The Daily Sucker

Submitter comments: Vincent, I come to you today feeling incredibly guilty.  I’ve been a fan and patron of Poor David’s Pub, an exemplary live music venue in Dallas, Texas, for years.  Poor David’s has been a great place to catch local and touring bands for as long as I can remember, and I hate myself for speaking ill of the place.  However, I hadn’t had any reason to visit the pub’s Web site, and as you can tell, it’s straight out of 1997.  Animated musical notes, black background, and a page that scrolls on forever, and those are the least of its problems.

Now, I agree with you that most artistic sites should be exempt from winning a Daily Sucker.  However, when it’s a site for a business that promotes or displays artistry, wouldn’t it be better if the business was making sure that it wasn’t blinding its patrons with bad Web design?

Vincent Flanders’ comments: A lot of pubs still have this 1997 look and I don’t understand why. My favorite section on today’s Daily Sucker is Upcoming Shows, which features a set of animated, rainbow divider bars so out there that even gay bars won’t use them on their web sites. The same goes for the multicolored text.

I personally hate calendars that aren’t up-to-date and this site’s is certainly not current. I’ve noticed a lot of rock bands actually keep their calendars up-to-date (the Gin Blossoms come to mind).

Poor David’s Pub