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Not a big Garth Brooks or C&W fan, but dude did right by KC today......

http://www.kansas.com/news/updates/story/193967.html

Upon first read, it sounds like he just "planned" 9 shows up front - but the way it played out here was he just kept adding shows until everyone that wanted tix got to buy them.
From the news clips, it sounded like he was prepared to go as high as 14 shows if needed.
On top of that he kept his price way down ($25) so all our trailer dwellers could make it as well.

The new Sprint center already has ran 2 othe concerts - both (elton John & Hannah Montanna) sold out within 5 minutes 'tween the phone, web and dorks in line.
In both cases only 4,000 or so of 11,000 tix actually went to the public - lux boxes, fan clubs (read brokers) and the like got first dibs.
What did make it to the sale date was gobbled up by the secondary market (read brokers)
The HM one was really tough on all the parents with daughters who couldn't shell out $250 or more to the scalpers.

All about the capitalism thing, but the brokers seem to have an in to busting through ticketmasters software.
They let loose the bots and that's that.

Anyway - rack Garth for actually giving a shit .

KC Scott wrote:All about the capitalism thing, but the brokers seem to have an in to busting through ticketmasters software.
They let loose the bots and that's that.

there was a writup in the wall street journal friday how ticketmaster is suing a bunch of companies who make the software that allow scalpers to do that shit and they rent the software to scalping companies. completely explains how one minute after tickets went on sale, the sat night of a three day stint for the arcade fire at the chicago theatre was sold out. it is literally impossible for 4,000 tickets to be sold in one minute.

KC Scott wrote:The HM one was really tough on all the parents with daughters who couldn't shell out $250 or more to the scalpers.

How was it tough? Sounds like a win/win to me. You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

Oh, and Garth Brooks is one smart dude. By scheduling 9 dates in the same place, he's able to cut his overall cost per show and score a nice PR coup at the same time. Props are in order though for the fact that he's not a greedy motherfucker like say The Police or Genesis were in charging 100+ for their gigs.

Problem is, all those ticket holders have to listen to Garth Brooks--perhaps the most homogenized crap ever to seep out of the colon of the music industry. Personally, I'm going to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate park today, free with lots of excellent musicians, while avoiding the Blue Angels' pointless display of tricks and stunts with flying attack machines, etc.

gawd I'd love to see the angel's strafe those fuggin' hippies. maybe a coupla strafing runs followed with a little napalm.

i'll bet the same thing's prolly going through the minds of those fighter jocks as they look down on that collection of shit.

LTS TRN 2 wrote:Problem is, all those ticket holders have to listen to Garth Brooks--perhaps the most homogenized crap ever to seep out of the colon of the music industry. Personally, I'm going to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate park today, free with lots of excellent musicians, while avoiding the Blue Angels' pointless display of tricks and stunts with flying attack machines, etc.

Thanks for outing yourself as a fucking lowlife Communist pig.

smackaholic wrote:gawd I'd love to see the angel's strafe those fuggin' hippies. maybe a coupla strafing runs followed with a little napalm.

i'll bet the same thing's prolly going through the minds of those fighter jocks as they look down on that collection of shit.

RACK!

BSmack wrote: You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

^^^ Not a parent yet, and you really shouldn't be with that attitude.

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote: You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

^^^ Not a parent yet, and you really shouldn't be with that attitude.

I pray each and every day that NEVER happens....the LAST thing we need on this earth is MORE tree-hugging losers.

RevLimiter wrote:

LTS TRN 2 wrote:Problem is, all those ticket holders have to listen to Garth Brooks--perhaps the most homogenized crap ever to seep out of the colon of the music industry. Personally, I'm going to the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in Golden Gate park today, free with lots of excellent musicians, while avoiding the Blue Angels' pointless display of tricks and stunts with flying attack machines, etc.

Thanks for outing yourself as a fucking lowlife Communist pig.

I think he did that quite a few years ago.

RevLimiter wrote:

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote: You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

^^^ Not a parent yet, and you really shouldn't be with that attitude.

I pray each and every day that NEVER happens....the LAST thing we need on this earth is MORE tree-hugging losers.

Yeah, what we really need is some more Twinkie-harfing grease buckets.

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote: You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

^^^ Not a parent yet, and you really shouldn't be with that attitude.

