From: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org (mad-mission-digest) To: mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Subject: mad-mission-digest V11 #26 Reply-To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sender: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-mad-mission-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk * If you ever wish to unsubscribe, send an email to * mad-mission-digest-request@smoe.org * with ONLY the word unsubscribe in the body of the email * . * For the latest information on Patty's tour dates, go to: * http://www.pattygriffin.net/PattyInConcertDB.php * OR * go to http://www.atorecords.com * . * PLEASE :) when you reply to this digest to send a post TO the list, * change the subject to reflect what your post is about. A subject * of Re: mad-mission-digest V8 #___ gives readers no clue * as to what your message is about. * Also, PLEASE do not quote an entire digest when you reply to the * list. Edit out anything you are not referring to. mad-mission-digest Monday, January 29 2007 Volume 11 : Number 026 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: MM: Patty at Schuba's [Sandi Campbell ] MM: Boston show ["Becca Jarry" ] Re: MM: Boston show [kaycee973@aol.com] Re: MM: Boston show [Jennifer Lynn Caputo ] Re: MM: Boston show/"instant sell-outs" ["Lawrence Israelson" Subject: Re: MM: Patty at Schuba's I don't believe Patrick could have said it any better. I truly enjoyed Saturday night's show, and am looking even more forward to next week's release (as if it were even possible to look forward to it more than I already did). As I am due with my first child at the end of February, it is probable that I won't have the opportunity to see Patty in March, so this small venue treat was quite wonderful! And I must add, it seemed my son was enjoying the show through my belly as well, so here's to the next generation of Patty fans! -Sandi Patrick Monaghan wrote: Hi all. I've been a lurker for a few years. Finally took the time to sit down and write something about last night's wonderful show at Schuba's and thought I'd share, especially since it was such a tiny crowd there last night. Hope it helps capture the evening. Hope this is the right address. You can also find the text on our blog at http:// sakistore.blogspot.com/ if you like HTML better. Yours in Pattyness, patrick A Perfect Chicago January Night with Patty Griffin and Friends "Somewhere beyond the bitter end is where I want to be."--Useless Desires Few artists bring me greater joy than Patty Griffin performing live, an event that could only be made better by the rare opportunity to see her play at a small club like Schuba's, one of my favorite music rooms. To our great glee, the room was not oversold and even though we missed opener Ryan Bingham -- thanks North Pond Cafe -- we still ended up with prime spots next to the sound booth. During the set, the room was lit only with the candles lining the walls and the stage lights. On this chilly Chicago winter night, the mood was set perfectly. The small crowd brimmed with hardcore Patty fans, and when the cheers went up as she took the stage, I was again reminded that over half of her audience is female. An always refreshing change to the male- dominated audiences at most indie rock shows. Her first song was a solo piano version of "Kite," with her typical captivatingly strong vocal performance that immediately claimed the audience for the rest of her set. As the crowd applauded, I turned to my friend John and said, "Take that Norah Jones." To my amusement, WXRT DJ Terri Hemmert was standing on the other side of John and replied, "Amen to that!" Now, I loved Norah's last album as much as the next guy, and more than the 7 million people who bought her first album but skipped it's superior little sister, but Patty can capture the same mood while attacking with a ragged (white) soul edge that Norah either lacks or chooses not to show. We were treated to many new songs, including the new single "Heavenly Day," that impressed much more live when imbued with the strength of her vocal performance that didn't come through for me in the same way on the MP3. "Stay on the Ride" hit with an unexpectedly funky bridge and a matter of fact delivery that turned into a growl. "Trapeze" is a beautiful down tempo number about an older trapeze performer that she said was from a childhood memory. The highlight among her new songs was not the single, but the Richie Havens-esque acoustic strumming barn burner "No Bad News," that featured Patty on acoustic guitar and the rest of the quartet gleefully on percussion. Sprinkled in with her brand new songs and stuff from her last two albums were songs from her unreleased gem "Silver Bell," including "Making Pies," "Standing," "Top of the World," the perfect finale on a cold, snowing Chicago Saturday night, "Icicles" and the encore closer "Truth #2," which I don't think I've ever heard her perform live. If only the stars would align for a release of this treasure, which I can only assume remains buried thanks to record label selfishness and ineptitude. There