Rick- I saw FOW the night before you did in Portland, they played great and although they didn't work the merch booth, I had no problem getting all to sign a CD for me after the show. Adam was particularly friendly asked a lot about how I liked where I was from, thanked me profusely for coming out and hanging around, etc. Chris was not feeling well and was exhausted, you could see it in his face. I got no sense of "we're too bitchen" at all, just a sense of "this schelping thing is a huge drain." Bob Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 02:55:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Rick Bilous To: audities@smoe.org Subject: American Hi-Fi VS Fountains of Wayne Message-ID: <20030910065548.94714.qmail@web40706.mail.yahoo.com> I don't go to many concerts, not as many as I would like to anyways. However, I made a point of seeing Fountains of Wayne this July in Seattle. I was so pumped to see them, but after the show I was left a bit disappointed - musically, My question is, should it be necessary for Fountains of Wayne to be nice, charming? Should they be working the merchandise booth after the show? Should they be signing autographs for the fans that came to see them? Or, are they "too big" for this sort of thing now? Is their job just to play a show?