I missed the guestlist cut-off time at a club this weekend, and grew
tired of the prospect of waiting in line with obnoxious people, and
then paying for privilege of dancing with aforementioned obnoxious
people. So, instead, we headed to a purposefully obnoxious place
in North Beach that covered its window with all sorts of stickers from
Zagats and Timeout to attract customers. The proprietors also saw
some tourist-value in pasting up two ASCAP* stickers and one BMI sticker, showing that they pay royalties for the music they play:
*ASCAP is the group that tried to force the Girl Scouts to
pay a royalty for songs sung around the campfire. They are the
reason why horrible restaurants, such as TGIF make up “Birthday” songs
instead of singing “Happy Birthday.”
pay a royalty for songs sung around the campfire. They are the
reason why horrible restaurants, such as TGIF make up “Birthday” songs
instead of singing “Happy Birthday.”