new for me although I’ve been
delivering food a couple of days
a week. I think we all just want
to get back to doing what we do
best. Who doesn’t?
Do you think venues like
NJPAC and the Stone Pony can
return with limited audiences
practicing socially distancing?
I think it will be very difficult and
if they do, it won’t be frequently
or part of some new norm at least
in the short term. The financial aspect
as presently structured seems
a bridge too far. I think there’s
been a prevailing hope that we
could wait it out but that has been
exasperated by the lack of mitigation
of this virus. It will be interesting
to see how the industry will
reinvent itself.
What type of venue do you
think will have a harder time:
clubs or major halls?
I think like most businesses the
smaller clubs will be at most risk
but no venue is safe. I saw some
math when initial guidelines for
venues opening up were released
and a venue the size of the Stone
Pony could only have around 48
people for an inside show based
on their square footage and that
included artists and staff.
How do you feel about the
drive-in type shows in which
acts perform on stage in front of
an audience in their cars?
It’s something. I admire the effort
to bring live entertainment to peo-
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