blog backlash

[godsshoeshine]

this fight kinda seems like hipsters eating their own. do that many people really read this board other than the 20 (or so) regular posters? or am i way off there too? i can never keep anyone straight except rhett. is the 930 board and these blogs fighting for the readership of the same 300 people that go see ted leo 3 times a year? ah well, its funny when people take stuff on the internet seriously. please continue

[twelsh737]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
 [/qb]

i think you're missing a major point here ... 930 doesn't make the tix available early for forumites, they're for anybody and everybody who goes through the effort to find out about them [/QB][/QUOTE]
 
 No Hoya I agree completely, I guess I did not articulate that point well enough. See my posts on the DCist from earlier today where I made this point and was piled on. Thanks for making this point though.

[fabluece]

Originally posted by tbmtt:
  I only have one point to add-
 What is wrong with the 9:30 club for having pre-sales to reward board regulars (aka music snobs as reported on some blogs) but almost every other business has loyalty programs for regular customers? A

I'm quite sure I've never heard anyone denigrate the practice of pre-sales for loyal fans.  In fact, the people who write on forums and subscribe to 9:30's newsletter should indeed get some special dispensation in that regard.  Were it in my power to grant, I would gladly grant it.
 
 I'm afraid that my position on this is and has been, ever resolutely, that the information on http://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?orgid=3595 is in the public domain and does not constitute a pre-sale.
 
 Maybe this will clarify things.
 
 DCeiver

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by Fabby:
  I'm quite sure I've never heard anyone denigrate the practice of pre-sales for loyal fans.  

well, let me be the first here to say that i think pre-sales are usually retarded, and i'd think many others here would agree ... they're usually for popular shows, so hundreds of people clamor over (maybe) 50 tickets. ugh.

[Bags]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
 well, let me be the first here to say that i think pre-sales are usually retarded, and i'd think many others here would agree ... they're usually for popular shows, so hundreds of people clamor over (maybe) 50 tickets. ugh.

As a regular forum member and very frequent concert-goer, I completely agree.  Pre-sales have become a chaotic clusterf*** and I find them more annoying than anything.  They're also far too prevalent now.  
 
 As to how annoying they are, just look at the ticket exchange right now; there are numerous postings from 'poor souls' who didn't get tickets during the Ryan Adams pre-sale and think they're completely out of luck (and possibly likely shafting targets for scalpers selling at a premium, while most of the tickets have yet to go on sale!).
 
 Though I don't think any of this is the Club's fault.  A lot of this pre-sale shit is instigated and requested by the band or band's management.  And, after all, it does create hype, doesn't it?

[jkeisenh]

let me just add my $.02...
 dcist sucks.  what a waste of bandwidth.  there isn't anything on there that a resourceful washingtonian couldn't find for herself.  i mean, come on, it's the dc news page for lazy people who don't know where to look.
 
 so, am i surprised about them posting stuff for lazy people who don't look on tickets. com?  no.  they'll keep doing it as long as they can call it "news" and make ad revenue on it.  in the meantime, those of us who do know where to look and make an effort to do so will continue to find them slow, redundant, and egotistic.

[jkeisenh]

Originally posted by Fabby:
 
 DCeiver

ooOOOooo can I change my handle to "snappy" and sign my posts too?
 DCertified

[eltee]

Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
  Isn't it about time for one of those "Please Make It Stop" pictures?

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[kosmo vinyl]

thanks thats exactly how i feel at the moment   :p

[fabluece]

Originally posted by chimbly sweep:
   

Originally posted by Fabby:
 
 DCeiver

ooOOOooo can I change my handle to "snappy" and sign my posts too?
 DCertified [/b]

Why yes.  Yes you can.

<img src="http://www.w3bdevil.com/forums/ThatIs-NotInteresting.jpg" alt=" - " />

[boweswana]

Really...if we're going to talk about blogs.
 
 
 then please go and read mine!  Castor Oil

[fabluece]

Originally posted by the Pharmacist:
  Really...if we're going to talk about blogs.
 
 
 then please go and read mine!  Castor Oil

The Pharmacist's blog is, indeed, a must read.  Drinking, fighting, rocking, plus he's got the cutest kid in the world.  Castor Oil is tigs.-

[boweswana]

Thanks mang...
 
 The idiots at the bar almost got into a fight last night over whether a "true pickled egg recipe" contained beet juice or not.  Even for that place it was startling.

[fabluece]

Originally posted by the Pharmacist:
  Thanks mang...
 
 The idiots at the bar almost got into a fight last night over whether a "true pickled egg recipe" contained beet juice or not.  Even for that place it was startling.

Good Lord.  That place has got to be the best bar ever.  
 
 DCeiver