfway through the show a cop walks in. I thought it was cool, protection for the oddballs in the downtown of my city. Out of no where he grabs this guy on a laptop and throws him into his police car. The gig went on, and we finished strong.

After the show the owner of the coffee shop came up on stage. This is close to his exact quote, giving you the brief idea:
"Sorry about that disturbance people, we had some business to take care of with a customer. He wont be back, ever." HE turns the mic off and turns to my teacher. What I heard I couldnt believe.

This guy was watching pr0n in a public coffee shop, with my parents and family, along with other families and a few young children. They called the police for public indecency!

I cant believe what the world is coming to! I have read the "Worst gig ever" threads, and even this doesnt count for that.

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I actually worked for a coffee shop in Brea, California where we had a customer who did that. He would use our free wi-fi to look at pron and ALWAYS made some kind of harassing statement to our female baristas. When we asked him to stop coming to our store, he made a HUGE deal about it. He would then drive by the shop and wave at us through the windows. Someone also heard him call into a radio attorney and ask if he had a case against the coffee shop. Of course the attorney says no, but this was his response... "But they have FREE WI-FI!"

wow. dumba**.

That does sound inappropriate. I wonder if something similar had happened if he was watching a movie depicting realistic violence? Of course there are different 'types' of the material that this guy was accused of watching, however there is - IMHO - a double-standard that has long been institutionalised, making it 'ok' to watching hundreds / thousands of simulated murders or assaults, but not 'ok' to watch a natural human act.

I'm not suggesting the restrictions on adult sexual material be lifted, but rather there should be more restrictions on violence within film and TV.

I agree Unbeliever, but who doesnt love watching someone lose an arm then get blown up? Really.

This guys was watching someone take an arm and get blown up.. In a different context.

Im not sure if he was touching himself or not, but I dont care to know. IT was a very awkward thing, either way.

Good thing your gig wasn't at the library.

I changed the title for you guys. The original one hurt feelings about the worst gig ever.