Originally posted by sweetcell:
Originally posted by bnyced0:
a 2008 Season pass (not VIP, just entrance) to every show at the club (which I think you should be selling anyway)...
excellent idea, i certainly would have bought one while i was in DC. but i fear that it would be hard if not impossible to price such a pass up front.
Originally posted by bnyced0:
I apologize in advance for being the wicked warlock of the west and shattering the innocence of those boardies that may find out that you're not actually the wonderful Wizard of DC...
interesting... is this the impression that requests here give you? that they come from doe-eyed children asking seth-a-claus to put their favorite band under the xmas tree? 
maybe for some people, it is just that... and then they cry when there is no santa. however, i think for most people, posts on this thread are polite request for seth to consider bringing their fav band. nothing more than asking him to look into it. it is, after all, his business to bring bands that people want to see.
would you prefer that people not request bands at all, and the 930 be left to its lonesome in figuring out what they should book? what is wrong with asking? you portray people here as clueless children asking for the moon - i don't see that, but i'm willing to recognize that my view is rarely perfect. when has anyone cussed out seth for not fulfilling an impossible request? when these request go unfilled, seems to me that folks are realistic enough to blame the band, not seth. [/b]
I think along these lines... when someone gets paid for something they're a professional. I for instance don't have clue one about anything automotive (oil change, tire change, anything change) nor plumbing, or a bunch of other seemingly common sense tasks.
But thank goodness the little I do know pays well enough to hire a professional mechanic or a plumber when then need arises. And when they start their work, I don't look over their shoulders and give them pointers, again they are professionals and if their work sucks I either sue and/or get another one.
In this case, Seth is a professional, it's nice he listens to what the kids say, and it's undoubtedly valuable to know what's hot and what's not, but I can't imagine what a handful (and I think there are less than fifty people that post regularly and shout out requests) of borderline retarded internet geeks (I'm fully including myself in that description) are influential enough to alter what his professional instincts have him doing already.
But I could be wrong which is why I asked him to clarify if he does actually give a rats ass what we request, because I think these requests are either a validation of something he's already working on, or just white noise.
I don't discourage the requests, just make them realistic, and relevant. But I don't run the show around, people should ask for whatever the hell they want, and I think it's also alright to berate them when it's a totally over the top fantasy (i.e. european bands not touring anywhere else in the world, broken up bands, artists so obscure their entire fan base would fit in the requesters' living room, etc.).
And do you really want to continue to leave open the flood gates to whomever bull becomes infatuated with this week...my money is on Kate Nash...