What attitude? The attitude that the best lesson your child can learn is that they are not the center of the fucking Universe? Lemme guess, your kid made you buy her front row seats to Backstreet Boys? Shit, I bet you know all their songs by now.

BSmack wrote: What attitude?

The attitude that the kid that you don't have is a "brat" because you try to provide for them and make them happy.

The attitude that the best lesson your child can learn is that they are not the center of the fucking Universe?

They're not? :?

Well, thank you for that bit of parental wisdom, Dr. Phil. I'll be sure to let my 19 year old daughter know that when she comes back home from college for Thanksgiving. She'll be devastated to learn that all this time she wasn't the "center of the fucking Universe".

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote: What attitude?

The attitude that the kid that you don't have is a "brat" because you try to provide for them and make them happy.

If you think "making your kids happy" involves springing for 200 dollar concert tickets, kindly go unfuck yourself. The day I spend that kind of money on a 13 year old's concert tickets is the day you wear a #24 t-shirt at your local Fence Menders Anonymous meeting.

War Wagon wrote: I'll be sure to let my 19 year old daughter know that when she comes back home from college for Thanksgiving. She'll be devastated to learn that all this time she wasn't the "center of the fucking Universe".

Don't get all high and mighty, here. Your daughter is busy getting gangbanged at a small christian college.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

Screw_Michigan wrote:

War Wagon wrote: I'll be sure to let my 19 year old daughter know that when she comes back home from college for Thanksgiving. She'll be devastated to learn that all this time she wasn't the "center of the fucking Universe".

Don't get all high and mighty, here. Your daughter is busy getting gangbanged at a small christian college.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

His daughter is a flannel-wearing carpet-muncher. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Goober McTuber wrote:

Screw_Michigan wrote:

War Wagon wrote: I'll be sure to let my 19 year old daughter know that when she comes back home from college for Thanksgiving. She'll be devastated to learn that all this time she wasn't the "center of the fucking Universe".

Don't get all high and mighty, here. Your daughter is busy getting gangbanged at a small christian college.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

His daughter is a flannel-wearing carpet-muncher. Sorry to burst your bubble.

I stand corrected. She must be having a lot of fun there.

WW's kid drives a Jeep Wrangler, eh?

Maybe in the U & L. In the Midwest, it's a Subaru Brokeback.

Goober McTuber wrote:

Screw_Michigan wrote:

War Wagon wrote: I'll be sure to let my 19 year old daughter know that when she comes back home from college for Thanksgiving. She'll be devastated to learn that all this time she wasn't the "center of the fucking Universe".

Don't get all high and mighty, here. Your daughter is busy getting gangbanged at a small christian college.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

His daughter is a flannel-wearing carpet-muncher. Sorry to burst your bubble.

I think he meant Strap-On Gangbang......

BSmack wrote: If you think "making your kids happy" involves springing for 200 dollar concert tickets, kindly go unfuck yourself.

Buying her overpriced concert tickets isn't what I was referring to.

Now then, $200 for a TPX or Louisville Slugger softball bat is completely within reason.

Point is that parents will sacrifice damn near anything to provide for their children. Do they go overboard sometimes? Sure, but there's nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't necessarily make the kid a "brat".

Don’t waste your time trying to argue such topics with the childless, Whitey. They’ll just never understand.

Screw_Michigan wrote: She must be having a lot of fun there.

Indeed.

War Wagon wrote:

BSmack wrote:If you think "making your kids happy" involves springing for 200 dollar concert tickets, kindly go unfuck yourself.

Buying her overpriced concert tickets isn't what I was referring to.

It's what I was referring to. Allow me to rehash.

BSmack wrote:

KC Scott wrote:The HM one was really tough on all the parents with daughters who couldn't shell out $250 or more to the scalpers.

How was it tough? Sounds like a win/win to me. You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

Now think VERY carefully. Do you agree with that or not?

Now then, $200 for a TPX or Louisville Slugger softball bat is completely within reason.

I guess it is if you're a dumbfuck. I was able to score 300 lbs of Olympic weights, an incline/decline bench and a half cage for 180 off Craigslist. You're telling me that a single bat can't be had for less than that? Or are you one of those who would rather drive to the local big box sporting goods store than take a little extra time and effort to shop around?

Point is that parents will sacrifice damn near anything to provide for their children. Do they go overboard sometimes? Sure, but there's nothing wrong with that, and it doesn't necessarily make the kid a "brat".

