Bloc Party

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 Sonick, you are trying to explain all this to those who won't even, or rarely, venture up to a show in Baltimore solely because of the drive, let alone any other additional pains.     :roll:   Shit, they complain even if a band once in a Blue Moon decides to play Baltimore and skips DC.

what in the hell does that have to do with a $3 service charge to insure you get in to a show you really want to go to

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
   

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 Sonick, you are trying to explain all this to those who won't even, or rarely, venture up to a show in Baltimore solely because of the drive, let alone any other additional pains.      :roll:    Shit, they complain even if a band once in a Blue Moon decides to play Baltimore and skips DC.

what in the hell does that have to do with a $3 service charge to insure you get in to a show you really want to go to [/b]

Read Sonick's post of his reasons for not going.

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 Sonick, you are trying to explain all this to those who won't even, or rarely, venture up to a show in Baltimore solely because of the drive, let alone any other additional pains.     :roll:   Shit, they complain even if a band once in a Blue Moon decides to play Baltimore and skips DC.

very true.  maybe they dont realize that the drive from Baltimore to DC is the same distance as it is from DC to Baltimore.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I thought you said it was a $3 service charge. Where are you getting $6 from? Are you including the gas money rountrip? Probably more than $3 for that.
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  look, $12 tickets cost me like $40 after ticketmaster.  

Did you verify that, or are you just assuming the charges were outrageous?  Black Cat tickets via TM's website usually have a $3 convenience charge per ticket.  Usually, it's will-call only and no delivery fee.   $3 is hardly a huge price to pay for something that will probably sell out in advance. That's less than the cost of a single beer. [/b]

apparently i need one of those nice DC jobs so i wont have to worry about an extra $6 everytime i wanna go out...... [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
 what in the hell does that have to do with a $3 service charge to insure you get in to a show you really want to go to

i am trying to explain it nice and slow for you (but thats hard on the internet).  
 
    $3 service charge times 2 (cause i buy my girfriends ticket, aparently thats not common practice in DC), thats $6 every time i go out. the drinks are more expensive, the drive, the crowd at the Black cat alone is enough to make me think 6 times before going.  add that to the fact that i didnt actually know it was only $3 (normally its more than $3 for other venues, *cough930cough*)
 
   add to that, my severe loathing for ticketmaster.com (i have used them twice in the last year)
 
   if a show is $15 a ticket in DC , i can plan on spending $45 or so, and thats before drinks.
 
   but i dont expect you to understand. a) you're from DC, b) you dont want to.......

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I thought you said it was a $3 service charge. Where are you getting $6 from? Are you including the gas money rountrip? Probably more than $3 for that.
 

i know i have said this like 5 times on this thread alone.  3 for me 3 for my girlfriend.
 
  is it totally wierd that i buy her ticket too?  dont most guys pay for thier GF's ticket?  as least most of the time??

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I can't comment for most guys, only for myself. I think every girlfriend I had in DC before my wife made more money than me, so we usually went Dutch. I make slightly more than my wife, and we have typically gone Dutch. If I made a lot more than a signficant other, then sure, I'd do most of the paying.
 
 That being said, I am paying for both NASCAR tickets this year.
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I thought you said it was a $3 service charge. Where are you getting $6 from? Are you including the gas money rountrip? Probably more than $3 for that.
 

i know i have said this like 5 times on this thread alone.  3 for me 3 for my girlfriend.
 
  is it totally wierd that i buy her ticket too?  dont most guys pay for thier GF's ticket?  as least most of the time?? [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I can't comment for most guys, only for myself. I think every girlfriend I had in DC before my wife made more money than me, so we usually went Dutch. I make slightly more than my wife, and we have typically gone Dutch. If I made a lot more than a signficant other, then sure, I'd do most of the paying.
 
 That being said, I am paying for both NASCAR tickets this year.
 

i didnt know it was a salary thing. i just thought it was chivalry or whatever....stupid canadians.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I thought the chivalry thing ended with feminism and gender equality.
 
 If you made the same amount of money as your girlfriend, yet you paid for everything, what would she be spending her earnings on?
 
 

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I can't comment for most guys, only for myself. I think every girlfriend I had in DC before my wife made more money than me, so we usually went Dutch. I make slightly more than my wife, and we have typically gone Dutch. If I made a lot more than a signficant other, then sure, I'd do most of the paying.
 
