the shins sold out???

[Celeste]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  Perhaps we bought more tickets to make a little money.  I bet I could get $150 for a pair -- easy.

isn't ticket scalping illegal?

[ggw]

Originally posted by Celeste:
 isn't ticket scalping illegal?

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj15n1-4.html

[ratioci nation]

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  I might be wrong, but I believe Pollard's comment was not serious. The discussion initiated by that sentence would be the dumb thing here. Pollard, correct me if I am wrong.

You are not wrong.  I do not consider myself a selfish bastard for going both nights, and don't really care if anyone thinks I am.  Unfortunately I am unable to be perfect like Mr. Unctuous.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Well thanks for the compliment, but I really am not perfect. In fact, I can at times be a selfish person myself. Hopefully, I will be successful in working to become less selfish.
 
 
 

Originally posted by pollard:
   

Originally posted by Barcelona:
  I might be wrong, but I believe Pollard's comment was not serious. The discussion initiated by that sentence would be the dumb thing here. Pollard, correct me if I am wrong.

You are not wrong.  I do not consider myself a selfish bastard for going both nights, and don't really care if anyone thinks I am.  Unfortunately I am unable to be perfect like Mr. Unctuous. [/b]

[Celeste]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
   

Originally posted by Celeste:
 isn't ticket scalping illegal?

http://www.cato.org/pubs/journal/cj15n1-4.html  [/b]

this is very interesting...I love stuff like this...but like so many other things, what sounds great theoretically sometimes falls apart when put into practice...

[eltee]

Good point that some people buying tickets for both nights, puts others into a bind. But, others need to get on the ball, and get tickets quickly for the reasons you state. Sometimes seeing a band two nights in a row, is not a waste -- never know what will happen, how they will sound, set list can change, crowd dynamics, etc. Just depends on what you are looking for and how much you want to see someone.
 
 Would you have gone to see Old 97's had they played the club two nights in a row?
 
 

Originally posted by Mr. Unctuous:
  -unselfish bastard, going ONE night.
 
 I can see going to see a band two nights in a row at the same venue if it's likely that they have enough material to pull off two very different shows. Seeing the Shins two nights in a row at the same venue just seems like a waste of time and money. But I guess we're all wasteful in our own special way.    

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Unless it seemed likely that the setlist would be 40% or more different, no.
 
   
 

Originally posted by El Tee:
 [QB]
 
 Would you have gone to see Old 97's had they played the club two nights in a row?
 
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[mankie]

All this two nights in a row crap is just bollocks,
 
 Do you only play your cd's one time? Because it's the same damn thing everytime you play that.

[Celeste]

Still abuzz from the Old 97s show last week, I think I may have mentioned to someone that I would want to see them play again...however, upon further contemplation, I'd have to say NO...
 
 I couldn't take two nights being out so late and being buffeted around by a bunch of fat, drunk Baltimorons...
 
 Crowds suck...

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

If the Shins wanted to come over to my house and play a show for me two nights in a row, I'd be glad to have them. They could even do the same songs for all I care.
 
    It's putting up with the crush of the crowd, the stench of their ciggies, the obnoxiousness of the occasional drunk, and the ridiculously late hours that band play that contribute to the diminished pleasure of seeing the same band two nights in a row. I'll put up with all of that crap for one night if I like the band enough, but it's not that pleasureable of an experience to do it two nights in a row.
 
 
 

Originally posted by mankie:
  All this two nights in a row crap is just bollocks,
 
 Do you only play your cd's one time? Because it's the same damn thing everytime you play that.

[bearman🐻]

LOL...OK...well, your preference is not to go 2 nights in a row. My preference is. Nobody is right or wrong on that. I just think it's kind of funny that people that go 2 nights in a row are being selfish. Personally, I can dig a crowded show if the crowd is well-behaved and into the music. Belle and Sebastian and PJ Harvey at the Black Cat were both packed, but BOY were those reverent crowds. You could hear a pin drop. And they were fantastic shows. I was almost a little sad when they were over...it was like a rollercoaster, I wanted to do it again. I still get that excitement from seeing a really great performance.

[markie]

But Unctuous said he is not going to two shows because he doesnt like clubs and crowds, nothing to do with being selfish or not.
 
 It wouldnt be like Unctuous to contradict himself endlessly, would it?

[ggw]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
  But Unctuous said he is not going to two shows because he doesnt like clubs and crowds, nothing to do with being selfish or not.
 
 It wouldnt be like Unctuous to contradict himself endlessly, would it?

It looks like his problem is not music, but other people in general.
 
 Shocking, isn't it?
 
 It appears he can't stay awake much past midnight either.  Kind of like my grandmother.

[mankie]

Originally posted by mark e smith:
  But Unctuous said he is not going to two shows because he doesnt like clubs and crowds, nothing to do with being selfish or not.
 
 It wouldnt be like Unctuous to contradict himself endlessly, would it?

That's exactly what I thought but couldn't be arsed to respond.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I said people who bought tickets for both nights knowing it would sell out and prevent others from seeing it committed a selfish act.
 
    I never said that being selfish would prevent me from committing said act.
 
   
    I never said selfish=wrong. I believe I said:
 
 And you have people selfish enough to buy tickets for two nights (even though they knew it would prevent others from seeing the band) for a band that only has 70 minutes of recorded material and doesn't play covers...people who are for some reason desperate enough to see the same band do the same exact songs two nights in a row.
 
 
 

Originally posted by mark e smith:
  But Unctuous said he is not going to two shows because he doesnt like clubs and crowds, nothing to do with being selfish or not.
 
 It wouldnt be like Unctuous to contradict himself endlessly, would it?