If they stop selling merchandise outside prior to the shows, this craze will slow. Give the fans who go to shows exclusivity prior to the show by only selling inside. Open the merch trailer after a show. At Wrigley there was a four poster limit per poster. Seriously, what are you going to do with 16 posters, wall paper your room? And if somebody did, I would love to see that pic. At Moline I ran into three different guys trying to sell their extra poster. At Milwaukee, the same thing.
it should be one poster/shirt/sticker/etc per person. you want more? ebay. you don't go to the show, you lose. simple as that. no more merch outside.
then again, I don't buy posters of shows I don't go to (and I can't wrap my head around why anyone would-except for the obvious flipping, of course).
I collect for the love of the art.
Fair enough. how many show posters do you have?
You don't really want to know!!! )
Lol. I was just curious why someone would collect something for the artistic value of it if it is not on a wall to be appreciated? I am not mocking, i am seriously curious. I actually bought posters and collected handbills of every band and every show i attended. So many bands are doing show specific posters now, i simply could not do it anymore, and i am in the process of selling most of them. With 4 pj posters and one ed poster, that is pretty much all i have room for (except for a few headstones 8 1/2 x 14's).
If you REALLY want to know, I have over 200 gig posters. Most are stored in my flat file, but I have 35 framed & hanging on the walls of my bedroom. These are all from shows that I have attended!!! There are another 14 framed posters in my living room & hallway. These are signed & numbered AP's from shows I didn't attend, but just love for the art. There are 3 by EMEK, and a few by Sperry, Munk One, Soto, Klausen, Ames Bros. & Maxx242. I'm DEFINITELY a HUGE poster nerd!! These are the posters I bought at my shows on the '14 US Tour...I went to all of these shows except Milwaukee & a good friend picked that one up for me because I LOVE this one!!
Thanks buddy... MAYBE these pictures will inspire you to hang on to your posters!!! It took me YEARS to get mine framed, so take your time and do it for YOURSELF!!! I really do enjoy seeing the art hanging on the wall... AND they always bring back GREAT memories of my times at THE SHOW!!
You? A poster nerd? Nah!
And, you have the most awesome framer on the planet. Hang on to that one. Those are very hard to find!
I couldn't agree with you more... Julia is AMAZING & always does a great job on my frame jobs!! :-bd
'96: Seattle: Key Arena '98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2 '00: Columbus: Polaris '03: Columbus: Germain '10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena '11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit '12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2 '13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle '14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline '15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival '16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2 '17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony '18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1 '22: Nashville / St. Louis
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Julia is AMAZING & always does a great job on my frame jobs!!
:-bd
'98: Seattle: Memorial Stadium 1 & 2
'00: Columbus: Polaris
'03: Columbus: Germain
'10: Columbus: Nationwide Arena
'11: East Troy: Alpine Valley - PJ20 1 & 2 + EV Detroit
'12: Missoula + EV Jacksonville 1 & 2
'13: Chicago / Pittsburgh / Buffalo / Seattle
'14: Cincinnati / St. Louis / Tulsa / Lincoln / Memphis / Detroit / Moline
'15: New York City - Global Citizen Festival
'16: Greenville / Hampton / Raleigh / Columbia / Lexington / Ottawa / Toronto 1 & 2 / Wrigley 1 & 2
'17: Brooklyn - Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
'18: London 1 & 2 / Seattle 1 & 2 / Missoula / Wrigley 1
'22: Nashville / St. Louis
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