mo’ on march

February 25, 2009

Looks like it’s Mr. Smalls, in Pittsburgh on the 27th. A smart guy might then guess 8×10, Baltimore on the 26th since it’s an open date over there.

{ 13 comments… read them below or add one }

1 Saygracenow February 25, 2009 at 1:35 pm

GPN plus Blues and Lasers!

2 Todd February 25, 2009 at 2:05 pm

uhh … Pittsburg and baltimore aren’t really close 8*(

3 carrjo2 February 25, 2009 at 2:19 pm

If you were real smart you see the 25th is open at the 8×10 and The Recher is open on the 26th.

4 k. cortez February 25, 2009 at 2:24 pm

The 25th is taken by the Albany show. Recher is certainly possible.

5 Vtshome February 25, 2009 at 3:14 pm

Where are the F…..N New England shows?

6 k. cortez February 25, 2009 at 3:17 pm

March 25th, Revolution Hall, Troy, NY

7 Saygracenow February 25, 2009 at 3:39 pm

Dave- Start reading between the lines.

8 snowbird February 25, 2009 at 4:28 pm

I’m with Dave – where are the shows that us Vermonters can easily get to?

Pearl St in Northampton would a good one!!

9 k. cortez February 25, 2009 at 4:38 pm

According to Google Maps
Burlington, VT – Troy, NY = 149 miles
Burlington, VT – Northampton, MA = 191 miles

10 snowbird February 25, 2009 at 6:11 pm

Perhaps – but – I’m not in Burlington – I’m over on the NH side of the state right on I-91. Troy is one big pain in the butt to get to for me – call me selfish – but I’d love to see Northampton in there!

11 Kired February 25, 2009 at 6:37 pm

561 mile for me to get there, so quit yer belly achin! :)

12 k. cortez February 25, 2009 at 7:46 pm

Here’s how one guy does it.

Coulton realized he could simply poll his existing online audience members, find out where they lived and stage a tactical strike on any town with more than 100 fans, the point at which he’d be likely to make $1,000 for a concert. It is a flash-mob approach to touring: he parachutes into out-of-the-way towns like Ardmore, Pa., where he recently played to a sold-out club of 140.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/magazine/13audience-t.html

13 Karen February 26, 2009 at 10:02 am

A lengthy and interesting article. These are two (of many) selections that stood out for me:

>>“Yet this phenomenon isn’t merely about money and business models. In many ways, the Internet’s biggest impact on artists is emotional. When you have thousands of fans interacting with you electronically, it can feel as if you’re on stage 24 hours a day. “I vacillate so much on this,” Tad Kubler told me one evening in March. “I’m like, I want to keep some privacy, some sense of mystery. But I also want to have this intimacy with our fans. And I’m not sure you can have both.””

>>“In “The Catcher in the Rye,” J. D. Salinger wrote about how reading a good book makes you want to call up the author and chat with him, which neatly predicted the modern online urge; but Salinger, a committed recluse, wouldn’t last a minute in this confessional new world. Neither would, say, Margo Timmins of the Cowboy Junkies, a singer who was initially so intimidated by a crowd that she would sit facing the back of the stage. What happens to art when people like that are chased away?”

Have to say that this article has given me a lot to think about.

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