Hey Seth

[bnyced0]

Originally posted by vansmack:
     

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 

Of course I'll book this, but NFL brackets are tough because they reseed after the first round  [/b]

Shit, yes, I forgot about that. Well, that's not going to work is it?  
 
 I'm up for suggestions, how bout we send you our picks for each week before hand, you keep the talley, but before the Conference Championship games we pick the winners AND superbowl winner, and for the only time the score.  
 
 If there's a tie, then the one with the most wins throughout the playoffs wins. If still tied, one with the close superbowl score takes all.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 I'm up for suggestions, but not Julians'.

You could meet up at Reagen National and bet on arrivals and departures a la Kramer.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by Julian, good manners AFICIONADO:
   

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 I'm up for suggestions, but not Julians'.

You could meet up at Reagen National and bet on arrivals and departures a la Kramer. [/b]

Had the fleeting moment the other day about what kinda of pool action for those of us that don't give  monkey's posterior about sports could partake in... Feel like I'm missing out on the fun some how.

[beetsnotbeats]

Pylon is reissuing Gyrate next month. If they're doing any shows north of GA, I'd love to see them again. Maybe bring along one or two other Athens/Atlanta bands, e.g. Guadalcanal Diary (inactive at this time AFAIK) and the Swimming Pool Q's (they're doing a few shows a year).

[beetsnotbeats]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  Had the fleeting moment the other day about what kinda of pool action for those of us that don't give  monkey's posterior about sports could partake in... Feel like I'm missing out on the fun some how.

Typical grid-pattern office pools require no knowledge, just luck. In one Super Bowl pool I had a 3-0 square (very nice) and won $125 because of a missed extra point   :cool:  ($5 per square, pool evenly split by quarter)

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by kosmo:
  Had the fleeting moment the other day about what kinda of pool action for those of us that don't give  monkey's posterior about sports could partake in... Feel like I'm missing out on the fun some how.

you could bet on how many copies new releases will sell in their first week.  could even parlay your bets, go for trifectas, etc.
 
 i'd be happy to bet that calvin harris will sell out the 930 club, if anyone wants a piece of that action.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
   

Originally posted by kosmo:
  Had the fleeting moment the other day about what kinda of pool action for those of us that don't give  monkey's posterior about sports could partake in... Feel like I'm missing out on the fun some how.

you could bet on how many copies new releases will sell in their first week.  could even parlay your bets, go for trifectas, etc. [/b]

thats a possibility but unless you follow sales numbers it would be hard to make intelligent guesses...
 
 I was thinking about making a challenge of guessing the actual final lineup of Virgin Festival after the artists were announced. i.e. which stage and order

[sweetcell]

when it comes to gambling, intelligence is optional   :p
 
 betting on final virgin line-up: great idea!  i'd be interested in participating in that pool should it go down next year.

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  when it comes to gambling, intelligence is optional   :p  

well there is a big difference between predicting that something will sell 546,000 units and it actually selling 253,000 units.  I have no idea what the market for first week sales of any of the popular artists would be...

[kosmo vinyl]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  when it comes to gambling, intelligence is optional     :p  
 
 betting on final virgin line-up: great idea!  i'd be interested in participating in that pool should it go down next year.

well we could do it for any festival really where a confirmed lineup is announced... But anyone with several stages like Coachella or Bonnaroo could be tough

[sweetcell]

right, virgin would be manageable - plus, it's "our" festival, so to speak, so the gambling pool could serve as a hype machine.

[DeathFromAbove1979]

To keep this on topic, yet again:
 
 Queens of the Stone Age

[Mr.Whippy]

Originally posted by azaghal1981:
  Aren't the out-of-the-question requests jokes most of the time? (see my above post for instance)

Me asking for Seth to make sure Queens of the Stone Age would play a certain song in my request to get them at the club was a joke.
 
 I thought that was so rediculous of a thing to ask a club promoter to do that this would be obvious.

[ggw]

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 have you EVER booked a show based solely on a request you received in this forum?  
 

A few years ago, twangirl (the club's booker) asked who should open for Idlewild.  Several people suggested the Put-Outs and, voila, the Put-Outs opened the show.

[bnyced0]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
     

Originally posted by bnyced0:
 have you EVER booked a show based solely on a request you received in this forum?  
 

A few years ago, twangirl (the club's booker) asked who should open for Idlewild.  Several people suggested the Put-Outs and, voila, the Put-Outs opened the show. [/b]

Not really what I meant considering adding someone to an already established date as an opener isn't particularly earth shattering as openers change last minute all the time, and sales projections were based on the headliner,  but that is interesting, just not quite on point.  It was a solicited suggestion, not an organic request, which would've been utterly asinine if it weren't going to be taken into consideration.