Yer grandmother used to say "you get more flies with honey that with vinegar"?

I kinda prefer what Al Capone used to say "You get farther with a gun and a kind word than with just a gun"

I'm lucky in that the 2 local pub venues I play are sorta prime for performers... One is an old converted house, the musician in the 'living room'.. if folks don't like it, they get invited to shift and give the seats to people who'd like to sit that close... The other is a large downtown Irish theme bar... the upstairs has stage, lights, monitors, ect.. so if the crowd is too loud, we can always win by turning it up! And by heaping abuse on the offenders! LOL!

Re: the cell phone blight... I see on the news yesterday that places in New York are delairing themselves Cell Phone Free (no exceptions) and I couldn't be happier... Why anyone needs to be INTOUCH 24/7 is beyond me... I can understand doctors maybe... But joe-blow doesn't need it... I laugh at people who bring them to the pub... Tell them, "See, that why I came here, so people CAN'T call me" Besides, they give ya brain cancer anyway! ;-)