are some songs sung by some performers, that when I hear them, I always think, "Well, if I get hit by a bus after leaving the show tonight, I will die happy." Some performers and songs mesh so perfectly that they approach transcendence nearly every time -- Megan Reilly's "On a Plane," Alejandro Escovedo's "Five Hearts Breaking," The Handsome Family's "Weightless Again," Jimmie Dale Gilmore's "Dallas," Joe Ely playing Butch Hancock's "If You Were a Bluebird," and Patty singing "Useless Desires." During that song last night, though she forgot the lyrics of the first verse and a line near the end, her version left me close enough to speechless that all I could vocalize was "Wow." After she stopped to try to remember the lyrics and started back up again from the top, the crowd sang along so loudly that they filled in where Patty couldn't. And somehow through all that, or maybe because of it, she managed to pull off a version of one of her best songs so heartfelt that it took my breath away. Her music and performances frequently speak to the most non-white part of me. I appreciate and love soul, jazz, blues and R'n'B, but am admittedly hamstrung by my Irish heritage. I am white through and through. Surprisingly for a white girl from New England singing country-tinged songs, Patty's music draws on the wellspring of gospel and soul that is channeled through her singular voice -- a voice that captures that non-white musical lineage and turns it loose. She approaches the barrier of my Whiteness from the inside and threatens to burst outward through the wall Miles, Clinton, Coltrane, Sly, Marley and even Hendrix have been unable to breach from the outside after thirty years of trying. After the show, Julia said that Patty performs with the perfect combination of the hard and the soft. I agree and would add that she is just as masterful at melding the rough with the smooth. And it is that consciousness and mastery of dynamic range, timbre and her stylistic palette that make her such a unique combination of performer, musician and songwriter. Patty talked about the huge ice storm that hit Austin a few weeks ago and how her band was supposed to have gathered there to spend a week rehearsing for this tour. While she loved the break from routine that the storm gave her, she pointed out that their week of rehearsals had been cut to only two days. If Patty and band were as close to transcendence as they were on Saturday night after only two days of practice with their new bass player (and cellist!), I can't wait to see them after two months of touring when they return at the end of March as promised. Even so, I'm not sure they'll be able to top this Chicago Saturday night. - --------------- patrick monaghan carrot top records, inc./ctd, ltd./sakistore.net chi il us ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:47:44 -0500 From: "Becca Jarry" Subject: MM: Boston show I don't know if anyone on the list managed to get tickets for this show, but it just seems that they have been nearly impossible to buy. First, the tickets became available and then sold out in 4 minutes. It's a small venue, so ok, that seems somewhat likely. Next, the Lizard Lounge website announces that some tickets "may" become available closer to the date of the show, but you'll just have to wait and see. This weekend, the venue and the ticket sales site, Virtuous, announced some tickets would in fact be available for sale Monday the 29th, at noontime. The show is Tuesday night, so seemingly a last minute change occurred and magically, some tickets manifested. The Lizard Lounge site even went so far as to say it was due to "last minute cancellations." Yeah, right. Well, today at noon, I was ready to try my luck at purchasing these tickets. No sooner had I gotten my order typed in, I was told tickets were sold out. SOLD OUT! In less than ONE MINUTE! Maybe I don't know how these things work, but it seems crazy that however many tickets were in fact available, they would be sold out in 48 seconds. I realize that this is a mini tour for Patty. I realize that there are a very small number of tickets to begin with. I also realize she is not responsible for ticket sales herself. But tickets selling out both times so quickly is crap. I hope that anyone from this list who is going to tomorrow night's show has a wonderful time and knows how lucky they are. I also hope that the audiences of these "mini shows" are full of her true fans who got lucky buying tickets and not seat fillers who were given tickets from her management or whoever else and aren't grateful to be there. Arrrgh. Sorry for the rant. But I'm truly disappointed. B ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:15:45 -0500 From: kaycee973@aol.com Subject: Re: MM: Boston show At least you have the opportunity to purchase tickets. Here in NY for the Angel Oresanz theater show, its by invite only, and you have to join the artists den in order to be POSSIBLY (not gauranteed) score an invite. The artists den has so graciously set aside some tickets for the fans. However, these are still unavailable for purchase, but hey... I can