there's a dude who used to work last out here and retired. now he hangs out in the building every weekday morning

You know how they charge you 60 bucks for a t-shirt at a concert. Who is to blame for this? The artist or the venue?

probably depends on the venue but usually it's the artist.

there's like 5 hands in the pot for those shirts.

the venue takes a cut
the artist takes a cut
most likely there's a merch manager or something like that who will also get a cut

maybe some more

JUburton wrote:

SK790 wrote:i, too, can't believe we have to put up with these soccer related animated images. enough is enough, google.

doodle rules today.

Yes

jamiethekiller wrote:there's like 5 hands in the pot for those shirts.

the venue takes a cut
the artist takes a cut
most likely there's a merch manager or something like that who will also get a cut

maybe some more

Jacket is 235 dollars. Fuck off merchandise.

I read an article on roadies a while back. Apparently there is one roadie whose job is merchandising. So s/he is responsible for all the swag they carry around in a trailer and coordinates everything with the local dudes who work the booths at the actual show.

So I'm guessing that the artists themselves set the prices then dole out to the other people and keep what's left.

is it really 60 bucks for a tee now? Yowee.

also not that there isn't a stylistic benefit for the consumer but you're basically advertising for the band. That's part of the reason I'd blame the band for price gouging. But it's also one of the few ways a band on the lower rungs can make money

Canadians are too damn nice. I kind of wanted to see how far i could take it and still get a "I'm sorry" out of one of them

onyl band t-shirt i have is taylor swift

Barry Jive wrote: But it's also one of the few ways a band on the lower rungs can make money

Johnny Ramone gathered maybe the greatest collection of baseball and B-horror memorabilia in the world, literally on the backs of his fans

Barry Jive wrote:headed to Manayunk again. where in the world are P1ece and The Dude

I was in State College, sry.

Barry Jive wrote:

PrattRules wrote:

Barry Jive wrote:

The Dude wrote:Edmonton. Where you headed

went to my sister's then moseyed over to Kildare's because she had a gift card. It was bad so we bailed after eating and tried Bayou. my 18-year-old cousin who's entering college in September was taking her first fake ID for a dry run and got got at the door there (though Kildare's whiffed). so we got a twelver from Foodery and backyarded it.

my legs are dead as fuck

Doesn't the Bayou have that wall of fake id's they confiscated?

they sure do. we've already hatched a rescue mission strategy. Of course I dunno how my sister didn't think of that before we decided to go there

glad the Bayou is taking a stand against fake IDs but will happily admit a person who fucking steals wallets and purses.

it's okay, we mostly just hung out in the backyard

exactly 5000 topics right now

CalvinBall wrote:onyl band t-shirt i have is taylor swift

Ladies love that shit!

CalvinBall wrote:onyl band t-shirt i have is taylor swift

not worth mentioning unless you peeled it off her bony frame

Barry Jive wrote:also not that there isn't a stylistic benefit for the consumer but you're basically advertising for the band. That's part of the reason I'd blame the band for price gouging. But it's also one of the few ways a band on the lower rungs can make money

a relation by marriage manages a few such bands, and a goodly portion of his time is devoted to merch generally, and merch divvy negotiations specifically

I believe he thought he'd be molding artists

Considering that you can't make any money from recordings how else are you going to eat?

GETTING A REAL JOB