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[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

The 9:30 Club gets more acts that are mainstream-popular; of course they are going to sell out more shows.
 
 It's completely subjective, but in terms of popularity with critics, it's probably a given that the Shins will end up on many, many more year end best of critics lists than Gomez.
 
 

Originally posted by mark e smith:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 
 
   

But I wonder which club has more sold out shows?
 
 
 Gomez are better than the shins as well [/b]

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
 

only in crazyville [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 isnt America Crazy Ville?

[ratioci nation]

Plus everbody know Pitchfork hates Gomez almost as much as The Get Up Kids, they must be bad right?

[markie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  The 9:30 Club gets more acts that are mainstream-popular; of course they are going to sell out more shows.
 
 It's completely subjective, but in terms of popularity with critics, it's probably a given that the Shins will end up on many, many more year end best of critics lists than Gomez.
 
   

[/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 So then, in a capitalist system, the 930 shows are too cheap, or the right price, wheras the blackcat shows should be cheaper?
 
 Shins had an album that just came out and are American. Gomez last album came out sometime last year and are from the UK. Not really a fair contest is it?

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
  Plus everbody know Pitchfork hates Gomez almost as much as The Get Up Kids, they must be bad right?

I had never looked at the gomez review before:
 
 http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gomez/in-our-gun.shtml
 
 But a brief perousal and I completely disagree. He doesnt like their genre crossing....... I bet he likes odelay though.

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
  I had never looked at the gomez review before:
 
  http://pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/g/gomez/in-our-gun.shtml
 
 But a brief perousal and I completely disagree. He doesnt like their genre crossing....... I bet he likes odelay though.

I actually think "Gomez is to the blues as Blink-182 is to punk" captures my feelings about the singer who was stage right rather well.

[ggw]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
  So then, in a capitalist system, the 930 shows are too cheap, or the right price, wheras the blackcat shows should be cheaper?
 

We're going to make a good capitalist out of you yet, aren't we?
 
 

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 Shins had an album that just came out and are American. Gomez last album came out sometime last year and are from the UK. Not really a fair contest is it?

No it isn't.  Americans always beat the British.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I'm not going to get into a debate on capitalism but I do know that the Black Cat has more interesting and more affordable shows, and is less crowded with less capacity, and thus more appealing to me.
 
    I once bought a Gomez album on a whim, played it once and hated it so much I gave it to a friend, who subsequently never spoke to me again (ok the last part isn't true)
 
 

Originally posted by mark e smith:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  The 9:30 Club gets more acts that are mainstream-popular; of course they are going to sell out more shows.
 
 It's completely subjective, but in terms of popularity with critics, it's probably a given that the Shins will end up on many, many more year end best of critics lists than Gomez.
 
   

[/b]

So then, in a capitalist system, the 930 shows are too cheap, or the right price, wheras the blackcat shows should be cheaper?
 
 Shins had an album that just came out and are American. Gomez last album came out sometime last year and are from the UK. Not really a fair contest is it? [/QB][/QUOTE]

[markie]

Originally posted by pollard:
 

Originally posted by mark e smith:
 [qb] I actually think "Gomez is to the blues as Blink-182 is to punk" captures my feelings about the singer who was stage right rather well. [/b]

I dont think they are a blues band at all though. The reviewer has missed the point.

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

[/b]

No it isn't.  Americans always beat the British. [/QB]

...when there's doodle judges.

[markie]

If its beatings you are looking for, I would always turn to AmeriKKKa:
 
   <img src="http://www.amnesty.dk/kampagner/tortur/usa.jpg" alt=" - " />

[thatguy]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  The current 27 shows on the 9:30 calendar have an average ticket price of $23.50

i'm assuming that's the mean price.  i suggest that in this discussion the mode would be more appropriate by showing the most common price without allowing one exceptionally expensive show ($50 for new year's eve or james brown) or one exceptionally cheap show ($1 for blink 182 or one of the several free shows we had this year) skew the numbers.
 
 the most common price for the 27 shows on our schedule right now is a tie between $20 and $25.  if you consider the fact that two of those $25 bands are playing two nights each, $20 would be the most common.  the most expensive show right now is superdiamond at $50.  the cheapest is yellowcard at $12.
 
 i'd guess that throughout the year, our average (mode) price would be either $15 or $20, but i'm not willing to go through the work to find out.
 
 just providing information.  whether you're willing to pay the prices or not is entirely up to you.  that's the way the business works.  based on our attendance for the last year, i'd say that a good number of people think that our prices are reasonable enough.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Won't argue with you there. DC is full of younger people with large disposable incomes. Yoiu could probably raise the prices another 25% and not lose the audience. Double the prices and still make a greater profit than current prices.
 
 

Originally posted by thatguy:
 

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 [qb]
 
 just providing information.  whether you're willing to pay the prices or not is entirely up to you.  that's the way the business works.  based on our attendance for the last year, i'd say that a good number of people think that our prices are reasonable enough. [/b]

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 

No it isn't.  Americans always beat the British. [/b]

you mean like this??
 
  <img src="http://www.kronkgym.com/html/V2/v2images/lewistyson.gif" alt=" - " />

[mankie]

Then we also have the true definition of a world champion!
 
  <img src="http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39513000/jpg/_39513924_john_getty_270.jpg" alt=" - " />