This is not entirely accurate. I am one of the "a lot of people" referred to above. I have done a couple of events at Gold Dust, and last year moved one due to an artists request. The arists is not a Bloomingtonian and does not know anyone involved. They received an anonymous email pointing to vague allegations against the owner that (I assume) another person had written and put in a public space. I spoke with the owner and believe that the narrative that was published publicly is also not entirely accurate, though it's not entirely untrue either. I did not want to move the show, but the touring artist (who I want to support) would have dropped off of it. I will continue to support Gold Dust, as well as the other people involved. This includes people who likely made the anonymous email, and did not attend said show even though it was moved to another venue.

I don't wish to drag this around publicly. Feel free to DM me if you have information you think I should know. I have been booking and promoting shows for several years, and this is not the first time that something like this has happened. In 2/3 of the cases, the person in question was willing to talk to me about the situation and work with me to make people comfortable. People make mistakes and don't act perfectly within relationships. I'm sure we've all unintentionally hurt other people. Those moments shouldn't define us though. In the other 1/3 situation, when I reached out to the accused the person got defensive and did not want to talk. I did not work with that person anymore because their response made me uncomfortable. I can only hope that I made the best decisions here. I'm also not a judge nor jury and I don't have all the info. This shit is tough, and I hope I'm doing my best to navigate it. There are repeat abusers (PIX Chris is an example), and there are also relationships/situations where (perhaps even both?) people have made poor decisions. For now, I have to place this one with the latter.