Rhett Miller
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 03:17 PM UTC
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Hahahahahaha.
My wife loves that song. Thankfully, she has yet to figure out who the performer (note I did not say artist) is.
She also wanted to play Tupac when we were, ahem, boning recently, and I just couldn't go for that, no can do.
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
My wife asked me to relay the message, "Just because he bones me doesn't mean he owns me." to you two camel jockies.
That made me think of this:
"dumb hoe said somethin that made me mad
she said somethin that i couldnt believe
so i grabbed the stupid bitch by her nappy-ass weave
she started talkin shit, wouldnt you know
reached back like a pimp, slapped the hoe
her father jumped up and he started to shout
so i threw a right cross and knocked his old-ass out
(CHORUS)
coz the boys in the hood are always hard
you come talkin that trash, well pull ya card
knowin' nutin in life but to be legit'
dont quote me boy coz i aint said shit"
Which means I really, really must stop listening to DC101.
Rhett Miller
Joined: November 15, 2001 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 03:24 PM UTC
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Good points, Skeeter.
Still, the tickets sold out in three hours. Some people bought them because they wanted to see the show. Some people bought them because they wanted to resell the tickets.
If everyone had known the Thursday time, there would have been that many more people "competing" for tickets. Some of the additional people would have been fans, some would have been resellers. The show would have sold out that much quicker.
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Normally I would agree with the argument that most people are just too lazy to get tickets right away, but not this time. It's not unreasonable to assume that the band's website has the correct info - particularly when the info was correct for every other show. I wouldn't expect anyone to check tickets.com several times a day, several days before the posted sale date. I'm sure plenty of the folks that missed out would have gladly camped in front of their computer on Thurday or taken time off of work to stand in line, had they been given the correct info ahead of time.
It certainly pays to be proactive, but I think people have a legitimate gripe about how this went down.
markie
Joined: October 15, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 04:33 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I just couldn't go for that, no can do.
Which one are you? Hall or Oates?
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
A couple of weeks ago DC101.1 were carrying an add for a prevent violence against women charity. It was great when they played it and the song back- to-back.
lwoxley
Joined: October 06, 2004 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 04:37 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
My wife asked me to relay the message, "Just because he bones me doesn't mean he owns me." to you two camel jockies.
Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
anything I own is for sale if the price is right.
How much for your wife? I'll give you a couple of camels and a goat
I'll up that…….make one of the camels pretty and an extra goat.
But you could own the camel (one pretty one) and a goat…. ;)
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 05:18 PM UTC
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"It's immoral to let a sucker keep his money." ~ Rounders
"the boy J.D. was a friend of mine
till i caught him in my car tryin to steal the Alpine
chased him down the street to call a truce
the silly muthafucker pulls out a deuce deuce
little did he know i had a loaded 12 guage
one sucker dead, L.A. Times front page"
~ Eazy Motherfucking E
markie
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 05:23 PM UTC
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Why am I not surprised that Hoya likes Eazy-E?
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 05:31 PM UTC
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i like eazy-e just as i like all sorts of pop culture ephemera … i think "boyz in the hood" and "gimmee that nutt" are hilarious
bikerchickdc
Joined: April 10, 2002 at 05:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 09:02 PM UTC
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My original comment wasn't a gripe about not getting tickets— I did get tickets and I wanted them because I wanted to see the show, not to resell them. I'm just sorely annoyed with the scalpers. I think some things should just be off-limits.
The overall commercialization of modern rock and roll is depressing. From the top of the Corporate Radio heap down to the scalpers, music is becoming more about money and marketing than about making good music every day. Compare the DC radio selections today to even 15 years ago— back then it was no great shakes, especially when compared to LA or even Baltimore, but now it's utterly devoid of soul and passion. And it really irritates me to see some scalper who did maybe 45 seconds of work to buy some tickets online pocket $350 profit and not have clue #1 about the band, the music, or anything.
My all-time most frustrating scalper experience was in NYC before the Bauhaus show last month. The scalpers wanted $200 a ticket. And they pronounced the band as "Bough-Hoes." OK, I'll admit I got more than one laugh out of that but it still really irritates me that they can't even bother to learn the band's name!
bikerchickdc
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 09:40 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Celeste:
What a grand idea for an all-girl goth/hip-hop outfit!
Yeah, I had that thought too!
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 09:42 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Celeste:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
Who are the white guys performing it that they play on DC 101, though?
Dynamite Hack, some defunct cover band
Rhett Miller
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 09:50 PM UTC
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Funny, when I click on the link, allmusic tells me "Welcome back, Peter"
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
Originally posted by Celeste:
Originally posted by MTB-Markie:
Apparently the song is by Eazy- E.
Who are the white guys performing it that they play on DC 101, though?
Dynamite Hack, some defunct cover band
HoyaSaxa03
Joined: March 22, 2004 at 06:01 AM UTC
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 09:50 PM UTC
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the better white boy gangsta rap cover, though, is "gin and juice" by the gourds (not phish, or barenaked ladies, or whoever other group the MP3s that many people had of this track were mistitled as)
HoyaSaxa03
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 09:52 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
Funny, when I click on the link, allmusic tells me "Welcome back, Peter"
i guess that link includes some kind of sign-in info for me … better take that down =)
Rhett Miller
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 10:00 PM UTC
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I'll second that. Excellent band, in spite of the fact that they are on GW Bush's ipod.
Originally posted by HoyaParanoia:
the better white boy gangsta rap cover, though, is "gin and juice" by the gourds (not phish, or barenaked ladies, or whoever other group the MP3s that many people had of this track were mistitled as)
Seth Hurwitz
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 10:35 PM UTC
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show #2 coming
bags
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 10:55 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I don't see where it's bad karma to sell your concert tickets, if the money you will receive is good enough.
I think the karma comes in that you said in the other thread that you were specifically buying two additional tickets in order to scalp at a high price. It's more directed than buying tickets to use then deciding to sell because the price has become so attractive. That's the work of a professional scalper. Not that there's any way to tell the difference from the outside, but as music fans, some of us think it's reflects a shitty heart. And we're allowed to think that just as you're allowed to scalp those tickets.
bags
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Re: Pogues tickets...
December 12, 2005 at 10:57 PM UTC
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Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
I think you were limited to no more than four tickets per purchase for this show.
Nope, it was up to 8 or 10 (can't remember which, but I got 6 which was not the full amount I could buy).