supremebve Posted November 17, 2015 Share Posted November 17, 2015 Being somewhat of a ticket snob may have caught up with me. I was so excited yesterday to hear about the announced Dixie Chicks US tour. Now after seeing the ticket prices I'm not quite sure if I will bother going. I can appreciate the fact that it's a big deal but I wasn't planning on paying "big deal/once in a lifetime" prices. I guess it costs money to get the Chix out of the house & on the road but I'm really curious to see if these concert promoters really know what they are doing. I'm wondering if they are pricing themselves out of the market & won't really get a true gauge of what the interest level is. Paying twice as much for a seat as any other big name concert at these venues just isn't going to fly for most people. You clearly don't understand how things like this work. There was some controversy about a Jay-Z/Beyonce tour a couple of years ago, because the tickets were priced so high. I believe all of those shows sold out. The price point for a ticket is generally the highest price they can charge, but still sell out. If the Dixie Chicks are your favorite band, and they may never go on tour again, odds are people are going to pay those prices. I wanted to go to the Atlanta Outkast show that finished off their last(hopefully not final) tour. The tickets were reasonable, but they were also gone as soon as they went on sale. They could have charged triple, and I think they'd have sold out just as quickly. They are a lot of people's favorite rap group, and they don't tour often. They could have charged any damn thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted November 18, 2015 Share Posted November 18, 2015 This Heat is finally reissuing their full back catalog through Light In The Attic Records. I'm only capable of posting this now because I've been screaming about it for like an hour and I'm finally tired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimWresPowr Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Explain to me how Ticketmaster charges higher fees based on the ticket price. They aren't doing any more work on their end regardless of where the seats are located. There was a $25 fee per ticket on the highest priced seats for the Chix show. I downgraded my seats to something I was more comfortable with paying. No longer under cover, but still reserved seats. Still $250+. It better not rain & I better still be able to take decent pics from where we are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Explain to me how Ticketmaster charges higher fees based on the ticket price. They aren't doing any more work on their end regardless of where the seats are located. There was a $25 fee per ticket on the highest priced seats for the Chix show. I downgraded my seats to something I was more comfortable with paying. No longer under cover, but still reserved seats. Still $250+. It better not rain & I better still be able to take decent pics from where we are. I have no idea how it is legal to charge processing fees for things that don't require any processing. I went to a baseball game, and bought the cheapest ticket available online. The processing fee was more than 50% of the price, but if you go to the stadium and buy a ticket you don't pay a processing fee. They don't charge you a processing fee when they actually have to pay someone to process your ticket purchase. They make you pay a processing fee when you use their automated system that saves them from paying an employee. That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. Ticketmaster is a huge scam, and I'm surprised they haven't gone out of business. That is the definition of price gouging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 Got my first ever COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT warning from Youtube this morning. I'm so glad some lawyer working for some shitty record label prevented the general public from listening to a live performance by a defunct band from 1973. The world is truly a better place because of this quality service. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Sheldon Posted November 20, 2015 Share Posted November 20, 2015 Got my first ever COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT warning from Youtube this morning. I'm so glad some lawyer working for some shitty record label prevented the general public from listening to a live performance by a defunct band from 1973. The world is truly a better place because of this quality service. I remember getting dinged by YouTube over audio that I created. The software is far from perfected. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted November 26, 2015 Share Posted November 26, 2015 there is a kind of youtube video that I refer to as Stupid MC Tricks, which is usually small studio live/radio performances with some hellish trick in the center of it. This is one I figured might hold appeal here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greggulator Posted November 27, 2015 Share Posted November 27, 2015 Have I mentioned Beach Slang on here yet? If I have, please forgive me. If I haven't, please forgive me even more. Awesome album for those of you who like Jawbreaker-style punk. Or just anyone who likes music, really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLowe Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Have I mentioned Beach Slang on here yet? If I have, please forgive me. If I haven't, please forgive me even more. Awesome album for those of you who like Jawbreaker-style punk. Or just anyone who likes music, really. you're the 3rd person who has similar taste in music to me that has mentioned them, and the first with a descriptor that makes me say "yep, I would probably something like that". So guess I will. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 Yeah, I am going to put a bullet in my head long before the Unsung Keeping It 100 marathon is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Posted December 1, 2015 Share Posted December 1, 2015 For years I've had a tune in my head, but I've never been able to find out what it was because it doesn't have any singing. Today I accidentally stumbled upon it. Apparently it's a tune from one of the Emmanuelle movies. I swear I didn't get it from that. Very relaxing, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted December 2, 2015 Share Posted December 2, 2015 Rippa hit me with this Public Enemy story. And we can't decide what part of this story we love the most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 I would have lost my shit if I'd had seen this live. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 35 years ago today Darby Crash decided that was it for him. At least he left us this, one of the best albums ever. I've played "Land of Treason" and "Media Blitz" so many times they might as well be part of my DNA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted December 8, 2015 Share Posted December 8, 2015 Rippa hit me with this Public Enemy story. And we can't decide what part of this story we love the most. This is mine I'm local to Sheffield so I know all the back streets to get there pretty sharpish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted December 9, 2015 Share Posted December 9, 2015 I have watched the Live & Loud concert a dozen times on DVD and this is the first time I've noticed the girl playing cello with the band during Blew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabremike Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Mark Steyn's new album "Feline Groovy" is the greatest cat themed album ever. Seriously I expected novelty but it's actually real good. I actually find myself humming his version of "I tawt I taw a puddy tat" and I can't get that song out of my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Thee Oh Sees, almighty keepers of the locked groove, have a new 7" single out next year. Here's the A side, which has in like three days time become one of my favorite songs from this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Rock HOF inductees are Chicago, Steve Miller Band, NWA, Deep Purple and Cheap Trick. I am pretty happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted December 19, 2015 Share Posted December 19, 2015 A Merry Christmas from Bigg Robb (the TuneIn Radio station I'm listening to tonight is a Memphis-based blues/R&B-ish station that has just started playing R&B Christmas songs) ---- edit: Same Station (WLRM 1380) also played "Santa Claus is a Black Man", "Santa Claus wants some loving" and "Back Door Santa" over that 3am-ish hour, in-between ads for a Christmas party at a Blues Club involving free food and liquor. It's a Merry Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakk_Sabbath Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't know if anyone else here is a fan, but how are you guys diggin the new Baroness? I'm only a few songs in but I'm loving it so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 I have been listening to the cast recording for Hamilton. I can't stop listening; It has a re-listenability to it. There are so many good songs in it. I think I would put it amongst my top 10 favorite albums of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 What the fuck Merry Christmas, y'all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawful Metal Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 I don't know if anyone else here is a fan, but how are you guys diggin the new Baroness? I'm only a few songs in but I'm loving it so far "Chlorine and Wine" is my #1 favorite song of the year. The rest is good, but nowhere as good as "Chlorine and Wine." Nothing is bad -- It'll probably take me a while to hear before I start picking up on the rest of the songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Reportedly, The Beatles had a total of fifty million streamed tracks in the first 48 hours their music was up, with the audience being 65% under 34. So those of you hoping the Beatles fanbases is dying off or whatever... Uh, nope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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