my rider

a (backstage or hospitality) rider is a list that performers give to venues of the things they'd like prepared for them. it's like a wish list of the stuff you want in your room. common requests are for specific foods or beverages, towels, flowers, and that sort of stuff. there's also kind of wacky stuff like a brand new toilet seat, m&m's with all the brown ones taken out, a mud wrestling ring with wrestlers (no joke!).

so anyway, what would be on my rider for a multi-day event? well, this is hard since i've never been backstage so i have no idea what the dressing rooms actually look like, so i'm going to say a few things that are probably a given.

a couch
a coffee table
a non-wool blanket
cold juice! (i love oj, esp fresh squeezed)
cold vitamin water (xxx, energy, power-c, focus, or squeezed)
prefer cold filtered tap water, but if bottled, no arrowhead!
chips and salsa (not too spicy!)
fresh fruit (no papaya, prefer no cantaloupe)
(fruit does not need to be cut, like stone fruit, but if not, i want a knife)
cheese, olives, and charcuterie plate
no plastic utensils

and... i guess that's it. hahahaha. i wanted to type this out to see what kind of ridiculous shit i'd request. but i honestly can't think of much. i mean, i'd basically want drinks, snacks, and a blanket for if i want to take a nap. nothing crazy at all, except the non-arrowhead bottled water thing. but honestly, i prefer filtered tap water, since plastic bottles are terrible for the environment and all. ...which is also why i'd request no plastic utensils. ...which may be a little crazy.

actually... if they put ice in my water, i love the crushed ice stuff. i don't like cubes too much, but that slushy crushed ice (not the chips). oh man, that's my favorite type of ice. but honestly, a refrigerated brita is good enough for me. if they gave me ice cubes i wouldn't throw them at people screaming why the fuck you give such large fucking ice hard enough to break my damn teeth! no. i'd just drink the water, cause, sheesh, who even cares?

for a list of of riders from a bunch of music peoples, visit here.