if it gets you in the mood, save it or stay home and listen to the record. sorry, that's not in the form of a question. comments?

carrie sleater-kinney: we played in portland and my ex-girlfriend broke allthe rules by bringing her new girlfriend to the all access area on the side of the stage. my ex was really drunk and she was making out with this girl repeatedly during the set, I could see it from the stage. why they would want to make out to my music is beyond me.

andrew cheeky bastid: I would love it if everyone in the audience was making out were I playing a show. what a compliment. it means it's like listening to the record, which is better than going out nine times out of ten.

don smith: as stephin merritt says, don't be a playa hata.

david huon/driving past: I've never seen this happen at a show. my presence must be a turn-off. like having a dog in the room. "or a god," I hear you say.

matt shinkansen: shouting instructions is always a good way to get them to stop. or slipping $5 in his/her pocket and saying "ok if I have the next one?"

mike yesenosky: amen.

jeff aden: yes, another fact of life though. when bands you like get popular, you have to endure really really lame people. when I saw elliott smith at the metro in chicago, we were standing right next to this lame fratguy and his girlfriend. between bouts of making out, he would answer her questions about elliott smith: "yeah, he's from seattle. the grunge look, you know. he used to play around town with people like kurt cobain."

daniel handler: thurston moore and I would like to apologize for our behavior the other night at the indigo girls show. we got carried away.

ld flare: I adore it when people make out when flare performs -- that sex/death trope, of course. and remember, a vicarious thrill is better than no thrill at all.

claudia the magnetic fields: I love how your etiquette questions have slowly morphed into imperatives. you gotta write the rock rule book!

dickon fosca: I tend to get couples breaking up at my gigs. so I'm doing something right.

mac of oxford: once, at the jericho we actually had a couple full on doing it, right there in the middle of the gig, you couldn't see anything though, which was at once disappointing and impressive.

tracy dreamy: well, okay, this one I'm not sure about. I mean, I don't think couples should refrain from any public display of affection. for one, it's nice to see people in love. and I think discouraging love in public discourages love full stop. I definitely think love is something to be encouraged. however, there is a level of love that is best saved for the boudoir. again, it's about being respectful.

robert tono-bungay: oh, I don't know. it's sort of like talking, a degree thing. the spirit moves you, a little sparking here or there, y'know, go for it. I guess I say that cause I'd love to think that my playing would actually inspire that in someone. since I am very private in my own make-out tendencies, if it was me I'd probably restrict this furtive activity to one of the darker recesses of the club. but if we're talking about the purple equivalent of a loud conversation in the midst of the show; you better have something new to teach me. if not, or if the technique being employed is kind of repellent to watch or the contestants are really rubbing it in with their blissful obliviousness, then I'd go you one better and say that those persons should have cut off on the spot that/those part(s) of their bodies they're using to, um, be making out with. preferably, this excisement would be performed with with a plastic fork. of course you can always avoid this particular unpleasantness entirely by only attending those kinds of shows which principally attract a crowd made up of 90% guys in ironic t-shirts, wearing glasses with thick fra... whoops! they all got killed in that terrible collapse, right? cf