Blue state politicians are slowly but surely killing off small businesses in their jurisdiction in order to try to stop President Trump from being re-elected. They don’t care about you and your mom and pop store or you lost life savings as long as they get to keep their power. One of the areas getting killed off is small music venues. Block Club Chicago has the story.
CHICAGO — A haunting new video is highlighting the plight of the city’s independent music venues, which have been closed for six months amid coronavirus.
Without government intervention, 90 percent of independent clubs don’t believe they can survive another six months of coronavirus shutdown. It could cause a near extinction of small music venues, said Jim DeRogatis, music critic and co-host of the nationally syndicated rock radio show Sound Opinions.
“If [government help] doesn’t pass, I think we’re going to see 90 percent of small venues close for good in 2021,” DeRogatis said.
The video, set to metal band Varaha’s “Irreparable” and showing the empty stages and bars at 17 Chicago-area venues and many more, is an attempt to get people to support #SaveOurStages, a national campaign calling on Congress to save music venues, said Fabio Brienza, the band’s guitarist and vocalist who directed and produced the video.
Sponsored by Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), the Save Our Stages bill would help independent music venues, small theaters, comedy clubs, and event promoters across the nation.
