On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, James R. Covey wrote: > shawn writes: > > >T-shirt prices were outrageous. A shirt which you could get from murder > >for $15 would sell for $27 there. How can that be? > > well, the answer seems pretty simple to me. > i would assume that somewhere along the way, someone, > like the promoter or the facility or someone, demanded > a piece of t-shirt sales as a condition of booking the gig.
Thank God they couldn't get a piece of the record sales. Shows are often the best place to buy records. Sonic Unyon has a nice little message printed on all of their CDs "This CD is available for $12 incl. postage by writing to..." Thus, if you see it in a store w/ a huge retail increase tacked on it, you know where you can go. A little Sonic Unyon magazine also explained other reasons why they have that message. > >Hardship Post was just one guitarist, one drummer, and a huge stage. It > >looked really funny, and they were quite boring. It's hard to get > >intimate w/ all that room up there. > > do you mean that hardship post specifically look funny that way, > or you react that way to duos in general? just curious. > i guess having seen the spinanes and the inbreds i'm kinda getting > used to rock duos myself. it is different, both from the norm and > for them, that's for sure. I think it was my reaction to the duo in general on such a large stage. Especially after NXNE in Toronto, I was finding myself quite bored w/ the 2 guitarists, a bassist and a drummer set-up, and I appreciate some deviation from that standard. But I personally prefer larger bands as opposed to the smaller bands. I feel it gives you more options... (but splitting up those small paychecks must be a pain!) Thanks, Shawn Shawn Stackhouse "It's not the band I hate, 3B Actuarial Science - U. of Waterloo It's their fans." [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Coax Me http://www.undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca/~sstackho Sloan
