Musicological banter

I’m going to guess Dynamite by BTS and Blinding Lights by The Weeknd.

Julian, wrote:
I’m going to guess Dynamite by BTS and Blinding Lights by The Weeknd.

correct on 1 of the entries

ok, so how about youtube

there are only two music videos that have had over 7 Billion views

Well wait, back the fuck up. Which was I right on?

We gotta finish the first topic before we move on. Jesus fuck do you have somewhere to be?

Julian, wrote:
Well wait, back the fuck up. Which was I right on?

you already lost, does it matter

There's been lots of big progress on curing HIV recently, with a new mRNA approach to making the virus vulnerable, and reports that infants given anti-retrovirals early enough show zero HIV count even when they stop the drugs.

But what I didn't expect was that one person doing his bit to add to HIV research was… the lead singer of the band The Offspring, Dexter Holland.

He quit Uni in 1994 when the band took off, and went back in 2017 to finish his PhD in *molecular biology*, and wrote a paper called:
"Discovery of Mature MicroRNA Sequences within the Protein-Coding Regions of Global HIV-1 Genomes: Predictions of Novel Mechanisms for Viral Infection and Pathogenicity"
which the latest HIV work may have built on. The paper was also "heavily cited in creating the COVID-19 vaccine" (according to the internet). He did talk about mRNA and the Moderna vax in 2021.
So there you go. The dude who sang "Pretty Fly For A White Guy" may have just helped to cure AIDS.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/play-it-forward-the-ron-holloway-fund

Bummer for a legendary DC musician

Wow..he is supposed to be playing in Lewes on the 20th

He really has worked with so many people

yikes this is some desperation

JP Saxe, a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter was hit with a sobering reality recently as he was forced to cancel his upcoming tour due to low-ticket sales.

The singer took to social media back on July 28 to tell fans that he needed to sell “thousands more tickets to his tour in the next 48 hours,” or he would have to call the whole thing off.
“I’m extremely embarrassed to tell you this, but I’m going to tell you anyway,” he said in a video he shared to Instagram. “If I don’t see 20-or-so thousand tickets to my tour in the next 48 hours, it’s going to be cancelled.”
Saxe returned with an update to tell fans that after his announcement he sold “a few thousand more tickets.”
“And I am beyond grateful to those of you who bought one,” he said. “Those few thousand tickets are a reminder that being transparent in failure sometimes can be more powerful than the façade of success. They’re a reminder of how wonderful it can be to ask for help and watch a community come together.

NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:
yikes this is some desperation

JP Saxe, a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter was hit with a sobering reality recently as he was forced to cancel his upcoming tour due to low-ticket sales.

The singer took to social media back on July 28 to tell fans that he needed to sell “thousands more tickets to his tour in the next 48 hours,” or he would have to call the whole thing off.
“I’m extremely embarrassed to tell you this, but I’m going to tell you anyway,” he said in a video he shared to Instagram. “If I don’t see 20-or-so thousand tickets to my tour in the next 48 hours, it’s going to be cancelled.”
Saxe returned with an update to tell fans that after his announcement he sold “a few thousand more tickets.”
“And I am beyond grateful to those of you who bought one,” he said. “Those few thousand tickets are a reminder that being transparent in failure sometimes can be more powerful than the façade of success. They’re a reminder of how wonderful it can be to ask for help and watch a community come together.

somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

Yada wrote:
somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

damn that's a sad tale and not sure how anyone is going to make a living touring unless small club shows are now $75

although they signed the contract, 4 bands played and only 46 people bought tix for $15
the venue and their staff need to get paid as well, their bills don't stop either
plus people are drinking a lot less at shows (well when it costs $75 to get a buzz, I can see why)

NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:
somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

damn that's a sad tale and not sure how anyone is going to make a living touring unless small club shows are now $75

although they signed the contract, 4 bands played and only 46 people bought tix for $15
the venue and their staff need to get paid as well, their bills don't stop either
plus people are drinking a lot less at shows (well when it costs $75 to get a buzz, I can see why)

yup… I'd imagine in a near future, shows will be a thing of the past unless you're hearing sweet caroline at an Irish bar in Claredon.