 That being said, I am paying for both NASCAR tickets this year.
 

i didnt know it was a salary thing. i just thought it was chivalry or whatever....stupid canadians. [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I thought the chivalry thing ended with feminism and gender equality.
 
 If you made the same amount of money as your girlfriend, yet you paid for everything, what would she be spending her earnings on?

hmmm, good question!!!! haha. she makes more than me actually. (by about $1300 a year).  she has lots of student loans though. and plus, most of the shows we go to are bands i like.  if it was up to her to get tickets, we'd never make it ANY shows (not that i am that good at it obviously!)

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

If it were up to my wife, we'd be home every night drinking expensive wine watching reality television.      
 
 Good thing seeing one redneck band a month costs next to nothing anyway.
 
 I guess I should pay her back for putting up with my band choices by giving more massages.
 
 The shows are almost always my choice, she's more of a dinner and movies person.
 
 
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
   

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  I thought the chivalry thing ended with feminism and gender equality.
 
 If you made the same amount of money as your girlfriend, yet you paid for everything, what would she be spending her earnings on?

hmmm, good question!!!! haha. she makes more than me actually. (by about $1300 a year).  she has lots of student loans though. and plus, most of the shows we go to are bands i like.  if it was up to her to get tickets, we'd never make it ANY shows (not that i am that good at it obviously!) [/b]

[sonickteam2]

Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer:
  If it were up to my wife, we'd be home every night drinking expensive wine watching reality television.        
 
 Good thing seeing one redneck band a month costs next to nothing anyway.
 
 I guess I should pay her back for putting up with my band choices by giving more massages.
 
 The shows are almost always my choice, she's more of a dinner and movies person.
 

i guess we're more alike than either of us would like to think!
 
  wine and massages vs. shows, sounds like my life!

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  i am trying to explain it nice and slow for you (but thats hard on the internet).  
 
    $3 service charge times 2 (cause i buy my girfriends ticket, aparently thats not common practice in DC), thats $6 every time i go out. the drinks are more expensive, the drive, the crowd at the Black cat alone is enough to make me think 6 times before going.  add that to the fact that i didnt actually know it was only $3 (normally its more than $3 for other venues, *cough930cough*)
 
   add to that, my severe loathing for ticketmaster.com (i have used them twice in the last year)
 
   if a show is $15 a ticket in DC , i can plan on spending $45 or so, and thats before drinks.
 
   but i dont expect you to understand. a) you're from DC, b) you dont want to.......

let me explain something nice and slow to you, you have been talking about bloc party on this board probably longer than anybody else, or close to it, you probably wanted to really go see it, you could have spent $6 on those shows you really really want to see and you would be going, $6 more than if you had been able to go to the box office, I dont advocate paying the $6 every time, just on those occasionas you really want to see it
 
 hell, in my case if I dont get the tickets I want these days, I dont really care

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

With the gas money on top of it, would have been another $8.
 
 Though his Baltimore rent is probably half what your DC rent is.
 
 

Originally posted by ratioci nation:
   

Originally posted by sonickteam2:
  i am trying to explain it nice and slow for you (but thats hard on the internet).  
 
    $3 service charge times 2 (cause i buy my girfriends ticket, aparently thats not common practice in DC), thats $6 every time i go out. the drinks are more expensive, the drive, the crowd at the Black cat alone is enough to make me think 6 times before going.  add that to the fact that i didnt actually know it was only $3 (normally its more than $3 for other venues, *cough930cough*)
 
   add to that, my severe loathing for ticketmaster.com (i have used them twice in the last year)
 
   if a show is $15 a ticket in DC , i can plan on spending $45 or so, and thats before drinks.
 
   but i dont expect you to understand. a) you're from DC, b) you dont want to.......

let me explain something nice and slow to you, you have been talking about bloc party on this board probably longer than anybody else, or close to it, you probably wanted to really go see it, you could have spent $6 on those shows you really really want to see and you would be going, $6 more than if you had been able to go to the box office, I dont advocate paying the $6 every time, just on those occasionas you really want to see it
 
 hell, in my case if I dont get the tickets I want these days, I dont really care [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

this thread is really getting disturbing.