{"id":571,"date":"2011-08-12T18:26:23","date_gmt":"2011-08-12T23:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/http:\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/rules-for-shows-dont-be-the-dick-in-the-hat\/"},"modified":"2016-12-26T14:16:48","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T22:16:48","slug":"rules-for-shows-dont-be-the-dick-in-the-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/rules-for-shows-dont-be-the-dick-in-the-hat\/","title":{"rendered":"Rules for Shows: Don&#8217;t Be the Dick in the Hat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ttr_start\"><\/div><div class='posterous_autopost'>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"tumblr_lmjut54zpz1qih1joo1_500.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/tumblr_lmjut54zpz1qih1joo1_5001.jpg\" alt=\"tumblr_lmjut54zpz1qih1joo1_500.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/feralcanvas.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Image thanks to Feral Canvas<\/a><\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Rule #1<\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I know you thought that three foot tall velvet top hat was going to look good with your \u201cI&#39;M WITH STUPID\u201d shirt, for some reason. What you didn&#39;t think about when you assessed your outfit were the three thousand people standing behind you. I bet they&#39;re all thinking \u201cWow, that&#39;s a fine hat! I&#39;d much rather see that hat than Lady Gaga! The money I paid for these tickets sure was worth it to see a fine hat like that.\u201d Oh, wait, I meant none of them are thinking that. It doesn&#39;t matter how many flowers or joker cards or taxidermied birds adorn its brim. By the forth or fifth time your hat gets in the way the of the guitarist&#39;s signature move, it&#39;s not so pretty any more.\u00a0 <\/div>\n<p \/>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/soundlinks\/Blood%20Diamonds%20-%20Lasting%20Love.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Blood Diamonds &#8211; Lasting Love<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/soundlinks\/Polarsets%20-Morning.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Polarsets &#8211; Morning<\/a><br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/soundlinks\/Metronomy%20-The%20Look.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Metronomy &#8211; The Look<\/a><\/p>\n<p \/><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"ftp:\/\/kahttps:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/soundlinks\/bestof2009%20dance%20mix\/rogues_-_not_so_pretty_(feed_me_remix).mp3\">Rogues &#8211; Not So Pretty (Feed Me remix)<\/a> <\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: 10px;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/posterous.com\">Posted via email<\/a>  from <a href=\"http:\/\/likedancingaboutarchitecture.posterous.com\/rules-for-shows-dont-be-the-dick-in-the-hat\">Like Dancing About Architecture<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"ttr_end\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image thanks to Feral Canvas Rule #1 I know you thought that three foot tall velvet top hat was going to look good with your \u201cI&#39;M WITH STUPID\u201d shirt, for some reason. What you didn&#39;t think about when you assessed your outfit were the three thousand people standing behind you. I bet they&#39;re all thinking &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/rules-for-shows-dont-be-the-dick-in-the-hat\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rules for Shows: Don&#8217;t Be the Dick in the Hat<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":781,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[224,226,452,783,813],"series":[],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-concert-etiquette","tag-concerts","tag-how-not-to-be-a-dick","tag-rules-for-shows","tag-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17239,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571\/revisions\/17239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/futureisfiction.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}