I'll trade my soul for a ticket...

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

I thought of another adventure in second-hand ticket sales...
 
 I was sitting outside the 930 club reading City  Paper last October waiting for Miss P to get there because she was selling me her extra for Stars that night. About 15 minutes before Stars set, this guy came up to me and handed me an extra ticket and told me it was "warm" inside. I looked at him like he was nuts and he said something; I forget the exact words, but basically that he thought he was doing a good deed and letting me get off the streets for a few hours because I was homeless.
 
 I was wearing a Burberry sweater too, so I have no idea what he was smoking or why he thought I was homeless, but whatever, it saved me $20.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   so I have no idea what he was smoking or why he thought I was homeless, but whatever, it saved me $20.

Maybe because you smell like sour milk?

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  [Maybe because you smell like sour milk?

If I'd ever met you so you could speak knowledgeably on the subject, that'd really hurt my feelings.    

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  [Maybe because you smell like sour milk?

If I'd ever met you so you could speak knowledgeably on the subject, that'd really hurt my feelings.      [/b]

Did you notice the ? ? I was simply asking a question, not making an accusation. Besides, he might have assumed you got the Burberry at the local homeless shelter after someone had donated it when it went out of fashion.  

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  Besides, he might have assumed you got the Burberry at the local homeless shelter after someone had donated it when it went out of fashion.        

That's the most absurd thing I've heard in a good long time. Burberry has experienced an unprecedented, historic rebirth over the last 12 years under the guidance of Rose Bravo and the design adaptations Christopher Bailey has brought to the venerable brand. Bailey, in particular, is arguably the most applauded fashion designer of this decade.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  Besides, he might have assumed you got the Burberry at the local homeless shelter after someone had donated it when it went out of fashion.          

That's the most absurd thing I've heard in a good long time. Burberry has experienced an unprecedented, historic rebirth over the last 12 years under the guidance of Rose Bravo and the design adaptations Christopher Bailey has brought to the venerable brand. Bailey, in particular, is arguably the most applauded fashion designer of this decade. [/b]

Sometimes I have to stop and ask myself if smackie is the only other boardie who understands me!!!

[yohansen5b]

when wilco played their two-night gig at the 930 a few months ago, i had two extra tickets to the first night.  street value for the ticket, if i remember correctly, was around $125 for the $35 ticket.  i didn't want to make money on them (because being on the other end of this arrangement totally sucks) but i wanted to make sure they landed in the hands of a fan.  i sold them at face to a college kid who was in town on an unpaid internship helping inner city kids.  that was a good thing.
 
 at the wilco show in october 06, i was locked out of getting a ticket for the show.  the night of, a friend and I stood outside the club and asked everyone for an extra ticket.  terrible luck.  some guy wanted $100 cash for the $25 ticket.  however, i did meet some cool australian siblings and a brittish dude.  when one guy tried to sell his tickets to a guy who had just showed up, all my new international friends yelled at him saying "he was here first, he was here first!"  he sold it for more than i would pay, though.  as the opening band was halfway through their set, a group of girls walked up to the club and i asked if they had extras.  they did, two in fact, and we bought them for face.  had they walked 20 more feet, they could have made a ton more money.

[rich_WDC]

The most - proportionately -- I ever paid was for U2 at Tempe (filming for Rattle&Hum flick).
 Tickets were $5 face.   I paid scalper $75 for one night; $150 the other.

[sweetcell]

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
   

Originally posted by Julian, certified WEBLEBRITY:
   

Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
  Besides, he might have assumed you got the Burberry at the local homeless shelter after someone had donated it when it went out of fashion.            

That's the most absurd thing I've heard in a good long time. Burberry has experienced an unprecedented, historic rebirth over the last 12 years under the guidance of Rose Bravo and the design adaptations Christopher Bailey has brought to the venerable brand. Bailey, in particular, is arguably the most applauded fashion designer of this decade. [/b]

Sometimes I have to stop and ask myself if smackie is the only other boardie who understands me!!! [/b]

actually, the appropriate question is whether any other boardee understands julian.  burberry, julian?  really?

[kosmo vinyl]

i's trade my soul for the chance to be young, hip and rich in London circa 1965 to 1968, what a scene that must have been... (wanders off to find Nuggets II)

[vansmack]

Sadly, I get both Mankie and Julian, and I wouldn't mind having a drink with either one of them.  Of course one would be a warm bitters and the other would be a bubbly.
 
 Only mankie would tell another boardie that perhaps something happened to them because they smelt like sour milk and only Julian would take offense to being told that (in his Burberry sweater no less).
 
 I enjoyed the exchange much more than this thread.  For the record, only once did I decide to pay above face value for tickets (Anaheim in the World Series) and when I told my story about what Ticketbastard did to me, the guy sold it to me for face value.

[ratioci nation]

I would never pay over face value.  And I never sell for over face value.  In fact, I would probably never pay over $50 which is easy when you swear off all arena shows.
 
 I gave away my $10 ticket to Coldplay at the club, I guess it was for the second album, I had other plans, but somebody was pretty happy.  And I sold my A Perfect Circle ticket at face value outside the club at face value, I think I went to a Rhett Miller matinee at the Black Cat or something instead, pretty sure I was the only person to make that change in plans.

[Driveway]

I'd pay an infinite amount to see a few of my favorite bands play together... If Nada Surf and Versus played together, I'd pay anything.  In reality, it would probably be an $18 ticket.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by vansmack:
  Only mankie would tell another boardie that perhaps something happened to them because they smelt like sour milk and only Julian would take offense to being told that (in his Burberry sweater no less).

I wasn't taking offense, since I'd never met Mankie so he couldn't say if I have an odor or not.
 
 If Mankie and I had actually spent time together, and then I was told I smelled bad, then I'd feel bad -- but about myself -- for being smelly. I'd only take offense if he told me purely to hurt my feelings, but if it came from a good place, I'd be OK with it, because I'd rather know I had a problem so I could rectify it.
 
 I'm all about self-improvement, and I think it's better for ones to take their lumps and realize some hard truths about themselves then continue being a lower quality person then they otherwise could be.

[Julian, Alleged Computer F**kface]

Originally posted by sweetcell:
  actually, the appropriate question is whether any other boardee understands julian.  burberry, julian?  really?

I have entire Julian's America column about their umbrellas planned for early next week. I might bump it up if this becomes a hot-button issue.