2 posts tagged “shows”

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Ouch, Ticketmaster. That hurt.

Aug 26, 2007
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Just got my tickets for the New Pornographers / Spoon show at Warehouse Live November 1st. My excitement for the show is dampened a bit in light of the bill for the tickets. Holy crap:


Item	Charge
Spoon W/ the New Pornographers
FULL PRICE ADULT	US $25.00 x 2
Convenience Charge	US $8.00 x 2

Delivery (Standard Mail)	No Charge
Order Processing Fee	US $5.25
Additional Taxes	US $1.32

Total Charges	US $72.57

That's the most I've paid for a show in a long, long time. And I'm not sure what the processing fee is for. That seems new. I guess it's Ticketmaster's way of admitting the "convenience charge" actually doesn't account for any added value at all.

Sir, the $5.25 pays for our administration costs in providing this service to you. The $8 charge simply represents the amount we are able to charge you because we have illegally restrained competition in your area. It's a monopoly fee. Enjoy your show.

Thank you, Ticketmaster. May I have another?

Down with the Scene (July 26, 2003)

Jan 26, 2007
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On July 26, 2003, Matt Brownlee's ambitious local music fest, Down with the Scene, went down as perhaps the most amazingly fun show I can remember seeing in Houston. For one day, Walter's, Mary Jane's (RIP), and Silky's (also RIP), played host to the best of Houston music, with some killer Austin / San Antonio / Dallas bands thrown in.

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The lineup, so far as can be gleaned from this photo, was as follows:

Walter's
Chasmatic (now known as Bright Men of Learning)
Baboon
DJ Scuba Gooding Jr.
Knife in the Water
Groceries (now Bring Back the Guns)
The Skullening

Mary Jane's
Modulator
The Truth
Woozyhelmet
Lights out on Sound
Jana Hunter
Octopus Project

Silky's
The Jonx
Act of God
Defend the Ghetto
Benway
Swarm of Angels
Fatal Flyin' Guilloteens

The reason for this post, aside from the shameless wallowing in nostalgia, is that I have a ton of pics from the event I'd like to share. Below are just a few choice selections. The entire set is available on Flickr.

Mr. Brownlee (Stop Matthew) later introduced a series of smaller shows featuring local and regional bands that was also called Down with the Scene. For details on those shows, click here. I'm missing a few links for some of the bands above. If you can help me out with that, or you have other information about this show, let me know, and I'll edit this post accordingly.