Buying every toy, gadget or concert ticket your kid wants has nothing to do with "providing for your children" and has everything to do with fostering a sense of undue entitlement. Which does make said child a brat.

buying juiced up bats might make sense for league softball dude. I doubt it makes any sense though for slappy softball chick, even if her softball talents are helping pay for college.

BSmack wrote:

KC Scott wrote:The HM one was really tough on all the parents with daughters who couldn't shell out $250 or more to the scalpers.

How was it tough? Sounds like a win/win to me. You don't have to shuttle the brat to the show AND you get to teach a valuable lesson about how doing without builds character.

Now think VERY carefully. Do you agree with that or not?

No, I don't agree.

1. Scotts take is that it was tough since the face value of the HM tickets was only about $50 but ticket brokers jacked the prices up to $250.

2. You suggest that any parent who takes their kid to this or any concert is shuttling a "brat".

3. Going or not going doesn't build character. Doing without doesn't build character, anymore than doing with creates a lack thereof.

You're telling me that a single bat can't be had for less than that?

Yes, No, maybe, who gives a fuck? I was simply making a toungue in cheek comparison, and you want to get all anal about it?

Buying every toy, gadget or concert ticket your kid wants has nothing to do with "providing for your children" and has everything to do with fostering a sense of undue entitlement. Which does make said child a brat.

Whatever. That's what grandparents are for, anyway. My daughter wasn't spoiled by any means, and she never asked for much or anything beyond reason. But what she did ask for, if I could afford it, she got it.

Bwa-haha.

I no sooner hit submit on the above when I get a call from her saying she wants a new cell phone.

Me: What's wrong with your old phone, the one you're using right now?

Her: Oh, nothing... but I want an upgrade.

Me: I don't know...

Her: But daaad, my birthday's coming up in a few weeks.

Me: So how much is this going to cost me?

Her: About $75

Me: I'm not sure, some guy on T1B said that doing without builds character...

Her: Screw that A-hole.

Me: Yeah, you're right. Go ahead and order it online, and have them bill my account. Happy 20th Birthday, sweetie.

Her: Thanks, Dad!!!

War Wagon wrote:No, I don't agree.

1. Scotts take is that it was tough since the face value of the HM tickets was only about $50 but ticket brokers jacked the prices up to $250.

There's one way to stop ticket brokers. And that's not to pay their prices. I'd say it is a pretty safe bet that parents in KC are not taking my advice.

http://www.stubhub.com/hannah-montana-t ... _id=445783

2. You suggest that any parent who takes their kid to this or any concert is shuttling a "brat".

If said parent is paying ticket broker prices for the ducat? Hell yea.

3. Going or not going doesn't build character. Doing without doesn't build character, anymore than doing with creates a lack thereof.

No, going without for a reason builds character. In this case, because paying 1,000% more for Hanna Montana tickets than tickets to a comparable show 20 years ago cost is just plain retarded.

Yes, No, maybe, who gives a fuck? I was simply making a toungue in cheek comparison, and you want to get all anal about it?

But it's OK for you to get your fencing in a knot because I called some kids you don't even know brats?

Whatever. That's what grandparents are for, anyway. My daughter wasn't spoiled by any means, and she never asked for much or anything beyond reason. But what she did ask for, if I could afford it, she got it.

Dude, you didn't even have enough money for central air or proper fencing. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY thinks your little girl was spoiled.

Mace wrote:
Is that your daughter, WW? Nice rotational swing......she's obviously worked very hard to perfect it. I may copy that picture and post it in our dressing room so that my players can see how a girl can have such a pretty swing while theirs are so pathetic....naww, I won't do that.

Yeppers, that's her Mace, and yes, she has worked hard developing that swing. Those hitting lessons at $50 per half hour didn't hurt either. Money well spent. She's definitely not a slap hitter, doesn't have the wheels, and that ball you see coming off her bat is a line drive into the right-center field gap for a 2 out, 2 RBI double.

The end of that play:

Goober McTuber wrote:

Screw_Michigan wrote:

War Wagon wrote: I'll be sure to let my 19 year old daughter know that when she comes back home from college for Thanksgiving. She'll be devastated to learn that all this time she wasn't the "center of the fucking Universe".

Don't get all high and mighty, here. Your daughter is busy getting gangbanged at a small christian college.

Sorry to burst your bubble.

His daughter is a flannel-wearing carpet-muncher. Sorry to burst your bubble.

