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For our D.C. gig, the hotel wanted to see<\/strong><\/span> our band’s liability insurance policy.\u00a0 We didn’t have one.\u00a0 Same request came from a temple in Boca Raton, Fla.\u00a0 Must be an East Coast thing \u2014 the band must have an insurance policy.\u00a0 In the Midwest nobody sues anybody else.\u00a0 We’ve had a couple broken ankles over the years \u2014 people falling in “Hava Nagila”s, or getting spiked by another dancer’s high heel.\u00a0 Stuff happens.\u00a0 But nobody sues.<\/p>\n Contracts are almost meaningless.\u00a0 If there’s no trust, you’re wasting your time.\u00a0 Who you going to take to small claims?\u00a0 I’ve done a couple rounds.\u00a0 Maybe one a decade.\u00a0 Not for the band, the real estate.\u00a0 Only do small claims when you know the person is collectible.\u00a0 Like when they work for the Cleveland Clinic.\u00a0 Even then, the person might quit his job when he gets the garnishment letter from you. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Best to check out the person<\/strong><\/span> on the way in \u2014 not the way out.\u00a0 Call the previous landlord if you have to.\u00a0 Run a credit check.\u00a0 If the previous landlord says the guy is a psycho, believe him.\u00a0 And refuse to comment when the prospective tenant asks, “What did my landlord say to kill the deal?”\u00a0 Be glad the landlord leveled with you.\u00a0 Often the previous landlord will mislead you just to get the psycho out of his building.<\/p>\n —- \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For our D.C. gig, the hotel wanted to see our band’s liability insurance policy.\u00a0 We didn’t have one.\u00a0 Same request came from a temple in Boca Raton, Fla.\u00a0 Must be an East Coast thing \u2014 the band must have an insurance policy.\u00a0 In the Midwest nobody sues anybody else.\u00a0 We’ve had a couple broken ankles […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":157,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153\/revisions\/157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.yiddishecup.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nShabbat shalom<\/span>
\nTomorrow:<\/span>
\nTHE CLARINET SHAFT<\/span> . . . How to make a clarinet sound decent.<\/span><\/p>\n