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  • lukin321
    lukin321 Charlotte, NC Posts: 865
    Yea so no Christmas single waiting for me when I got home...but two posters did come in so I guess I broke even!
    9/1/98, 8/9/00, 8/12/00, 4/11/03, 4/12/03, 4/13/03, 4/19/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04, 10/3/04, 10/8/04, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/30/2013, 4/8/2016, 4/9/2016, 4/11/2016, 4/13/2016
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    http://www.earvolution.com/2007/03/top-10-corporate-moments-in-rock.asp

    Interesting to read this article today, after JTR mentioning the band tiring of the traditional live nation venues etc.

    #4 - Ticketmaster Crushes Pearl Jam

    At the apex of their early 90s success, Pearl Jam got the bizarre notion in their head that tickets prices for their shows should be kept reasonable, somewhere around $20. Raining on the grunge rockers parade, Ticketmaster's service charges rendered such a dream relatively impossible. When Ticketmaster proved to be killjoy, remaining inflexible on Pearl Jam's demands that they soften their policies on excessive service fees, Pearl Jam refused to play any arena that sold tickets through Ticketmaster. Quickly, they learned that practically every arena in the United States had an exclusive ticket sales agreement with Ticketmaster and that the corporate behemoth threatened lawsuits against any promoter or arena that breached it by using another distributor. Left with no method of selling tickets, Pearl Jam cancelled their 1994 summer tour and brought an antitrust suit alleging that Ticketmaster used a monopolistic domination of the ticket distribution industry to secure a near 30% markup on tickets sales. In the band's view, Ticketmaster was taking unfair advantage of adolescent passion while unreasonably exploiting a marketplace in which they had no competition. Pearl Jam may have won a fleeting battle when Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard testified before Congress but ultimately Ticketmaster would win the war. By 1995, Congress decided against further investigating Ticketmaster's business practices and Pearl Jam's antitrust lawsuit proved unsuccessful. In 1998, heeding the complaints of their fans, who had difficulty acquiring tickets through alternative distributors, the grunge godfathers returned to Ticketmaster arenas. A true victory in every sense of the word for Ticketmaster, their service charges have doubled since the conflict ended.
    Brian
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    For the two-fer. Now that everyone appears to be "on the bus". Was gonna post another Replacements song here, but decided to mix it up:


    Every day I get in the queue (Too much, Magic Bus)
    To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, Magic Bus)
    You house is only another mile (Too much, Magic Bus)

    Thank you, driver, for getting me here (Too much, Magic Bus)
    You'll be an inspector, have no fear (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, Magic Bus)
    But can I buy your Magic Bus? (Too much, Magic Bus)

    Nooooooooo!

    I don't care how much I pay (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (Too much, Magic Bus)

    I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (You can't have it!)
    Thruppence and sixpence every day
    Just to drive to my baby
    Thruppence and sixpence each day
    'Cause I drive my baby every way

    Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus ...

    I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I drive my baby every way (Too much, Magic Bus)
    Each time I go a different way (Too much, Magic Bus)

    I want it, i want it, I want it, I want it ...

    Every day you'll see the dust (Too much, Magic Bus)
    As I drive my baby in my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
    Brian
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    NCBRI wrote:
    Oh I thought it was some Lost like cryptic clue. Bummer.

    Lost tomorrow night! YAY!
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    Dollpartz wrote:
    oh for the love of god....i have officially gone round the bend....thanks for clearing that up for me!!!!

    It took me a second too but I was somehow able to figure it out.
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    MakingWaves wrote:
    Lost tomorrow night! YAY!
    Love watching me some Lost.....can't wait.