enter a drawing to maybe WIN one... How does this seem ok to Patty and her management? Her fans .. who are willing to pay for tickets to support her and show love... who have been waiting with baited breath for her to go on tour, to hear her sing her new songs.... are unable to get in to see her. I love the small venue ideas... but there is a such thing as TOO small when the fans, some of whom have been there since the beginning, cant get in ... Im annoyed. Kim - -----Original Message----- From: beccajarry@gmail.com To: mad-mission@smoe.org Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:47 PM Subject: MM: Boston show I don't know if anyone on the list managed to get tickets for this show, but it just seems that they have been nearly impossible to buy. First, the tickets became available and then sold out in 4 minutes. It's a small venue, so ok, that seems somewhat likely. Next, the Lizard Lounge website announces that some tickets "may" become available closer to the date of the show, but you'll just have to wait and see. This weekend, the venue and the ticket sales site, Virtuous, announced some tickets would in fact be available for sale Monday the 29th, at noontime. The show is Tuesday night, so seemingly a last minute change occurred and magically, some tickets manifested. The Lizard Lounge site even went so far as to say it was due to "last minute cancellations." Yeah, right. Well, today at noon, I was ready to try my luck at purchasing these tickets. No sooner had I gotten my order typed in, I was told tickets were sold out. SOLD OUT! In less than ONE MINUTE! Maybe I don't know how these things work, but it seems crazy that however many tickets were in fact available, they would be sold out in 48 seconds. I realize that this is a mini tour for Patty. I realize that there are a very small number of tickets to begin with. I also realize she is not responsible for ticket sales herself. But tickets selling out both times so quickly is crap. I hope that anyone from this list who is going to tomorrow night's show has a wonderful time and knows how lucky they are. I also hope that the audiences of these "mini shows" are full of her true fans who got lucky buying tickets and not seat fillers who were given tickets from her management or whoever else and aren't grateful to be there. Arrrgh. Sorry for the rant. But I'm truly disappointed. B ________________________________________________________________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:55:58 -0500 (EST) From: Jennifer Lynn Caputo Subject: Re: MM: Boston show Kim, It might not be much consolidation but the good news is, nobody has to really worry about missing this show - it is being taped by no less than 10 HD cameras and will air on one of the big HD Networks in the fall!!! And don't worry, Patty will be back to NY shortly. For more info on the taping: http://www.pattygriffin.net/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?num=1170096900/0 Jen - ---- http://jencaputo.typepad.com http://www.jencaputo.com On Mon, 29 Jan 2007, kaycee973@aol.com wrote: > At least you have the opportunity to purchase tickets. Here in NY for the Angel Oresanz theater show, its by invite only, and you have to join the artists den in order to be POSSIBLY (not gauranteed) score an invite. The artists den has so graciously set aside some tickets for the fans. However, these are still unavailable for purchase, but hey... I can enter a drawing to maybe WIN one... > > How does this seem ok to Patty and her management? Her fans .. who are willing to pay for tickets to support her and show love... who have been waiting with baited breath for her to go on tour, to hear her sing her new songs.... are unable to get in to see her. > > I love the small venue ideas... but there is a such thing as TOO small when the fans, some of whom have been there since the beginning, cant get in ... > > Im annoyed. > Kim > > > -----Original Message----- > From: beccajarry@gmail.com > To: mad-mission@smoe.org > Sent: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:47 PM > Subject: MM: Boston show > > > I don't know if anyone on the list managed to get tickets for this show, but > it just seems that they have been nearly impossible to buy. > First, the tickets became available and then sold out in 4 minutes. It's a > small venue, so ok, that seems somewhat likely. > Next, the Lizard Lounge website announces that some tickets "may" become > available closer to the date of the show, but you'll just have to wait and > see. > This weekend, the venue and the ticket sales site, Virtuous, announced some > tickets would in fact be available for sale Monday the 29th, at noontime. > The show is Tuesday night, so seemingly a last minute change occurred and > magically, some tickets manifested. The Lizard Lounge site even went so far > as to say it was due to "last minute cancellations." Yeah, right. > Well, today at noon, I was ready to try my luck at purchasing these > tickets. No sooner had I gotten my order typed in, I was told tickets were > sold out. SOLD OUT! In less than ONE MINUTE! Maybe I don't know how these > things