is doing this for a living worth your $25?

[Bags]

Originally posted by Metal Meltdown:
  You all need to quit bitching..
 
 930 is one of the best small venues in the country and frankly the tickets are reasonably priced in my opinion. Sure there are occasionally 35.00-40.00 dollar shows. However, those are usually acts that you would almost never get to see this close and intimate as the 930 is and thus thats why the ticket price is more. I have seen so many great acts at 930 through the years and its always been a relatively safe enviroment with the best sound Ive heard in the area. The same acts you see come through 930 play similar venues in other cities, and I can tell, most of these venues are dumps with crappy sound, bad security, and they treat the bands like crap a lot of times.
 
 That being said, ticket fees and handling charges are outrageous. Seth has no control over that however, he has to do business with one of the corporate evils to get tickets conveniently distributed. That is just the way it is. 930 makes little to no money off the artist Im guessing and everything off beer, food, and parking, its a business remember. I think the prices are very fair for the caliber of artists we get to see in such a great setting.
 
 Just my two cents...

I couldn't agree more (I haven't gotten all the way through the thread, but since Seth is reading it, I want to second the plus side).  In fact, I'm amazed at how many shows are $10 - 15 bucks.  Lots.  When a Dave Gahan comes through for $40 (I might spend $5 to see him, but that's about it), you just know that's the artist setting that price.  And Blur is a band that has absolutely ravenous fans.  And y'all didn't even think they'd come through.
 
 There's a reason it's usually the retro acts coming through that cost upwards of $25.  In their own minds, they have an audience already, and they're worth it.
 
 I'm spoiled, I admit -- I live in DC so I *always* buy my tickets at the box office; I never pay ticketbastard charges (except for shows like the White Stripes at yucky venues I have to put up with).  The charges suck ass, but it has nothing to do with the club (imagine how infuriating it is to pay $5 in service charges on a $10 ticket -- if *only* the 9:30 club got some of that!).
 
 My two cents...

[markie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 
 I tend to think most of the areas elitists are people within the DC City limits anyway.
 

ever been to the Mercedes garage in Bethesda or Porsche in arlington....
 
 last year, near where I work, on the edge of Bethesda were "affordable starter homes from the mid 400s"

[markie]

Originally posted by bags:
 
 There's a reason it's usually the retro acts coming through that cost upwards of $25.  In their own minds, they have an audience already, and they're worth it.
 
 
 My two cents...

I thought the retro acts charged that much because they were trying to make money from touring.... They are no longer selling or even making new material in a lot of cases (Pistols are an example)

[ggw]

Leather armchairs.  It should have big leather armchairs and big green-glass ashtrays so I can suck down a couple of Romeo y Julieta Churchills while I'm rocking out.  
 
 And waitresses -- scantily clad waitresses.  Maybe in little French Maid outfits.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

I didn't mean that the richest people live in DC, I meant that the snobbiest people live in DC. The type of people who look down on suburbanites  and think of them only as culturally illiterate breeders. The type of people who think that living in a city somehow makes them superior to others. Often they are people who DON'T have money.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
   

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
 
 I tend to think most of the areas elitists are people within the DC City limits anyway.
 

ever been to the Mercedes garage in Bethesda or Porsche in arlington....
 
 last year, near where I work, on the edge of Bethesda were "affordable starter homes from the mid 400s" [/b]

[Celeste]

Originally posted by ggw:
  Leather armchairs.  It should have big leather armchairs and big green-glass ashtrays so I can suck down a couple of Romeo y Julieta Churchills while I'm rocking out.  
 
 And waitresses -- scantily clad waitresses.  Maybe in little French Maid outfits.

I like the leather armchairs, but there should be a non-smoking section...and there should be 13 year old Thai girls to come massage my feet...

[Lamb007]

Oh...Leather Rocking Chairs.  "Rockers for Former Rawkers."
 
 And how about a TV monitor that's captioned.  That would be especially helpful during Shane McGowan, The Vines, and other shows featuring marble-mouthed singers.

[ggw]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I didn't mean that the richest people live in DC, I meant that the snobbiest people live in DC. The type of people who look down on suburbanites  and think of them only as culturally illiterate breeders. The type of people who think that living in a city somehow makes them superior to others. Often they are people who DON'T have money.
 

Sounds kind of like you.....

[markie]

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
  I didn't mean that the richest people live in DC, I meant that the snobbiest people live in DC. The type of people who look down on suburbanites  and think of them only as culturally illiterate breeders. The type of people who think that living in a city somehow makes them superior to others. Often they are people who DON'T have money.
 
 
 

I have never noticed that. America is a plutocracy. The richer the people the more likely to be a complete fucker. I have spotted no difference either side of the MD/DC line. If anything the MDers look down on DCs poorer neighbours and their higher crime rate and crappier schools.

[Celeste]

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
 ...America is a plutocracy...

<img src="http://www.gaffney-sc.com/images/pluto2.jpg" alt=" - " />
 
 huh?

[Joymonster]

Originally posted by ggw:
 
 
 And waitresses -- scantily clad waitresses.  Maybe in little French Maid outfits.

That's the best thing that has been said on this thread.

[Bags]

Originally posted by Jaguär:
 
 Also, one of the problems with pre-release internet sales is that not everyone has access to the internet at 10AM in the morning. There are lots and lots of jobs that would not allow someone that luxury. And then you have the 'traffic' problems. It's a great idea but not perfect. Sure beats camping out at some ticket box which is something I won't do. Also, not all of us live or work close enough to the club to make it worth making a trek over. But then, that's what ticket agencies are for.
 

The White Stripes pre-sale was an annoying and insipid exercise.  In my opinion, it was a way to ensure you had to pay ticketmaster surcharges.  There were three passwords, and everyone I know got a ticket that way.  If you have access to online purchases.
 
 By the by, no slight on 9:30 for sending out a password.  If it's going on, you may as well tell us about it.  It's just so inane.

[mankie]

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
 

 last year, near where I work, on the edge of Bethesda were "affordable starter homes from the mid 400s"
 
 [/b]

That would get you a nice starter condo in NW DC.

[Jaguär]

Originally posted by Andrew WK:
 

I have never noticed that. America is a plutocracy. The richer the people the more likely to be a complete fucker. I have spotted no difference either side of the MD/DC line. If anything the MDers look down on DCs poorer neighbours and their higher crime rate and crappier schools. [/b]
 
 HA! Apparently you still haven't seen the worst of Baltimore yet. Not that I would wish that on you.

[mankie]

Originally posted by ggw:
 
 
 And waitresses -- scantily clad waitresses.  Maybe in little French Maid outfits.
 
 

And get rid of the miserable bastard that works the back bar and turn it into a place were these scantily clad waitresses give lap dances.