Who said the gangbang was voluntary? That's where the $200 TPX might come in handy.

Check out the slack-jawed behemoth straddling the fence in the dugout. God, I hope WW's daughter isn't curling up next to that beast at night, which looks like a gumpy male college football cheerleader.

Rack WW and thank G&G (google & gatorade) that Bri has eaten himself out of any future chance of natural reproduction.

BSmack wrote:
I guess it is if you're a dumbfuck. I was able to score 300 lbs of Olympic weights, an incline/decline bench and a half cage for 180 off Craigslist.

Who carried then to the truck for you?
Which tarp are you trying to hold down?
Your fat one key pecking ass wouldn't fit on a normal bench.
30,000 posts and a case of cheetos say that bench is staging area for for your XXXL t-shirts inside a month

KC Scott wrote:Rack WW and thank G&G (google & gatorade) that Bri has eaten himself out of any future chance of natural reproduction.

Don't be too sure about that.

BTW: I've been using the weights for the past 3 months. You probably don't remember me saying that once I moved into the new house I was going to turn the basement into a home gym. Well, I now have a preacher bench, a half cage with a lat pull down system, a treadmill, a standard incline bench with a fly attachment, 140 lbs of standard weights, two dumbell bars, 300 lbs of Olympic weights and a curling bar. And if my latest Craigslist find pans out, I'll be adding a triceps bar and 70 lbs of Olympic weights to the gym.

And yea, I carried all that shit in and set it up.

No more listening to My Humps or whatever other garbage is the flavor of the month at the gym. And no more waiting for equipment while some douchebag is gabbing with his buddy while sitting on the machine. In fact, no more machines for the most part since I now have the setup to lift with free weights safely. And next spring, when the gym membership comes up for renewal, I'll take great pleasure in telling the telemarketer errrrr "trainer" that I no longer require their services.

Sure, my music rubs its palsied muzzle on the window pane of Buck Owens' latrine, but I can hit better than a girl!

e wrote:

BSmack wrote: No more listening to My Humps or whatever other garbage is the flavor of the month at the gym.

psst....that Curves place is for women

It might as well have been that Curves place. But it was 200 bucks a year through my workplace. So I dealt with it for as long as I had to.

Unless the B-smack I met years ago has had an amazing
transformation--I find all this talk about exercise laughable !!
How did the smoking cessation work out Bri ??

Wolfman wrote:Unless the B-smack I met years ago has had an amazing
transformation--I find all this talk about exercise laughable !!
How did the smoking cessation work out Bri ??

Let's just say that I'm not the guy you met in 1997. A lot of shit has changed since the days of Elba and Smack Chat I. Though I see you're still a weak ass driveby fuck.

BSmack wrote:

Wolfman wrote:Unless the B-smack I met years ago has had an amazing
transformation--I find all this talk about exercise laughable !!
How did the smoking cessation work out Bri ??

Let's just say that I'm not the guy you met in 1997. A lot of shit has changed since the days of Elba and Smack Chat I.

I'm not fat anymore, either

Sin,

KCcut-n-paste

BSmack wrote:A lot of shit has changed since the days of Elba and Smack Chat I.

Just pay back Wolfman the money you owe him and end this stupid feud. Enough already.
Holy shit.

KC Scott wrote:

BSmack wrote:Let's just say that I'm not the guy you met in 1997. A lot of shit has changed since the days of Elba and Smack Chat I.

I'm not fat anymore, either

Sin,

KCcut-n-paste

I can't speak for Paul, just myself. For me, a lot has changed since 1997. Namely, I decided that I'd rather grow old with my wife than make her a widow for the last 20 years of her life. I'm already 10 years older than her and the actuarial tables are making me spot her another 6 years or so. Simply put, when I got married, I realized that I had to work twice as hard if I was going to ever have a chance of celebrating a 50th wedding anniversary with her. Which I would very much like to do. So I put the work in every day.

5 years ago, I was a candidate for high blood pressure, high cholesterol and diabetes. Now I'm sporting a BP of 110 over 70, a resting pulse rate of 70 bpm, my sugar and cholesterol are all good and I've managed to avoid the necessity of taking any medication other than my allergy meds. As for my level of fitness, I can walk 18 holes on a summer day while carrying my bag and my back 9 score stays within 3 strokes or less of my front 9 score. For a 41 year old guy, I figure that's a pretty good start. But I'm by no means finished. That's why I have all that gear in my basement.