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godsshoeshine
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 04:33 PM UTC #
i am going to be out of town anyway, but i would have been excited for pj, modest mouse, sonic youth, ect.. i was still leaning against going before the date was announced, just because i am wary of how some of the bands i like (modest mouse particularly) would sound in a larger venue. plus, as a virginia resident, i trust nothing in maryland
sonickteam2
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 04:41 PM UTC #
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
plus, as a virginia resident, i trust nothing in maryland
touche
vansmack
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 05:16 PM UTC #
Before you go asking Seth to fork out some of his millions, does anyone know how ticket sales for the DC/NoVa/MD Lolla show were doing?

By my count he's got about ten tickets sold for Sethapalooza.
vansmack
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 05:23 PM UTC #
Originally posted by flawd101:
hahahahahaha. i'm happy your shitty tour got cancelled!!!! lalalalllalala

i'm goin to ozzfest but you get nothing :D :D :D :D

this made my day.

Wow. Back from camp so soon? In my days, camp used to last for months on end.

Well, welcome back, flawd, you've been missed.
Got Haggis?
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 05:57 PM UTC #
no he hasn't
Jaguär
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 05:59 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Bagalicious Tangster:
:(

I thought Day One looked great, but couldn't commit to a day off of work quite yet.
That is exactly the same reason that I never had firm plans on going. What seems to be ignored in a lot of these debates is that all of the Lallopalooza kids have grown up to become Lallopalooza working adults who only have so much time off they can spare. This is America, land of the over-worked. Not Europe where they get bank holiday afer bank holiday inbetween weeks and weeks of vacation time.

I don't think it was so much the ticket cost though 2 days worth would hurt someone like me on my crap pay. Regardless, the ticket prices were good.

There were a good chunk of bands that I had absolutely no desire to see but even with that, I think that it was a good and appropriate collection when you are trying to please the general masses.

My votes for a salvage show would be Morrissey, BRMC and Elbow. (See, I also couldn't decide which of the 2 I'd go to considering that I personally would have only been able to do one.)
CoinOperatedBoy
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 06:24 PM UTC #
I, like Perry, I am heartbroken at the news. I was SO looking forward to this show. :(
There were 6-8 bands playing each day that I REALLY wanted to see. :(
Medusa
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 06:51 PM UTC #
Originally posted by flawd101:
[QB] <img src="http://www.aroundmidnight.demon.co.uk/gif/hahaha.gif" alt=" - " />

I love this picture - *this* made my day!

(I've not seen a pic/remembered The Count for years!).

Back on topic, I was definitely surprised to hear about Lolla being canceled. What a shame! I am not into going to festivals/Lolla but I do love Morrissey and I know many people who were going to go to this …

Cheers

DJ Medusa.
sonickteam2
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 09:16 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Jaguär:

That is exactly the same reason that I never had firm plans on going.
so wait.

no one buys CD OR goes to concerts anymore?
hmm, thats wierd.
palahniukkubrick
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 09:20 PM UTC #
Bummed about lolla being cancelled, as I had me a grand old time at last year's, but I'm still hoping PJ Harvey plays DC.
El Tee
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 09:54 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Jaguär:

That is exactly the same reason that I never had firm plans on going.
so wait.

no one buys CD OR goes to concerts anymore?
hmm, thats wierd.
Huh? Your post, it confuses me.
sonickteam2
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 10:36 PM UTC #
Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by Jaguär:

That is exactly the same reason that I never had firm plans on going.
so wait.

no one buys CD OR goes to concerts anymore?
hmm, thats wierd.
Huh? Your post, it confuses me.
well, the RIAA says, no one buys CDs anymore, and now i read that no one goes to concerts anymore? what are you fat americans doing?
vansmack
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 10:46 PM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
well, the RIAA says, no one buys CDs anymore, and now i read that no one goes to concerts anymore? what are you fat americans doing?
We're on vacation on some tropical island just like every other summer.

