Embarrassingly obvious undercover cops take to Twitter looking for house shows. Internet-savvy indie musicians organize "house shows," which are pretty much what they sound like: a fan lets the band use her or his house for a performance, and other fans come by and hear it.
The shows aren't legal, but they're pretty fun*. Boston cops have taken to Twitter, posing as punk kids, trying to get bands to tip off the location of their house shows. As Slate's Luke O'Neil points out, though, they're really bad at it, totally tone-deaf. It's created something of an Internet sport of "spot the undercover," which is almost as much fun as the house parties. “Too bad you were not here this weekend,” “Joe Sly” wrote.
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