Live Concerts

[Matt]

I’ve never seen Jesus Lizard so that would be pretty cool if we can make it work. It’s about an 8 hour drive for us so that cuts back on air travel costs.

[mclaincausey]

@Matt man I love them. Some of the best records Albini ever worked on IMO.

[Eza]

my wife and I are going to see Earth, Wind and Fire with Chicago in July looking forward to some crazy horns and bass~!

[mclaincausey]

@Eza funny story about them from one of my wife’s colleagues: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/parties/a29563421/bronson-van-wyck-born-to-work-forced-to-party-book-excerpt/

[Eza]

@mclaincausey LOL wild thanks for sharing

[TENDREL]

@mclaincausey oh man does he kick ass. Saw him two nights in Santa Barbara awhile back and I still think about those shows regularly.
Second night he got stoned and just played through the set break acoustic by himself. Was next level.

[mclaincausey]

@TENDREL I don’t think there’s a better live music experience out there. They play every note like their lives depend upon it, have a great catalog blending old timey, rock, and psychedelic covers and originals, and have serious production now.

[Graham]

Would give my left nut to see The Dismemberment Plan and Piebald

[Matt]

I think a plane ticket would be more cost effective in the long term than your nut. You should come out for it.

[mclaincausey]

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/ticketmaster-sued-department-justice-monopoly-rcna153645

DOJ need to break up the brokers, forbid them from owning venues or having stakes in businesses that do, forbid them from exclusive contracts with venues, forbid them from owning stakes in secondary market brokers, and disembowel their executive leadership and board in front of a live audience at the Gorge in Washington.

[goosehd]

@mclaincausey I’d buy tickets to that…

I briefly looked at tickets for Taylor Swift for Laura and the girls a few months ago and decided it was cheaper to go on a vacation.

[mclaincausey]

Unrelated thought: Pearl Jam exclusively issues electronic tickets and exclusively allows sales on the ticket broker’s site, with a cap on how much can be charged over face value. This kills scalping in one stroke.

At this point; any act you see who fails to do this is just an asshole.

[tody]

That's why I prefer smaller bands in independent venues.

[mclaincausey]

Independent venues in the US are a dying breed. This unspeakable conglomerate has been buying them up like crazy, which is why my proposed regulations included a wall of separation between the ticket brokers and the venues.

[tody]

Here in Germany, they seem to be holding up, with gentrification being one of the bigger threats.

If all else fails, I'm back to punk shows in squatted houses

[mclaincausey]

@tody if there’s one thing I learned in Berlin, it’s that Germany is behind the US in the enshittification process. I really enjoyed it there and we could learn some things.

[TENDREL]

@mclaincausey I've been using cashortrade.org for years. No tickets sold over face are allowed, and they've created an awesome community on there so the process is pretty seamless. Generally pretty jam or jam adjacent focused but you can find tons of other other acts on there too.

[mclaincausey]

@TENDREL yep! Great service

[prpx]

Went to see Mike Watt and his Italian sidekicks Il Sogno Del Marinaio
Fantastic concert. I have a huge respect for everything MW did throughout his carreer

[jiminstitches]

10 more sleeps until I see Tool in London, cant feckin wait! Any one else going?