So, I had this idea....

…Not that I really have the time, but it occurred to me, that something we have all complained about at some point, is how there is no way to see old schedules of shows at the Black Cat or 930 Club. We often have a hard time coming up with who played when, when the last time so and so played there, who opened…well it was that shitty band…but you can never remember their name.

Well, what if there was an online resource that began to combine all of this information in one place. As individuals, we only know so much…but as a whole, plus with all the freaks out there who collect all their ticket stubs from the last 20 years, plus with whatever help we can get from staff and mgmt. at the clubs, putting together a web resource wouldn't be as hard as you think.

My initial concept would include a web form that basically just collected data from folks, who would all input shows they've been to, plus the details. Once you get two hits for the same show, it can go up in the archive. Possibilties include folks being able to upload pics or recordings from the events, scanned ticket stubs, memories, etc…

So yeah…its friday, but I've been thinking about this for awhile actually. Lord knows I'm busy enough…but it would be fucking cool.

I'll go back to work now….

It would probably be better if it wasn't all automated, the site would become a mess then, info would have to be checked before put up or would be useless. Really would not be very hard to do. In fact I have most of the code written to do different parts of that on various sites :) .

i can probably host it seeing as i have heaps of bandwidth i never use

Sounds like a fabu idea, but really a prospective tool. While you may get some info on past schedules, I think it will be so full of holes, it would be of interest but not real help….that sounded more negative than I intend….oh guru, my guru….

"fabu" ?

as in fabulous, like your own bad self…

Funny you should ask…I've been meaning to contact to the club to see if they'd like to see what I have come up with, and if they don't mind me keeping track (never know)…I've known many like to have an archive list, myself included. Thus, I keep schedules. Then put into an Excel sheet for now. I mostly started to do it to keep track of the opening acts to check them out at a later date.
If Kosmo wants to, and clear w/ the club, I can manage the sheet and send to Kosmo for "prettying up".

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
"fabu" ?

I think it's gay talk..Bags is fluent in fagspeak.

Oh, I have the list for the 9:30 club…started last year. I have some schedules for the Black Cat, but haven't been really keeping track.

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
"fabu" ?

I think it's gay talk..Bags is fluent in fagspeak.

I thought it might be queerbonics, but wasn't sure.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:

Originally posted by Bollocks:

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
"fabu" ?

I think it's gay talk..Bags is fluent in fagspeak.

I thought it might be queerbonics, but wasn't sure.

Queerbonics is the pc term, fagspeak is word on the street…or rather avenue.

Back to topic…I wish I'd done something like this for myself because I honestly don't remember half the concerts I went to back in the day. I could be having a conversation with someone and something will be mentioned like "Remember at the Jam concert when all the power went out" and I'll think…shit, I did see the Jam didn't I?

This is one thing I've been pretty meticulous about since I started going to concerts. Saved every ticket stub. Kept track of most opening acts I saw. Kept a list of dates and venues. The holes in my list are mostly shows that didn't return a TicketMaster-type stub. I also didn't keep track of opening acts that I missed, if I got there late. It's pretty cool to see every show I've been to in one long list.

Originally posted by Skeeter:
This is one thing I've been pretty meticulous about since I started going to concerts. Saved every ticket stub. Kept track of most opening acts I saw. Kept a list of dates and venues. The holes in my list are mostly shows that didn't return a TicketMaster-type stub. I also didn't keep track of opening acts that I missed, if I got there late. It's pretty cool to see every show I've been to in one long list.

I try and do that too…as you said there are some holes. Also, some of the schedules don't include sold out shows. And tickets.com doesn't put anything other than the main act(s).