FALMOUTH – I am forming a band called, “Local Crap.” We’ll do story songs, just like Bob Dylan. Here’s one that rocks. I call it, “Tangled Up In Boo”:
Late Friday evening the Facebook was streaming, and Steve Moulton was going to bed.
He saw Cape Cod musicians called “local crap,” and he started seeing red.
The Casino FX Facebook page insulted locals, and that’s when things got rough.
When Steve shared the insults with his network, the anger couldn’t spread fast enough.
This a story about a place called the Casino FX and a Facebook page, called “Boycott Casino FX,” that got more than 2,000 likes in three days. This is a story about the power of mean words in this social media age.
Hometown pride can be a powerful thing. Falmouth Heights and specifically the spot where the Casino Wharf FX (the official name) now sits, is something of sacred entertainment ground for those of a certain age, especially for musicians. (See also, Very Cape Cod Proud)
Casino Wharf FX
Ryan Buckley, who created the Boycott page unbeknownst to Moulton, said the Casino’s Facebook posts on Friday night were “an exercise in what not to do on social media” – which is anger someone so much that they start a Boycott page capable of getting more than 2,000 likes in three days, and then a front page story in the local newspaper.
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