This is organizing. I'm posting in a public place and making it well-known. I just haven't got my friends to do it because, well, they don't care enough to make an account and say anything.
again, you're not organizing, you're a lone voice ranting (in a really whiny way, FYI). a good organizer would have gotten his friends to understand the injustice at hand and motivated them to do something as minimal as sign up for a free board and say "me too".
One band called City and Colour.
from wikipedia: "City and Colour is the alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, also known as the guitarist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He started playing under this alias in 2004. He plays acoustic and folk music, [1] and is often accompanied by a varying number of musicians."
100% guaranteed that this show didn't sell out in advance. you could have walked in to the show paying nothing more than face. don't want to drive down to DC and risk a sold-out show? ask in the FAQ if tickets will be available at the door. oh, wait, that might be construed as sending a message to the club... nevermind.
If you're not making anything extra off the service charges, why are you so unconcerned about how your customers feel about them?
as mentioned previously, the 930 club's surcharges are in line with other large venues. maybe you don't make it out to big-city shows that often? to prove it to yourself, please try ordering tickets from livenation, or ticketmaster, or another venue using ticketfly. you'll see that surcharges are similar. i'm not saying you don't have a right to protest, but you make it sound like it's something that only the 930 club does. are you ranting on livenation.com too? or do you think that the 930 owes you something?
Either way, those customers will stop paying "a lot of money to see shows" when you treat them like dogshit, bud.
do you seriously think that seth stays up late at night, dreaming up new & innovative ways to piss of his customers - because he hates them? do you think he's been in business this long by alienating people?
I'll be sure to treat your venue as such the next time I'm there. Thanks.
excellent idea. how exactly do you think this will play out?
CLUB STAFF: "excuse me boss, but someone has vandalized the club/caused damage/made a mess/etc. it's going to cost $ to fix it."
SETH (shaking a clenched fist at the sky): "dammit!!! i KNEW i should have lowered the surcharges!"
if anything, it'll make him look for additional revenue sources to cover the cost of damages. now where could he squeeze out a few more bucks...
like this ranting thread, treating the venue like shit will accomplish only one thing: make you feel better. it won't change the cause of your frustrations.
you're 14 years old, aren't you?