Like many music venues, the staff at HoB was famously and undeservedly pompous for many years, but they hit a peak pre-covid where one could actually ENJOY a show there without them shitting all over the vibe and experience.

My first visit back post-covid may be one of the worst concert events of my life, and I saw MosDef at ACL. It's a high/low bar, is what I'm saying; and they

Foregoing checking bags prior to entry, which they've always done, they now demand you *leave* your bag and personal belongings with a 'bag valet', who then demands $10 (cash only) and hands you a ticket designed to be lost.

It's illogical and vulgar, with the added bonus of completely disregarding the needs of paying customers/concertgoers.

Direction unchanged, I predict HoB becomes a cliché of itself, and ultimately a smarmy safehouse for scumbag wealthy deviants and their Russian hookers in under 10 years.

Thank God for White Oak. It ain't perfect, but it ain't that bougie bullshit, either!

I am in search of affordable individual/family talk therapy/counseling services, or recommendations for one of the online counselling services (Talk Space, Better Help, etc.) for my teenager, and probably myself. I am, however, most concerned about providing my kiddo an outlet to talk it out in these extraordinarily challenging times....

I am aware that in recent years, funding for public programs and services like these have been severely restricted, if not cut off entirely.....which is why I'm wondering if one of the online services doesn't provide an easier experience in this particular circumstance?

I'm at a real loss, here; so thank you in advance for any guidance you may provide <3