bah bah bah

NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:
somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

damn that's a sad tale and not sure how anyone is going to make a living touring unless small club shows are now $75

although they signed the contract, 4 bands played and only 46 people bought tix for $15
the venue and their staff need to get paid as well, their bills don't stop either
plus people are drinking a lot less at shows (well when it costs $75 to get a buzz, I can see why)

I don’t understand why venues don’t lower beer prices and simply use kegs. What am I missing? Sorry if I am being a moron. I think they would sell a lot more and more than make up the difference. Have venues proved that beer consumption at shows is price inelastic or something?

When I first started going to 9:30 you could get a Bud bottle for $3.

hutch wrote:

NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:
somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

damn that's a sad tale and not sure how anyone is going to make a living touring unless small club shows are now $75

although they signed the contract, 4 bands played and only 46 people bought tix for $15
the venue and their staff need to get paid as well, their bills don't stop either
plus people are drinking a lot less at shows (well when it costs $75 to get a buzz, I can see why)

I don’t understand why venues don’t lower beer prices and simply use kegs. What am I missing? Sorry if I am being a moron. I think they would sell a lot more and more than make up the difference. Have venues proved that beer consumption at shows is price inelastic or something?

When I first started going to 9:30 you could get a Bud bottle for $3.

I think you just invented beer on tap

Yada wrote:
I'd imagine in a near future, shows will be a thing of the past unless you're hearing sweet caroline at an Irish bar in Claredon.

i imagine a future where only the Big Boys & Big Girls can tour.  if you can't charge $50 a ticket or more (preferably much, much more), and sell some minimum of number of tickets (1,000?), then your ass is staying home and maybe - just maybe - you can occasionally play a local venue (but you won't make much, because you're a local nobody who doesn't tour).  apparently the cut-off is somewhere above Camper Van Beethoven.

same ol' story of haves vs. have-nots, with the gap between them getting wider and wider.

hutch wrote:

NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:
somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

damn that's a sad tale and not sure how anyone is going to make a living touring unless small club shows are now $75

although they signed the contract, 4 bands played and only 46 people bought tix for $15
the venue and their staff need to get paid as well, their bills don't stop either
plus people are drinking a lot less at shows (well when it costs $75 to get a buzz, I can see why)

I don’t understand why venues don’t lower beer prices and simply use kegs. What am I missing? Sorry if I am being a moron. I think they would sell a lot more and more than make up the difference. Have venues proved that beer consumption at shows is price inelastic or something?

When I first started going to 9:30 you could get a Bud bottle for $3.

People wouldn't be able to hit space in the head with bottles if it was just plastic cups.

True….

I just assume beer is cheaper to produce and put in a keg….so when I see all these bottles and cans at venues I wonder

hutch wrote:
True….

I just assume beer is cheaper to produce and put in a keg….so when I see all these bottles and cans at venues I wonder

The issue is the beer will most likely taste like shit… most places that aren't "beer" focused don't clean lines, mix styles on the same lines, etc

Yada wrote:

hutch wrote:

NoMoreMr.Nice-Hatch wrote:

Yada wrote:
somewhat related - https://www.instagram.com/p/DNOHnIQNK_0/?img_index=1

damn that's a sad tale and not sure how anyone is going to make a living touring unless small club shows are now $75

although they signed the contract, 4 bands played and only 46 people bought tix for $15
the venue and their staff need to get paid as well, their bills don't stop either
plus people are drinking a lot less at shows (well when it costs $75 to get a buzz, I can see why)

I don’t understand why venues don’t lower beer prices and simply use kegs. What am I missing? Sorry if I am being a moron. I think they would sell a lot more and more than make up the difference. Have venues proved that beer consumption at shows is price inelastic or something?

When I first started going to 9:30 you could get a Bud bottle for $3.

People wouldn't be able to hit space in the head with bottles if it was just plastic cups.

Its the little things we lose in the name of progress that really hurt.