{"id":610,"date":"2008-05-09T20:17:20","date_gmt":"2008-05-09T20:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/05\/09\/post-of-the-day\/"},"modified":"2008-05-09T20:17:20","modified_gmt":"2008-05-09T20:17:20","slug":"post-of-the-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennethwoods.net\/blog1\/2008\/05\/09\/post-of-the-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Post of the day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jen, over at Adventures of an Idaho Violist, has my post of the day on the perils of “wearwotchulike” gigs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Most gigs are great, because I can just slap on some black clothing, and be done with it, with little to no thought required. But something challenging like ‘whatever you want’ is more pressure filled, and relies on the assumption that I have a closet full of interesting clothing choices. In fact, I have a closet full of black clothing choices. Eventually I settled on black pants and a dressy blouse, but it took about 17 changes of clothing, and a call to a colleague who was playing the same gig.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I long ago gave up ever organizing wearwotchulike gigs, instead going for “smart casual.” The guidelines for a KW “smart casual” gig are simple- no prints, stripes or patterns, no jeans or sneakers and no garments with writing of any kind.<\/p>\n

Of course, at every single such gig, I’ve had at least two players wearing sneakers, jeans and a striped t-shirt with the words “Nike Fans 4 Bush” accross the front. Perhaps I should call it “wearwotidonlike” instead….<\/p>\n