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FP: What shifts in the local music scene have
you seen in the 10 years since you've opened?
MW: When we opened, hip-hoj) was carrying
the bar scene. No one cared about seeing bands.
Tasty World doing live bands in '97 and early '98
seemed like a stab in the dark to certain people.
People wanted to see deejays back then. There'll
always be changes, and it'll always be a roller
coaster ride. Figuring out those changes and
predicting them, that's
the tough thing, and
that's for people that
live far away in big cities
and make lots of money.
[Laughs.]
FP: The open arms
policy you mentioned
earlier, it's something
the club has a reputation
for. Is that an aesthetic,
philosophical mission of
sorts, or did it just seem
like good business to you?
MW: Because of where
we are and what we try
to do—as a music club
with open booking—it's
both. It rapidly became our philosophy because
we discovered it was the only way we could sur
vive. Tasty World is all about a 64-crayon box.
There are people in Athens whose head is so far
up their ass, they couldn't name the primary
colors anymore. So we have to appeal to the col
lege kids as well, and provide those 64 crayons.
band who'd want to play a night-time show here.
That's just business. I have this-side-of-town
rent to pay. If I don't book both floors, I don't
stay open. That's just the way it is.
FP: The club's also known for stacking bilb
with four bands, five bands even. Is that the sort
of thing you have to do? Are you just throwing
things against the wall to see what sticks?
MW: Again, that's more of who's going to
break through. It's all about getting people's
friends here. But those shows are mostly earlier
in the week, and mostly smaller bands. You've
got four bands, that's four bands worth of
friends. Most of those bands want to do it, and
they're usually all about it. If not, then a differ
ent club might be better
for that band.
We had to be wide open. Our niche is we have no
niche. But yeah, you could see anything from a
drag show to a hip-hop show to a rock band to
Mr. Quintron here, and I think people understand
that And the more people get to know Tasty
World, the more they'll know their night here. It
may not be every night, but there will be a night
you find something you like.
FP: Are there any
particular highlights that
stand out?
MW: Tons of great
shows. We weren't able
to list them all on our
website because there
were so many to remem
ber. The ones that stick
out are when you're
completely blown away
by someone you've never
heard before. The first
time I saw the Cherry
Valence. The first time I
saw Centro-matic. Local
bands: The first time I
saw Maserati. Japancakes. When they take it over
the top, it reminds you what live music is all
about It's what keeps you going when you get
down. Hopefully that band will come back and
re-energize you, or somebody else will do the
same thing. When it's a Tuesday night and there's
hardly anybody here and a band gives its all,
that's always the best.
FP: That's another thing that Tasty World has
played around with more so than other clubs:
regular events. Dubconscious used to do every
Thursday upstairs. There used to be weekly blue-
grass shows. That sort of thing seems to have
dropped off in the past year or two.
MW: It's all changing depending on what
people want to do. Dubconscious can't do it
anymore because they're way too big now, but
when their guitarist James, who used to be in
The Goods approached us, we were open to the
idea. Our big advantage is we have two rooms.
Of course, sometimes that's a disadvantage—you
don't want to be an acoustic guitarist at mid
night on a Friday. But that's something we try to
plan for.
FP: Sound issues are something that Tasty
World's abo known for around town, whether it's
sounds bleeding from one floor to another, or
sound just being too loud.
MW: It's a loud room. Brick walls, glass...
when we have a lot of sound system to overcome
a weird space, that happens. The upstairs room,
sonically, is a beautiful sound space, it's just a
natural
The first floor is where we chose to put our
main music room and sound system. But a band
like Hope For Agoldensummer is not the sort of
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