OK I will toss you my two cents on that one... I really think no one here has any problems with tourists, provided they respect us and our scene. I personally have no problems with foreigners or tourists (provided they respect a few basic guidelines as will be elaborated below). I was living in Italy up until last week and there, I was a foreigner - what I saw in Firenze, which was where I was living - was quite enlightening. Firenze is FULL of tourists - the better part of the economy depends on them. But there are more than just one type of tourist/foreigner. There was my type - we speak the native language, respect the people who live there and make a point to experience and learn their culture courteously. There is the type that can't speak the language but are respectful and try their best to get along even when it is difficult to explain themselves. Then there is the type that end up in a foreign country and want everything to be the same. They show up in Italy and stay at the best western and eat dinner at McDonald's, speak english to everyone and can't even make the effort to great people with "ciao" or "buon giorno" instead of "hi". Then, there are various degrees in the middle. IMHO, those who come to other countries and want everything to be the same as their home countries should stay home, and those who come to other countries to hit on and harass the people who live there should really just crawl in a little hole and stay there till they get a clue. As many have said, the tourist types at Webster Hall tend to be grabby, clueless, etc. Okay if they can't speak English, cause if I took a vacation to China I sure as hell couldn't speak Chinese, but a bit of courtesy and general respect would be nice. If the crowd at Webster isn't acting that way, that is not good, plain and simple. If the crowd at Vinyl, which I know includes a fair amount of tourists, experienced the same problem, then I would say the same for vinyl.