Tag: mosessumney
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Why Are Concerts So Expensive?

Here are the notes for this week’s (6/13) podcast. Thanks for listening to the episode (links below). JarFive Vintage Pour – Ray Charles passing away 20 years ago this week. Here are the references for the segment on ticket prices: References: https://fortune.com/2024/06/05/funflation-concerts-canceled-summer-economy/ https://www.axios.com/2022/09/02/live-event-ticket-sales-concerts https://www.vox.com/money/24159044/concert-tickets-ticketmaster-scalpers-expensive https://www.cbsnews.com/news/taylor-swift-fans-battle-ticket-bots-and-ticketmaster/ https://www.vice.com/en/article/m7g45a/why-ticket-brokers-can-get-taylor-swift-tickets-ticketmaster-live-nation-monopoly*** https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/05/more-consumer-protections-for-event-ticket-sales-signed-into-law/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0D62ux6fX5Ud6k3mMq7_r9iISrjVWEfNH8X6SisTiIEOzwq0kPKWYzC5g_aem_AVXv_bcaK4GvRUQaqkgcCkteU9YRMK948PWiduytZzr604HHDHU25Mxw5sG6UnoyirLC3YbMajR3qlFMqkwEEL83
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Shows from Yola, Alexandra Savior; New Music, and more

A Note About These Blogs: Since I’m not attending as many shows the first few months of the year, blogs are going to be sparse, focusing mainly on new music. Also, teaching is keeping me busy. Things will pick up as we get closer to Coachella. Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on…
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‘The Slow Rush’ is here.

A Note About These Blogs: Since I’m not attending as many shows the first few months of the year, blogs are going to be sparse, focusing mainly on new music. Also, teaching is keeping me busy. Things will pick up as we get closer to Coachella. Cheers! New Music Spinning… The Slow Rush – Tame…
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Bottlerock Lineup! Five 2020 Artists To Watch!

Unless indicated, I took all the pics posted on this blog. Feel free to repost – just remember to give credit. Cheers! Bottlerock Lineup On the heels of the Coachella lineup release on 1/2, Napa Valley’s own Bottlerock released their lineup. I’d originally bought a 3-day GA pass back in January, but after seeing the…
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Happy 2017…new bands, new music, new festival lineups.
10 New songs on my early-2017 playlist: Phoebe Bridgers – “Smoke Signals” Nahko and Medicine for The People (feat. Joseph) – “Directions” The Aces – “Stuck” Mondo Cozmo – “Hold on To Me” Amber Run – “Fickle Game” Chicano Batman – “Friendship (Is A Small Boat In A Storm)” CRX – “Ways To Fake It”…
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20 Favorite Live Acts of 2014
From large arenas to small venues, here is a list (in no particular order) of my favorite live shows from 2014 (Yes, I realized I left off The War on Drugs, Tom Petty, Death Cab, and the Arctic Monkeys. I didn’t say this list was EASY. They were great also.) 1) The Black Keys (Viejas…