The last time this happened I lost my cool. I went off, in print, and I’ve regretted it ever since.

It was Seattle indie folk band The Cave Singers last time, and the deal was the same: The band was coming to town and I requested an interview. The Cave Singers agreed, but then inexplicably blew me off.

It made me mad. A lesser man at the time, I wrote a column speculating the band was likely too busy growing hip facial hair or being cooler than shit in Seattle to talk to a Tacoma lowlife like me.

Sure, it got the momentary anger off my chest — but still. It wasn’t right. It wasn’t fair, and in hindsight I feel bad about what transpired. It wasn’t the first time an interview fell through, after all.

Plus, now every time that damn Washington State Lottery commercial comes on TV I feel like a total dick.

This week it was Big Business, the three-ton sonic assault originally from Seattle featuring Jared Warren of Karp and Tight Bros From Way Back When fame and drummer Coady Willis from Murder City Devils. Both are sludge metal giants. Both now also play with The Melvins, and that doesn’t happen by accident.

Both could probably crush me in the span of three and a half minutes — the average length of a song from the band’s latest epic release, the Phil Ek produced Mind the Drift.

And both will be in Olympia this week for a show Friday at the Eagles Hall.

Even though the band technically dicked me, and Warren agreed to an interview only to disappear — I won’t travel down the same path as before. As I said, that tact isn’t fair — plus Big Business deserves better. The band — and institution in music darkness — has earned the right to blow off a dolt like me.

Plus, Big Business is WAY tougher than The Cave Singers. When I go to this show I don’t want to fear being throttled — at least physically.

The bonus in all of this is: Now if the lottery decides to feature Big Business in an ad campaign, it won’t screw with my conscience.  

[Olympia Eagles Hall Ballroom, with Broken Water, Christian Mistress, Friday, Nov. 6, 9 p.m., all ages, $10, 805 Fourth Ave., Olympia, olympiaallages.org]