    Everybody knows this is nowhere

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    Dollpartz wrote:
    oh for the love of god....i have officially gone round the bend....thanks for clearing that up for me!!!!

    and you got to start page 600!
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • lukin321
    lukin321 Charlotte, NC Posts: 865
    5 more posts people!!
    9/1/98, 8/9/00, 8/12/00, 4/11/03, 4/12/03, 4/13/03, 4/19/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 10/1/04, 10/2/04, 10/3/04, 10/8/04, 5/27/06, 5/28/06, 6/11/08, 6/12/08, 10/27/09, 10/28/09, 10/30/09, 10/31/09, 10/30/2013, 4/8/2016, 4/9/2016, 4/11/2016, 4/13/2016
  • weenie
    weenie Posts: 1,623
    Getting ready to hit the ATL car wars BUMP!!
    ~Play the South sometime~
    ~Play the South sometime~
    ~Play the South sometime~
    SOON!!
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • weenie
    weenie Posts: 1,623
    NCBRI wrote:
    For the two-fer. Now that everyone appears to be "on the bus". Was gonna post another Replacements song here, but decided to mix it up:


    Every day I get in the queue (Too much, Magic Bus)
    To get on the bus that takes me to you (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I'm so nervous, I just sit and smile (Too much, Magic Bus)
    You house is only another mile (Too much, Magic Bus)

    Thank you, driver, for getting me here (Too much, Magic Bus)
    You'll be an inspector, have no fear (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I don't want to cause no fuss (Too much, Magic Bus)
    But can I buy your Magic Bus? (Too much, Magic Bus)

    Nooooooooo!

    I don't care how much I pay (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I wanna drive my bus to my baby each day (Too much, Magic Bus)

    I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (You can't have it!)
    Thruppence and sixpence every day
    Just to drive to my baby
    Thruppence and sixpence each day
    'Cause I drive my baby every way

    Magic Bus, Magic Bus, Magic Bus ...

    I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I said, now I've got my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)
    I drive my baby every way (Too much, Magic Bus)
    Each time I go a different way (Too much, Magic Bus)

    I want it, i want it, I want it, I want it ...

    Every day you'll see the dust (Too much, Magic Bus)
    As I drive my baby in my Magic Bus (Too much, Magic Bus)

    What a great image that conjures up! Wish we had us a magic bus ..... and were headed to PJ playing somewhere in the South. :)
    ~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
    Mohandas K. Gandhi

    ~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
    Henry David Thoreau
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    Are we there yet?
    Are we there yet?
    Are we there yet?
    Are we there yet?
    Brian
  • NCBRI
    NCBRI Posts: 1,902
    guess not :(
    Brian
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    9000

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    MakingWaves wrote:
    and you got to start page 600!

    I am only showing page 450... I think it is how our browsers are set.
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    "The waiting is the hardest part"
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • MakingWaves
    MakingWaves Posts: 1,294
    SPALMA wrote:
    I am only showing page 450... I think it is how our browsers are set.

    interesting...
    Seeing visions of falling up somehow.

    Pensacola '94
    New Orleans '95
    Birmingham '98
    New Orleans '00
    New Orleans '03
    Tampa '08
    New Orleans '10 - Jazzfest
    New Orleans '16 - Jazzfest
    Fenway Park '18
    St. Louis '22
  • tybird
    tybird Posts: 17,388
    SPALMA wrote:
    I am only showing page 450... I think it is how our browsers are set.
    I'm showing 601.

    Everybody knows this is nowhere.

    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    ~Play the South~
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • dangerboy
    dangerboy Posts: 1,569
    SPALMA wrote:
    I am only showing page 450... I think it is how our browsers are set.

    or it could be how you have your display options set under your profile.


    user cp > edit options > thread display options > number of posts to show per page

    i show 40 per page, so i'm on page 226


    ebay isn't evil people are


    The South is Much Obliged
  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    dangerboy wrote:
    or it could be how you have your display options set under your profile.


    user cp > edit options > thread display options > number of posts to show per page

    i show 40 per page, so i'm on page 226


    Yeah... that. I have 40 per page.
    "I don't want to hear any splatty tongues!"
    J.M., Jr. High Band Teacher

    I raise my Freak Flag High!!
  • JTR
    JTR Posts: 347
    I'm too stupid to post links, but if you Google "Pearl Jam NPR", there is a great Morning Edition on the issue of utilizing the standard methods of putting on a tour. The problem is - the band has canceled whole tours before when this approach was taken. Won't happen this time.

    Starting to feel some pressure/angst myself here. C'mon...

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