That has as much to do with the venue's hospitality - both for audiences and bands - as it does with the quality of the bands. Chris Ward, 37, longtime drummer for the Philly band Pattern Is Movement, is the club's talent buyer. He works closely with manager Greg Mungan, 53, a former bassist with the 1980s post-punk reggae-flavored trio Scram. Both of them, and the other dudes quoted in this story, give much respect to Brandy Hartley, the "boss lady" who was the club's original booker and who now works for Ticketfly, the San Francisco company that handles ticketing for Johnny Brenda's.