work, but it seems crazy that however many tickets were in fact > available, they would be sold out in 48 seconds. > I realize that this is a mini tour for Patty. I realize that there are a > very small number of tickets to begin with. I also realize she is not > responsible for ticket sales herself. > But tickets selling out both times so quickly is crap. I hope that anyone > from this list who is going to tomorrow night's show has a wonderful time > and knows how lucky they are. I also hope that the audiences of these "mini > shows" are full of her true fans who got lucky buying tickets and not seat > fillers who were given tickets from her management or whoever else and > aren't grateful to be there. > Arrrgh. Sorry for the rant. But I'm truly disappointed. > B > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 11:03:32 -0800 From: "Lawrence Israelson" Subject: Re: MM: Boston show/"instant sell-outs" No "inside information" to offer here, but I know how you feel. When sufficiently interested, I rarely miss out on a web-based offering, but here in L.A. there are occasional high-demand shows (such as the Stones or Springsteen in venues with fewer than 2,000 seats) that seem to sell out instantly. Every time this happens, after I've spent the five minutes prior to the release constantly refreshing my browser and typing and clicking as fast as humanly possible, I'm left to ponder in disbelief that apparently hundreds of people were somehow faster than me. If you are planning and/or willing to attend this show alone, however, one strategy that nearly always works for me is to simply show up at the venue a couple hours before showtime and start asking everybody in sight if they have an extra ticket. It seems there's alway somebody with a friend that cancelled at the last minute or whatever, and these people are usually grateful to simply recoup the face value that they paid. (This approach may also work if you need multiple tickets, but if the seating is reserved you will probably not be able to sit with your companions.) It's also a good idea to carry a combination of bills so that you will have exact change for whatever price you agree on. I usually keep the amount that I would prefer to pay in my wallet, and any extra cash that I might grudgingly add in a separate pocket, because flashing my wallet and saying "All I have on me is $25" can often determine the market. A word of caution: although most sellers you will meet this way are honest and on the level, don't walk away without ensuring (to the best of your ability) that the ticket is genuine. I've heard some really sad stories from people who ended up with tickets to the previous night's performance or a "header stub" instead of an actual ticket. If you want to start searching for tickets now, craigslist.org is also an excellent resource. Although many scalpers certainly use craigslist, too, as showtime draws near you may also find highly-motivated regular folks who just want to avoid getting stuck with an unused ticket. Good luck, Larry I in LA <-----Original Message-----> From: Becca Jarry [beccajarry@gmail.com] Sent: 1/29/2007 9:47:44 AM To: mad-mission@smoe.org;mad-mission@smoe.org Subject: MM: Boston show I don't know if anyone on the list managed to get tickets for this show, but it just seems that they have been nearly impossible to buy. First, the tickets became available and then sold out in 4 minutes. It's a small venue, so ok, that seems somewhat likely. Next, the Lizard Lounge website announces that some tickets "may" become available closer to the date of the show, but you'll just have to wait and see. This weekend, the venue and the ticket sales site, Virtuous, announced some tickets would in fact be available for sale Monday the 29th, at noontime. The show is Tuesday night, so seemingly a last minute change occurred and magically, some tickets manifested. The Lizard Lounge site even went so far as to say it was due to "last minute cancellations." Yeah, right. Well, today at noon, I was ready to try my luck at purchasing these tickets. No sooner had I gotten my order typed in, I was told tickets were sold out. SOLD OUT! In less than ONE MINUTE! Maybe I don't know how these things work, but it seems crazy that however many tickets were in fact available, they would be sold out in 48 seconds. I realize that this is a mini tour for Patty. I realize that there are a very small number of tickets to begin with. I also realize she is not responsible for ticket sales herself. But tickets selling out both times so quickly is crap. I hope that anyone from this list who is going to tomorrow night's show has a wonderful time and knows how lucky they are. I also hope that the audiences of these "mini shows" are full of her true fans who got lucky buying tickets and not seat fillers who were given tickets from her management or whoever else and aren't grateful to be there. Arrrgh. Sorry for the rant. But I'm truly disappointed. B . Accredited Online Doctoral Degrees Find online doctorates from accredited colleges. Browse subjects.

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