The real question is why aren't any of these fucking canadian tourists here in the states on holiday buying any concert tickets? Or did Alanis and the Bare Naked Ladies sell out too fast fer ya, heh?
lionforce5
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Re: no lolla.. June 22, 2004 at 11:38 PM UTC #
Seriously? Even with all those bands, $40 - $60 just wasn't worth it. I would've loved to have seen Broken Social Scene, Sonic Youth again, Morrisey, and a few others, but reading the initial article, if Lolla tickets were "$15 - $25," How the hell did they get to be $40 - $60?

I'm not extraordinarily old, but I still don't ever remember paying more than $25 for a ticket to any festival type show. How are such heavy surcharges justified?
Liberte
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Re: no lolla.. June 23, 2004 at 01:42 AM UTC #
Originally posted by Lamb007:
PJ Harvey and Sonic Youth on the same day would make it worth traffic and parking all by themselves. The new and improved Merriweather deserves good shows like this. Maybe the ever ambitious Mr. Hurwitz can cobble together his own Merriweather festival.
The economics of a one-off concert, a concert stop on a multi-city tour, and a standing festival such as Coachella are different for everyone involved. It would be great if Seth could salvage something (after all, these acts all suddenly find themselves with open dates), but it's unlikely to be a Slice o' Palooza with the same acts at the same price on the same day at Merriweather Post.
flawd101
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Re: no lolla.. June 23, 2004 at 02:27 AM UTC #
i've been hiding do to "some" crappy topics…

i'm goin to camp july 11-17…counselor flawd is going to mess up some kids….

i'm only going one week do to ozzfest and the camp sucking.

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darkstarlight
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Re: no lolla.. June 23, 2004 at 02:37 AM UTC #
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
Originally posted by sonickteam2:
which doesn't account for Lollapalooza, because our tickets were priced between $15 and $25. Maybe it's the sundry add-ons [like service charges] that up the cost?
yeah. $25??? I paid $102.50 for my TWO tickets.

25+25=102.50? sounds like Radiohead math to me.
Yeah, I definitely paid the same for two one-day tickets. They were $40 each, NOT $25 each. Regardless, $40 is good when there were six bands that I really wanted to see and would have gone (I guess, will go) to see in six individual shows (which will end up costing far more than $40). And Ticketbastard isn't refunding their stupid service charge.

I was really looking forward to this damn thing.
kurosawa-b/w
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Re: no lolla.. June 23, 2004 at 03:03 AM UTC #
The news is definitely a disappointment. I am convinced that Jaguar is right. The prime audience/attendees didn't buy tickets because either they couldn't get off work or weren't sure they could. I really hope some of the bands will tour anyway. BRMC and Morrissey, please!
kosmo
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Re: no lolla.. June 23, 2004 at 03:16 AM UTC #
Originally posted by j_lee:
Seriously? Even with all those bands, $40 - $60 just wasn't worth it. I would've loved to have seen Broken Social Scene, Sonic Youth again, Morrisey, and a few others, but reading the initial article, if Lolla tickets were "$15 - $25," How the hell did they get to be $40 - $60?

I'm not extraordinarily old, but I still don't ever remember paying more than $25 for a ticket to any festival type show. How are such heavy surcharges justified?
Just paying to see the Von Bondies, Broken Social Scene, The Walkmen, TV on the Radio, The Thrills, Wheat, and The Fire Theat at a low end $10 cover at the Black Cat is $70. So It's a still a bargin. As it's been pointed out by the likes of The Shins, etc… Being "indie" dosen't mean a band has to be poor too. Bands want to make more than gas money when they tour these days. Just higher gas prices alone is going to make any multiband tour cost more to mount. I wonder how many other Lollapalooza dates were GA and if people were planning on buying tickets the day of the show.

And I'm glad the show opened in the late afternoon verses the evening. It meant that people would be arriving through out the day verses just in the middle of rush hour like it will be for the Cure show. Which could easily turn into a another Radiohead fiasco, especially since it's on a Friday night when traffic is absolutely the worst during the summer.
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