who needs a band that can't properly manage a website selling tickets, and has fans who buy tickets only to resell them on ebay for $500-$1000. I find it INTERESTING that many "ticket house companies" already had there tickets in hand to sell for the hampton roads show that wasn't even announced yet. way to go ticketbastard for "giving" out pre-advance tickets to these people for your own profit. goodbye to a band who was swallowed by corporations of human greed (not due to their part). what jam band will be destroyed next?
phuck phish tickets
Originally posted by walkonby:*jumps out of chair, waving hand in the air* Ooh ooh oohh!
what jam band will be destroyed next?
All of them!
Originally posted by walkonby:With any luck, all of them.
what jam band will be destroyed next?
-edit- Damn! RC beat me to the punch :mad:
all bands, my friends, all bands. ticketbastard does the same thing to any band with name recognition. why do you think wilco sold out so quick at 9:30? ticketbastard had already given half the tickets away to ticket brokers before they even went on sale. did anyone check ebay the day wilco tickets went on sale? atleast ten people had already been selling them two days prior. thank god polyphonic spree haven't "taken off" yet!!!
You had me at "phuck phish"
Don't worry…we're all on board with the "Ticketmaster is evil" platform. The real question at hand is what is more evil…Ticketmaster or jam bands?
Originally posted by walkonby:well, 930 club doesn't use ticketmaster.. . so, please explain how ticketmaster gave away tickets.
all bands, my friends, all bands. ticketbastard does the same thing to any band with name recognition. why do you think wilco sold out so quick at 9:30? ticketbastard had already given half the tickets away to ticket brokers before they even went on sale. did anyone check ebay the day wilco tickets went on sale? atleast ten people had already been selling them two days prior. thank god polyphonic spree haven't "taken off" yet!!!
i will say that trying to get football tickets is a big pain cause the teams horde the tickets, and won't release them. . .was trying to get tickets to the chiefs/ravens game, and you could only buy 2 at a time. . i called their ticket office and asked them how could i buy 5 tickets, they said you can't. so, i explained to him that i was trying to get 5 for a party, and he said, you can't buy 5. . .so i said, how are people selling tickets already on ebay? he told me that those are season ticket holders selling them, upon which i asked, you mean season ticket holders can hold 20 seats? and he said, well, there are people here (meaning with the ravens) that own 300 seats. i mean, come on. . .give the fan a chance to take some people to the game at a decent cost. as it is, i'm probably gonna have to spend $100 for a $30 ticket.
i just love people's open loathingness of jam bands. god's it's great. i listen to it all, baby: ska-funk to prince-punk. i remember when i was skating everyday and listening to the circle jerks and dead kennedys. man we all hated those dirty hippies and their grateful crap music. and then i evolved. one sided views are corrupt and whatever. whose mind am i going to change, out there? jam bands are not evil; pat robertson is evil. go and think what you want; i know i do. just make sure you show up for polyphonic spree!! wear your cult robes!!
oh and i was wrong; i'm sorry. the wilco thing was by tickets.com. tickets.com does the same thing as ticketbastard, by giving away pre-tickets to brokers, who sell the stickets and give a piece of the profit back to tickets.com or ticketbastard
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Don't worry. If Polyphonic Spree is half as lame as Phish, they'll take off too.
:D
Originally posted by walkonby:You mean regressed. I'm not going to generalize Phish phans, but on top of not liking the music at all, I hate the fans even more. The pot-smoking hippies grind on me like nails on a chalk-board, and the arrogant pseudo-musicians who think I don't get it cause I really don't get music in general, can kiss my ass. Most of this jam/improv shit is basically just a big "my dick is bigger contest" where the musicians get off on trying to show folks how awesome they can play their instrument. I don't fuckin care how great you can noodle on a guitar, go get off in your own house. I have no idea what any of you see in this shit (especially if you don't fit into one of the two categories above), and i never will. Go find a utopian island somewhere where you can grow lots of pot and leave the rest of us alone.
and then i evolved.
:eek: Sorry… the jam top always hits a nerve with me. (NO comments please!)
wow…, you just generalized every band on the planet.
Originally posted by redsock:
:D
You listen to it all? Who are your five favorite classic country artists?
Originally posted by walkonby:
i just love people's open loathingness of jam bands. god's it's great. i listen to it all, baby: ska-funk to prince-punk. i remember when i was skating everyday and listening to the circle jerks and dead kennedys. man we all hated those dirty hippies and their grateful crap music. and then i evolved. one sided views are corrupt and whatever. whose mind am i going to change, out there? jam bands are not evil; pat robertson is evil. go and think what you want; i know i do. just make sure you show up for polyphonic spree!! wear your cult robes!!
Why do pot smoking hippies annoy you more than drunken hipsters?
Originally posted by redsock:
Originally posted by walkonby:You mean regressed. I'm not going to generalize Phish phans, but on top of not liking the music at all, I hate the fans even more. The pot-smoking hippies grind on me like nails on a chalk-board, and the arrogant pseudo-musicians who think I don't get it cause I really don't get music in general, can kiss my ass. Most of this jam/improv shit is basically just a big "my dick is bigger contest" where the musicians get off on trying to show folks how awesome they can play their instrument. I don't fuckin care how great you can noodle on a guitar, go get off in your own house. I have no idea what any of you see in this shit (especially if you don't fit into one of the two categories above), and i never will. Go find a utopian island somewhere where you can grow lots of pot and leave the rest of us alone.
and then i evolved.
:eek: Sorry… the jam top always hits a nerve with me. (NO comments please!)
In many cases it is the band, not ticketmaster, that sells their ticket allotment directly to brokers.
Originally posted by walkonby:If you are referring to the noodling, you need to get out more. There is nothing wrong with a tasteful guitar solo. But there is something wrong with a guitar, drum, keys, and bass solo in almost every song. At the very least, get a real guitar and play some rock'n'roll as opposed to that jazz wa-wa shit.
wow…, you just generalized every band on the planet.
Wow. So much irrational hate 'jammed' into such a short post.
Perhaps it is you who needs to find an island on which to be alone?
Perhaps it is you who needs to find an island on which to be alone?
Originally posted by redsock:
You mean regressed. I'm not going to generalize Phish phans, but on top of not liking the music at all, I hate the fans even more. The pot-smoking hippies grind on me like nails on a chalk-board, and the arrogant pseudo-musicians who think I don't get it cause I really don't get music in general, can kiss my ass. Most of this jam/improv shit is basically just a big "my dick is bigger contest" where the musicians get off on trying to show folks how awesome they can play their instrument. I don't fuckin care how great you can noodle on a guitar, go get off in your own house. I have no idea what any of you see in this shit (especially if you don't fit into one of the two categories above), and i never will. Go find a utopian island somewhere where you can grow lots of pot and leave the rest of us alone.
:eek: Sorry… the jam top always hits a nerve with me. (NO comments please!)