Whats-a-goin-on?
RIP to Hilly Kristal - blue grass fan that accidently discovered a way to make cash from New York punk before becoming the world's greatest T-shirt sales man.
Other than that, there is not much to shout about. The scumbag touts have pretty much ruined Christmas over here at the Bathroom. One member of the family was desperate to see The Foo Fighters, whilst others had their hearts set on seeing Springsteen. Can you get tickets? No. Were any tickets bought by fans wanting to attend the gigs? No. Were they bought by the filth that populate eBay, sponsored by the promotors and venues, selling fans £40 tickets for £150 plus each? Yep. Now, down here in the Bathroom, like a lot of folk, we are not huge fans of the likes of Ticketmaster charging massive booking fees, but surely it is a better option to pay them a fiver in booking and credit card fees than paying the filthy scum touts their 150% mark-up. They claim that all they are doing is a service. Bullshit. They are profiteering cunts to a man. You see, this is what happens 20 years on after your mum and dad voted in right-wing capitalist bastards. Over here, my old man was dumb enough to vote Conservative in the 80's and blight our society with a greed culture borne from the so-called Free Market Economy (a posh term that just meant 'gimme, gimme, gimme and fuck everyone else). Whilst over in the US, they did exactly the same thing by electing that 'unliterate' (copyright George W Bush) B-Movie idiot actor bozo. Now, I am not saying that scum-sucking tout filth were not around pre-80's, but they weren't there in the same way. And now it gets worse as we are legitimising these bastards by allowing the shady 'secondary market' to flourish with venues, promotors and even the previously seriously anti-tout football clubs are wading in by giving license to the likes of Seat Wave and Viagogo. These bastards may claim legitimacy but they are no different to the cockney wankers that hang about outside venues. The goverment (in the UK at least) managed to stop 99% of all football ticket touting, yet claim that there is nothing they can do about other events. Bullshit. But what can we do? First up, you can stop buying tickets you don't need and selling them on eBay. You can stop buying from eBay, Viagogo, Seat Wave etc and don't buy off touts at venues. Stop telling people that obviously know fuck all about music about the latest 'must see gig' as these are the twats buying up most of these inflated price tickets - so next time you see some pinstripe suite wearing city boy shouting into his bluetooth headset at a gig venue, just kick him and spit in his beer. But if you do want tickets, then check fans forums or even better support ethical ticket exchanges like www.scarletmist.com. I used a ticket exchange last year during the World Cup in Germany and it worked a treat. So power to the people and lets try and get gig going back to being something for the fans.
Bye for now - the next post should be less ranty.
Alex
Other than that, there is not much to shout about. The scumbag touts have pretty much ruined Christmas over here at the Bathroom. One member of the family was desperate to see The Foo Fighters, whilst others had their hearts set on seeing Springsteen. Can you get tickets? No. Were any tickets bought by fans wanting to attend the gigs? No. Were they bought by the filth that populate eBay, sponsored by the promotors and venues, selling fans £40 tickets for £150 plus each? Yep. Now, down here in the Bathroom, like a lot of folk, we are not huge fans of the likes of Ticketmaster charging massive booking fees, but surely it is a better option to pay them a fiver in booking and credit card fees than paying the filthy scum touts their 150% mark-up. They claim that all they are doing is a service. Bullshit. They are profiteering cunts to a man. You see, this is what happens 20 years on after your mum and dad voted in right-wing capitalist bastards. Over here, my old man was dumb enough to vote Conservative in the 80's and blight our society with a greed culture borne from the so-called Free Market Economy (a posh term that just meant 'gimme, gimme, gimme and fuck everyone else). Whilst over in the US, they did exactly the same thing by electing that 'unliterate' (copyright George W Bush) B-Movie idiot actor bozo. Now, I am not saying that scum-sucking tout filth were not around pre-80's, but they weren't there in the same way. And now it gets worse as we are legitimising these bastards by allowing the shady 'secondary market' to flourish with venues, promotors and even the previously seriously anti-tout football clubs are wading in by giving license to the likes of Seat Wave and Viagogo. These bastards may claim legitimacy but they are no different to the cockney wankers that hang about outside venues. The goverment (in the UK at least) managed to stop 99% of all football ticket touting, yet claim that there is nothing they can do about other events. Bullshit. But what can we do? First up, you can stop buying tickets you don't need and selling them on eBay. You can stop buying from eBay, Viagogo, Seat Wave etc and don't buy off touts at venues. Stop telling people that obviously know fuck all about music about the latest 'must see gig' as these are the twats buying up most of these inflated price tickets - so next time you see some pinstripe suite wearing city boy shouting into his bluetooth headset at a gig venue, just kick him and spit in his beer. But if you do want tickets, then check fans forums or even better support ethical ticket exchanges like www.scarletmist.com. I used a ticket exchange last year during the World Cup in Germany and it worked a treat. So power to the people and lets try and get gig going back to being something for the fans.
Bye for now - the next post should be less ranty.
Alex
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