the evolution of a tour announcement
- months of speculation cause tension amongst people who are seemingly unable to schedule a summer vacation that does not revolve around pearl jam, leading to multiple threads
=information from various sources (some legitimate, some completely made up) starts showing up on posts
-said information causes folks to dectry the ten club for lack of information, questioning why the shell out a whopping $20 a year to get no information
-a tweet gets stickied, kat becomes more popular than eddie vedder for a few hours
-people frantically speculate possible dates, call venues and other irrational behavior for grown adults,ensure their credit cards (visa and mastercards only!!) are all paid off
=members who joined since the most previous tour, freaking out about the ten club policy
-3 minutes after the renewal cutoff date mentioned in the tweet, people post frantically that they forgot to renew and try to look up tim's home phone number in a panic so they can get tickets
-the tour is announced.
-people question what the ticket prices are, freak out about pearl jam not playing in _____________. people complain about the lack of notice before ticket sales and/or the length of time between sales and show dates (either it is not enough time to request vacation from work or it is too much time to have to pay for tickets in advance
-ten club states that there are no additional dates and announce ticket prices.
-people becry the corporation that has beoome of the pearl jam they used to know, others defend the band, they have families, the price of gas has gone up, inflation. pj fans are split into two camps on this issue, like a message pit civil war.
-tickets go on sale. pearljam.com crashes. about 50,000 hours of productivity is lost at work places across the country, the site comes up after about two hours and tickets are vanished.
=threads are started bragging about it being the easiest sale yet, others are started complaining it was impossible to get tickets to their hometown shows, etc.
- people freak out about email confirmations, used their parents credit card, etc.
- ten club announces more dates that were magically scheduled since the time they said there were no additional dates.
- several of the above items repeat themselves.
- the public sale ensues, and the instant sells out bother people, as if it weren't expected. ticketmaster becomes the biggest foe to pearl jam fans since nickelback.
- the tour approaches, people inquire about ticket transfers, speculate about what the best show will be, freak out about bootlegs.
- the tour begins. each morning, people beg the ten club to release the previous nights show on vinyl, blu-ray, etc.
- the tour ends.
- the cycle starts from the beginning.
=information from various sources (some legitimate, some completely made up) starts showing up on posts
-said information causes folks to dectry the ten club for lack of information, questioning why the shell out a whopping $20 a year to get no information
-a tweet gets stickied, kat becomes more popular than eddie vedder for a few hours
-people frantically speculate possible dates, call venues and other irrational behavior for grown adults,ensure their credit cards (visa and mastercards only!!) are all paid off
=members who joined since the most previous tour, freaking out about the ten club policy
-3 minutes after the renewal cutoff date mentioned in the tweet, people post frantically that they forgot to renew and try to look up tim's home phone number in a panic so they can get tickets
-the tour is announced.
-people question what the ticket prices are, freak out about pearl jam not playing in _____________. people complain about the lack of notice before ticket sales and/or the length of time between sales and show dates (either it is not enough time to request vacation from work or it is too much time to have to pay for tickets in advance
-ten club states that there are no additional dates and announce ticket prices.
-people becry the corporation that has beoome of the pearl jam they used to know, others defend the band, they have families, the price of gas has gone up, inflation. pj fans are split into two camps on this issue, like a message pit civil war.
-tickets go on sale. pearljam.com crashes. about 50,000 hours of productivity is lost at work places across the country, the site comes up after about two hours and tickets are vanished.
=threads are started bragging about it being the easiest sale yet, others are started complaining it was impossible to get tickets to their hometown shows, etc.
- people freak out about email confirmations, used their parents credit card, etc.
- ten club announces more dates that were magically scheduled since the time they said there were no additional dates.
- several of the above items repeat themselves.
- the public sale ensues, and the instant sells out bother people, as if it weren't expected. ticketmaster becomes the biggest foe to pearl jam fans since nickelback.
- the tour approaches, people inquire about ticket transfers, speculate about what the best show will be, freak out about bootlegs.
- the tour begins. each morning, people beg the ten club to release the previous nights show on vinyl, blu-ray, etc.
- the tour ends.
- the cycle starts from the beginning.
"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." KV Jr.
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did I miss anything?"If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." KV Jr.0
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yes, beoome is not a word0
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WOW :shock:
SO. TRUE.
Luckily we are towards the end, just before tickets go on sale
I was tired of being stuck in the "complaining phase"Makes me ache, makes me shake...
...is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?0 -
just one...self-rightous poster act aloof and sets self apart from 10c to feel better about self for an afternoonand fuck me if I say somethin you dont wanna hear, fuck me!
and fuck me if you only hear what you wanna hear
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sorry I wrote this out on my iPhone waiting to be seen by the dentist, lots of typos didn't feel like editing."If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music." KV Jr.0
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well put. I think some people on here are way to serious about all this to laugh though"Well, I think this band is incapable of sucking."
-my dad after hearing Not for You for the first time on SNL .0 -
aneutronbomb wrote:just one...self-rightous poster act aloof and sets self apart from 10c to feel better about self for an afternoon
boom! roasted!0 -
hahaha.....can we get an animated version please?0
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It seems like perhaps you forgot to mention smart-ass people posting threads that make fun of the earnestness of other fans. :geek:&&&&&&&&&&&&&&0
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BINGO0
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you forgot
someone reviews each show in great detail and declares it was EPIC or BEST SHOW EVER
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old timers complain that not enough rarities were played at such and such show
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members bitch about their friends getting better seats on TM
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$100 for a hoodie?-what a bunch of sellouts
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That Ames poster is the ugliest thing I have ever seen
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Man, that is Klausen's best work to date
thats all I can think of-nice list though!0 -
Well that's the best dentist waiting room post I've seen today0
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This was also my thought.Mcam55 wrote:Well that's the best dentist waiting room post I've seen today
I cant text worth a damn.
And this guy is writing a fucking book while sitting in the dentist waiting room
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choop wrote:speculate about what the best show will be.
My favorite. Just remember Hartford '08.Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful0 -
Great list. I have gone through many of those emotions. Thanks for the laugh.0
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I just want to know where the Philly boots fit into this cycle.
There, I said it -- someone had to.
Nice post. All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.0 -
You forgot that while all the complaining and questioning of why we should pay 20 dollars a year is going on, someone is writing a thread detailing the process of being a pearl jam fan and how it amazes them that the same cycle of activity is constantly going on"Change don't come at once, it's a wave, building before it breaks"0
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Get_Right wrote:you forgot
someone reviews each show in great detail and declares it was EPIC or BEST SHOW EVER
and
old timers complain that not enough rarities were played at such and such show
and
members bitch about their friends getting better seats on TM
and
$100 for a hoodie?-what a bunch of sellouts
and
That Ames poster is the ugliest thing I have ever seen
and
Man, that is Klausen's best work to date
thats all I can think of-nice list though!
You forgot >>> Why should the same people allways get the 1st few rows even though they have been paying into the club for 15+yrs Seniority Rulessssssssss Post edited by josevolution onjesus greets me looks just like me ....0
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