blog backlash

[HoyaSaxa03]

i heard they were jack white's protege's from the motor city ... damn this back issue of magnet!!
 
 and, yes, pablo, it was a very big deal to me ... i was so bummed that i was planning on leaving work early, picking up a pint of ben and jerry's and just sitting on the couch all afternoon watching reruns of maury povich ... but your explanation helped, thanks!

[Herr Professor Doktor Doom]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
 
  silly

It doesn't seem extremely snarky to me, except for that one loaded word.  Which is very snarky. You could've just as effectively, and non-snarkily, said "we disagree."

[kosmo vinyl]

first off "on a need to know basis" is just me being silly.  it's a commonly used phrase kicked around regarding intelligence and security clearences.  i guess i should said something like "keep it on the downlow" or "be very very quiet we are hunting rabbits", or "share quietly amongst yourselves".
 
 my point is still that information regarding "quiet" ticket sales can as easily be shared via email with friends as it is can be posted on a blog.  obviously it makes sense to have it posted on this forum because it serves people who  attend 9:30 shows and are interested in the Bloc Party show.  plus, we don't necessarily blab it all over the forum.

[pablohoney]

i guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on this point. i just don't think the information should be restricted to any one group of people.
 
 

Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:
  first off "on a need to know basis" is just me being silly.  it's a commonly used phrase kicked around regarding intelligence and security clearences.  i guess i should said something like "keep it on the downlow" or "be very very quiet we are hunting rabbits", or "share quietly amongst yourselves".
 
 my point is still that information regarding "quiet" ticket sales can as easily be shared via email with friends as it is can be posted on a blog.  obviously it makes sense to have it posted on this forum because it serves people who  attend 9:30 shows and are interested in the Bloc Party show.  plus, we don't necessarily blab it all over the forum.

[eltee]

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  and fwiw, the members of snow patrol are from (northern) ireland and are now based in scotland.

what's fwiw?
 well...................not to be snarky, and I really don't care, and I am probably wrong --- but *cough* talk to the lead singer (just sayin' he stated differently and seductively about his original birthplace. I guess you had to be there.     Bags???)

[HoyaSaxa03]

just went over to DCeiver, hadn't been there since this west side story started
 
 i think that some of the funniest / most amusing writing is when someone smugly, satirically, and (seemingly) intelligently dismisses an idea, but completely misses the original point he meant to lampoon
 
 the author arrogantly dots his t's, crosses his i's, and presses <ENTER> without even knowing how far off he was from the original premise.
 
 its the glee that little moments like these bring that make life worth living. oh, and maury povich reruns. i have them on VHS.

[pablohoney]

oh, okay. i had just read they all met in n. ireland, but i certainly could be wrong.
 
 

Originally posted by abulum:
   

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  and fwiw, the members of snow patrol are from (northern) ireland and are now based in scotland.

well...................not to be snarky, and I really don't care, and I am probably wrong --- but *cough* talk to the lead singer (just sayin' he stated differently and seductively about his original birthplace. I guess you had to be there.     Bags???) [/b]

[Bombay Chutney]

Isn't it about time for one of those "Please Make It Stop" pictures?

[pablohoney]

oh, okay. i had just read they all met in n. ireland, but i certainly could be wrong.
 
 

Originally posted by abulum:
   

Originally posted by pablohoney:
  and fwiw, the members of snow patrol are from (northern) ireland and are now based in scotland.

well...................not to be snarky, and I really don't care, and I am probably wrong --- but *cough* talk to the lead singer (just sayin' he stated differently and seductively about his original birthplace. I guess you had to be there.     Bags???) [/b]

[HoyaSaxa03]

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

I think it's time for a rumble!!
   <img src="http://www.fakenews.net/archive/bit_parts/i/west_side_story_96_11_16_f.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 Ferrell: Did you really like it?
 
 Norm: What?
 
 Ferrell: The song.
    
 Norm: Did I really like it? Yeah yeah, I liked it. Hey- hey, I like another song too. You know- you know this one, it's called, ah, "While you were singing, I got stabbed in the head by a Puerto Rican!"
 
   <img src="http://www.fakenews.net/archive/bit_parts/i/west_side_story_96_11_16_r.jpg" alt=" - " />

[fabluece]

[fabluece]

Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
  just went over to DCeiver, hadn't been there since this west side story started
 
 i think that some of the funniest / most amusing writing is when someone smugly, satirically, and (seemingly) intelligently dismisses an idea, but completely misses the original point he meant to lampoon
 
 the author arrogantly dots his t's, crosses his i's, and presses <ENTER> without even knowing how far off he was from the original premise.
 
 its the glee that little moments like these bring that make life worth living. oh, and maury povich reruns. i have them on VHS.

HoyaSaxa--
 
 I have gone back over the post you cited above.  I must admit, reading it again, that post was very poorly reasoned.  You are absolutely correct to point that out.
 
 DCeiver

[twelsh737]

Hey, I know I am late to this whole conversation, and I guess in the internet age that any blog has the "right" to publish whatever they want. 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 close examination of this board would show that many regular posters are also regular concert attendees, even for shows that don't sell out. Why not reward them?
 And while we are talking business interests; isn't kind of interesting that DCist is critical of pre-sales and and writes hysterically that tickets are bought up ahead of time by "hipsters" and "insiders" (even when they are on sale to the public months before the show to anyone willing to look for them) yet that same DCist gets ad revenue from a number of ticket brokers? Doesn't it actually help ticket brokers to make people think that only insiders get tickets when that is not really true?
 
 (Full disclosure: I have never subscribed to the snail mail newsletter but have always got into the shows that I wanted because I buy tickets early; I missed block party becasue I was too lazy to walk 6 blocks to the Black Cat back in early March to buy the tickets even though I knew they were on sale. How un-American, taking responsability for my own mistakes.)

[pablohoney]

i'd like to see where we've written hysterically complaining about "hipsters" buying up tickets. a quote and a link would be nice.
 
 for the record, the editorial staff at DCist has absolutely no say in what kind of ads are on our sidebars. i don't even know what kinds of ads we're currently running, and they certainly don't inform any content we post.
 
 

Originally posted by tbmtt:
  Hey, I know I am late to this whole conversation, and I guess in the internet age that any blog has the "right" to publish whatever they want. 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 close examination of this board would show that many regular posters are also regular concert attendees, even for shows that don't sell out. Why not reward them?
 And while we are talking business interests; isn't kind of interesting that DCist is critical of pre-sales and and writes hysterically that tickets are bought up ahead of time by "hipsters" and "insiders" (even when they are on sale to the public months before the show to anyone willing to look for them) yet that same DCist gets ad revenue from a number of ticket brokers?

[HoyaSaxa03]

Originally posted by tbmtt:
 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 close examination of this board would show that many regular posters are also regular concert attendees, even for shows that don't sell out. Why not reward them?
 

not to completely flog this to death (what am i kidding, this is going on WAY too long), but 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, which is normally hard core fans of the bands and people who care enough about local live music to find out
 
 and through all of this, none of the 930 staphers have really said anything, so we ALL could just be dead wrong.