DIY Venues Incorporated

The following is the second half of the interview with John Golter, of GLOB GLOB GLOB: Eddie: Top three weird experiences? John: Uhh..umm-- Eddie: Unexplained mysteries of the(struggles for the right words)... close encounters... ? John: Well, um... I mean, December 8th was, that was an experience. Having to take down my parachute (there was a giant parachute in the warehouse of Glob) and not know exactly what's going on... I thought I'd be back, get their list of things to resolve, in like a week. A couple of guys were like, "You'll be back here in two weeks" ya know, city officials , were like "It's fine, you'll be back in two weeks". Eddie: And December 8th is when it got shut down? John: 2016. Eddie: 2016? Okay. John: 25 months (how long Glob was closed)... umm... but I kept thinking like "Aww, this is whatever, for show, this isn't a big... two weeks." I mean, some of the violations were like, I had extension cords plugged in.....

 The following is an interview with John Golter, resident and proprietor of GLOB GLOB GLOB: Eddie: Alright, so... who are you? John: Um... I'm just a guy (laughs). Eddie: Okay, but would you be in the vicinity of John Golter? John: I am John Golter. Eddie: Very good... So I met you in probably 2008, but when did Glob start? John: September 1st, 2005. Eddie: And had you been involved in venues prior to Glob? John: When I was in high school, we would go see the bands play at Mesa State, they had a room and a stage, and I don't think they would charge the promoter, and I would go to all the shows there. Then there was this coffee house kind of place, we'd catch shows. Eddie: And that was in Grand Junction? John: That was in Grand Junction. And, towards the end, I knew a little bit about equipment, and there was a show going on, and I ran down the hall to where the radio station was and I was like "Hey there's a bunch of bands playing, it'd be really cool, and easy...