An Audience Member’s Manifesto
We went to the Kitsap Home and Garden Show at the Fairgrounds Sunday. We were there to find helpful community businesses. Mom enjoyed it, overall. We are in need of services like a handyman and such. The vendors were personable and friendly. She wanted to give the people from her insurance company cookies for arranging a bundle. However, things took a sharp downturn when we visited the Van Zee Building to check out the food and beer garden. We were told there was a rock band. Nothing could be done about it. A band had taken up residence in the structure, which meant they’d reside there til someone called the type of exterminator who was bonded to handle rock bands. And that was . . . fine, I guess. The band in question was a Tom Petty cover band. Which was. . . fine, I guess. The most immediate issue was that the mixing was poor. In particular, the bass was too loud. This matched the theme of the band being far too loud. They were shaking the building. It was like shaking the shack,