When I am the leader of a rock and roll band, there will be one rule. It will go unbroken. An encore must be earned.

I don't care if people come to expect an encore now because what they are seeing is not an encore -- it is an incredibly short second set. If you want to see my band play more songs then you have to clap and scream until you make us realize we are no longer fucked up art students. Show us you want us to play more.

I will not stand for bands that build in an encore, or even a second and third encore, which some of the big bands have been known to do. Almost every band, including at basement shows, seem to have an encore built in these days. If you want to see my amazing rock band play more songs, let us know. Say, "What the fuck?!? They didn't play Free Bird and I sat here for two hours wedged between the singing guy and the dancing, beer-spilling guy?!? I am going to clap until my hands bleed." Or simply, "That was so fucking good I want to hear more. I will scream until my vocal chords are tattered versions of what they used to be."

I just want everyone to have a bit more pasison. Clap like you mean it. Come back on stage only if you've earned it. Please, oh please, don't just come back on stage and play three new songs.

Thank you.